North American bird population has fallen by a third in 50 years
The number of birds in the United States and Canada has fallen by an astonishing 29 percent — almost 3 billion — since 1970, scientists have reported, saying their findings signal a widespread ecological crisis. Grassland birds are the most affected because of the disappearance ...
Debate over Japan's extinct wolf grows
An unidentified animal howl recorded in the Okuchichibu mountains bears a strong resemblance to a wolf howl, according to an analysis of audio samples provided by Hiroshi Yagi, an independent researcher who has been working to prove the existence of the officially extinct Japanese ...
Conservationists have successfully created two northern white rhino embryos in a key step towards pulling the species back from the brink of extinction, scientists in Italy said Wednesday. There are only two survivors in the world, and both are female and unable to carry calves. ...
From sharks to saiga antelope, nations beef up support for endangered wildlife
From towering giraffes to bottom-feeding sharks and many species in between, endangered species got new protections under an agreement finalized Wednesday by most of the world's countries at a conference on saving plants and animals from the ravages of international trade. The 11-day World Wildlife ...
CITES agrees on near-total ban on sending wild elephants to zoos
The regulator of global wildlife trade will impose a near-total ban on sending African elephants captured from the wild to zoos after a final vote on the issue on Tuesday. Following a heated debate at a meeting of parties to the Convention on International Trade ...
Scientists in Florida have artificially induced reproductive spawning of an endangered Atlantic coral species for the first time in an aquarium setting, a breakthrough they say holds great promise in efforts to restore depleted reefs in the wild. The achievement, announced this week at the ...
International giraffe trade to be regulated for the first time
Countries voted overwhelmingly on Thursday to regulate international trade in giraffes, an endangered species, and in their skins and other parts, overcoming objections by southern African states and drawing praise from conservationists. The provisional decision, taken in a key committee of the Convention on International ...
Japan and EU ivory markets off hook as CITES holds back from calling for swift shutdown
A panel of an international convention on endangered species decided Wednesday not to adopt a resolution calling for an early shutdown of domestic ivory markets, including widely criticized ivory markets in the European Union and Japan. Instead, participants of the panel of the Convention on ...
Japan under pressure from CITES over sales of meat from past hunts of endangered whales
Facing accusations that it is still violating a wildlife treaty, Japan insists it no longer hunts endangered sei whales in international waters.
Singapore to ban domestic trade in elephant ivory in two years
Singapore, a major transshipment hub in the illegal ivory trade, said Monday it will impose a ban on domestic trade in elephant ivory from September 2021, tightening the noose on the proliferation of such exchanges nearly two decades after a global ban on the ...
Ivory registrations in Japan surged ahead of tighter restrictions: Environment Ministry
As ivory owners rushed to take advantage of Japan’s lax declaration system, the volume of registrations surged before the ivory market faced new restrictions on July 1.
Japan's eel-eating day singed by high prices, sending consumers in search of alternatives
Japan marked its annual eel-eating day on Saturday, but prices for the endangered fish remain high and supermarkets are giving growing attention to alternatives. The domestic catch of juvenile eels for cultivation fell this season to 3.7 tons, the lowest level since 2003, when comparable ...
