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Japan on brink of IWC pullout after losing vote on commercial whaling plan
Japan threatens to quit the International Whaling Commission after a tense vote sinks its effort to spark a global return to commercial whaling.
A rare rodent species known as a bamboo rat that lives around the Inca ruins at Machu Picchu in Peru has resurfaced after a decade of absence and been photographed for the first time. A specimen of the rodent Dactylomis peruanus was spotted by guards ...
Orca back to feeding and frolicking after carrying dead calf
Researchers say a killer whale from an endangered species that drew international attention as she carried her dead calf on her head for more than two weeks is finally back to feeding and frolicking with her pod. The Center for Whale Research in Washington state ...
Japan and Australia agreed Friday to make efforts to prevent their whaling dispute from hurting bilateral relations, a government official said. During talks in Singapore, Foreign Minister Taro Kono briefed his Australian counterpart Julie Bishop about Japan's proposal to restructure the International Whaling Commission to ...
Shipping, pollution and overfishing have reduced areas of "wilderness" to just 13 percent of the world's oceans, a study showed Friday, warning that untouched marine habitats could completely vanish within half a century. International researchers analyzing the impact of human activity on underwater ecosystems — ...
Deep reefs won't be 'twilight zone' refuge for fish and coral, dive team warns in study
Deep coral reefs in a "twilight zone" in the oceans differ sharply from those near the surface, dimming hopes they can be a refuge for marine life fleeing such threats as climate change and pollution, scientists said on Thursday. Worldwide, coral reefs in shallow waters ...
Their violent kicks rattle the small army plane flying over Siberia as it transports the four rare horses from Prague to the vast Mongolian steppe where the once near-extinct species slowly recovers their numbers. Known as Przewalski's horses, the ancient species has narrowly avoided extinction ...
At least three suspected poachers who were apparently hunting for rhinos have been mauled to death and eaten by lions on a game reserve in South Africa, the owner said on Thursday. The men entered the Sibuya Game Reserve on the southeast coast armed with ...
Mexico's population of wild jaguars has grown 20 percent in the past eight years, according to a study released Thursday, a bit of good news for an iconic species whose numbers have been declining. There are an estimated 4,800 jaguars in Mexico, found the study, ...
Endangered mountain gorilla population recovers to over 1,000
The population of mountain gorillas, one of the world's most endangered species, which survives on the forest-cloaked volcanoes of central Africa, has increased by a quarter to over 1,000 individuals since 2010, wildlife authorities said. That is despite the threat posed by poachers and armed ...
U.S. conservationists sue Trump administration over migratory bird policy
A coalition of conservation groups sued the Trump administration on Thursday, accusing the government of slashing protections for migratory birds. At issue is the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, which the National Audubon Society and other plaintiffs say has been undermined. In the past, the act ...
The Environment Ministry on Tuesday released its revised endangered list, which now has a total of 3,675 species with the addition of 41. The Mikawa salamander, some 200 of which inhabit a hilly area in the eastern part of Aichi Prefecture, was newly categorized as ...
