Koalas join the ranks of threatened species
The koala, Australia’s national icon, has been added to the national list of threatened species, which prompted Environment Minister, Tony Burke, in making an announcement on Monday. The listing will give Australia’s much-loved koalas protection under national environmental law. It is said koala numbers have …
Loss of bees in the UK will cost nation £1.8 billion annually
On Wednesday, Friends of the Earth (FOE) organised ”The Bee Cause”, a campaign that is urging the government to preserve the rapidly diminishing bee species in the UK. FOE turned a concrete area in front of the National Theatre, London, into a 150 square meter wildflower meadow …
Thai Task Force takes down illegal “Noah’s Ark”
A raid conducted by the Thai Nature Crime Police and Department of National Parks, Wildlife & Plant Conservation has led to the discovery of over 200 live animals in a compound found in Kaeng Koi, in eastern Thailand on Thursday, which included numerous protected and exotic species. Over 50 …
James Cameron’s underwater film
James Cameron’s next venture will be to the centre of the earth. Descending into the Mariana Trench, the deepest point in our oceans in the Pacific, Cameron will go where no man has gone in the last 50 years. The submersible DEEPSEA CHALLENGER will be solo handled by Cameron …
Kermet, what type of frog are you?
A first of its kind, a new app released by Nokia will give users the chance find out more about the various types of frogs that inhabit the Colombian forest through an abundance of pictures and biographies. The International Union for Conservation of Nature, IUCN, has …
Elephants and rhinoceros the solution to Australia’s gamba grass infestation problem?
Elephants and rhinoceros should be introduced to tackle the problem of invasive African grass growth in Australia, a study said in the journal Nature on Wednesday. The gamba grass – a fast-growing weed – was introduced in the 1930s as food for livestock and can grow up to 4m tall. It has been …
‘Extinct’ monkey found in Indonesia’s Wehea forest
Miller’s grizzled langur was thought to be extinct until a team of scientists stumbled upon the large grey monkey outside their previously known habitat. Scientists have set up camera traps in the Wehea forest in Borneo, to capture images of wildlife including orangutans and clouded leopards, but …
Newly discovered frog species is world’s smallest vertebrate
At 7.7mm long, the Paedophryne amauensis is thus far the smallest in the animal kingdom with a backbone. This species of vertebrate was found on the thickly leafed forest floor in Papua New Guinea, alongside another tiny frog, the Paedophryne swiftorum that is measured at 8.6mm. Papua New Guinea’s tropical islands lie just northwest …
‘Extinct’ Galápagos giant tortoise trace found on neighbouring island
Hybrid tortoises found on one of the Galápagos Islands suggests that the believed ‘extinct’ giant Galápagos tortoise may still exist. The Galápagos Islands played a significance role that inspired Darwinism. These tropical islands in the Pacific Ocean, west of Ecuador, support a variety of endemic species made famous by …
Following celebrities to the deepest of oceans and highest of mountains
So I wrote to Global Green USA last week to get their feel on what is probably the most effective environmental mascot in the modern world: the very-much-loved “celebrity environmentalist”. Global Green enjoys the support of many Hollywood A-listers such as Leonardo DiCaprio and Edward Norton on their Board …
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