It’s Time for the Fur Trade to Pay Reparations
Reporting last month for National Geographic magazine, I came away with a contrarian approach to the fur trade: Animal rights activists have always wanted to ban fur farming, “but banning doesn’t...
Scientists investigate death of 10,000 endangered ‘scrotum’ frogs in Peru
Scientists are investigating the mysterious deaths of at least 10,000 endangered frogs, in a river which leads into South America’s most famous lake on Peru’s border with Bolivia. The dead Titicaca...
Madagascar lemurs find refuge in private sanctuary
Threatened by habitat loss and hunting, Madagascar’s lemurs, a critically endangered species, are finding refuge in a private sanctuary on this vast Indian Ocean island. At Nahampoana game...
Humans eating wild mammals into extinction
Some 300 wild mammal species in Asia, Africa and Latin America are being driven to extinction by humanity´s voracious appetite for bushmeat, according to a world-first assessment released Wednesday....
Cuddles and Kalashnikovs: protecting DR Congo’s mountain gorillas
A powerful combination of love and guns is helping rebuild an endangered gorilla community in the jungles of war-torn eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Threatened with extinction, some of the...
Rat race: Jakarta offers rewards to catch rodents
The Indonesian capital Jakarta, one of the world’s most overcrowded and polluted megacities, has launched a new bid to rid its streets of vermin — by offering residents $1.50 for every...
10k endangered ‘scrotum frogs’ die in Peru
Peru is investigating what killed some 10,000 Titicaca water frogs, a critically endangered species affectionately known as the “scrotum frog,” in a river that is feared to be polluted, authorities...
