Tahrcountry Musings

The International Symposium on Groundwater Sustainability, which has just been concluded in Alicante, Spain has advocated greater care of gr...

WWF and Honda Motors have decided to work together to protect the endangered Sumatran rhino, the most endangered of all the rhino species fo...

Chimps are helping human beings in the development of new vaccines against small pox. The current vaccine against smallpox blocks infection ...

The three-day gathering of Nations with wild populations of Asian elephants convened by the Malaysian government, and facilitated by IUCN, t...

An endangered species of red fox found only in Ethiopia is in trouble. Dogs accompanying livestock are bringing rabies which is endangering ...

New Zealand ranks first in the world in environmental performance according to the pilot 2006 Environmental Performance Index (EPI) produced...

A report, produced by UNEP with the International Coral Reef Action Network and the World Conservation Union says costs of safeguarding the ...

Maurice Kottelat and Tan Heok Hui, who are researchers at the Raffles Museum of Biodiversity Research at the National University of Singapor...

New genetic evidence indicates that the collapse of Orangutan populations is linked to human activity. The crash during the past 200 years, ...

A massive cull of grey squirrels has been planned across Britain in an attempt to halt declining numbers of the endangered native red popula...

All attempts to save the Thames whale failed. It died as marine specialists escorted it on a barge down the Thames toward the sea. The mamma...

A Northern Bottle-nosed Whale( Hyperoodon ampullatus ),which is usually found in deep-sea waters, has been seen in upstream Thames. The Whal...

The four “foundation” reports of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MA) have been released. These 500-800 page reports examine Current Sta...

The Japanese embassy in Berlin has received a 20-ton dead fin whale, compliments of Greenpeace. Greenpeace was protesting against whale hunt...

Twenty-seven new species of spiders, centipedes and scorpion-like creatures have been discovered in the dark, damp Cavesin Sequoia and Kings...

Canada’s protected area agenda had three major achievements this past three months. The protection of the world’s largest freshwater lake, t...

A severe drought is threatening Kenya's wildlife, which is straying out of protected areas in search of water, risking conflict with vil...

Well-known British environmentalist and wildlife photographer Joan Wenn Root was shot and killed on Friday at her home in Kenya's centra...

Whale sharks ( Rhincodon typus ), the world's largest fish are getting smaller according to researchers of Australian Institute of Marin...

I had a wonderful time in Periyar Tiger Reserve. Park - people interface through Ecodevelopment Committees is working wonders for the overal...