Tahrcountry Musings

Cayman blue iguana (Cyclura lewisi) is one of the critically endangered species in the world. The wild population of blue iguanas is expect...

The greater horseshoe bat, a very rare bat facing extinction threat has been discovered at the National Trust’s Dolaucothi Gold Mines in Car...

Reuters Foundation and the World Conservation Union (IUCN) have announced the regional winners of the 2006 Reuters-IUCN Media Awards for Exc...

The International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (Ices) has said in its latest report that stocks of cod remained below sustainable ...

According to researchers from the Zoological Society of London (ZSL), poaching has brought the hippopotamus population in Democratic Republi...

For the past couple of months I was virtually on my toes as one of the organisers of the 4th World Congress on Mountain Ungulates held at M...

Scientists have discovered that removing just one fish species from a tropical river can have deleterious effects. This contradicts the till...

Oil pollution in Lebanese coastal waters following Israel bombing has created an environmental crisis in Lebanon. International organisation...

The crest on the head of prehistoric flying reptiles was a puzzle for the scientists. Now UK scientists say they have resolved the mystery. ...

According to a comprehensive study just concluded, Tiger habitat is down by 40% from what they were a decade ago. WWF, Wildlife Conservation...

The Sichuan Giant Panda Sanctuaries in southwestern China has been named a World Heritage site by the United Nations. Out of the 1,600 Giant...

Taiwanese authorities have confiscated more than five tonnes of ivory in the southern port city of Kaohsiung Harbour. The seizure weighed a ...

The West African black ( Diceros bicornis longipes ) is now feared extinct. This is according to new estimates announced by the African Rhin...

Scientists have determined the coat colour of mammoths that roamed the Earth thousands of years ago. The information came from a 43,000-year...

Based on a rigorous yearlong evaluation process, World Conservation Union has recommended for inscription on the World Heritage List 3 new s...

Scientists from Brazil's National Institute for Amazon Research and the Amazonas Secretariat for the Environment and Sustainable Develop...

Yangtze River dolphin ( Lipotes vexillifer ) in China is probably the world's most endangered mammal. Recent surveys found only 17 livin...

A new National Park named Mtirala National Park, covering 15,806 ha, has been established in the Caucasus Mountains of Georgia.The area harb...

The Manipur Bush- Quail last sighted 99 years ago has been rediscovered in Manas National Park,Assam,India.The rediscovery was made ornithol...

Madagascar is famous for its well over 70 species of lemurs, primitive primates which are distant relations to humanity. The formal announce...