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100,000 Elephants Killed by Poachers in Just Three Years, Landmark Analysis...
Ivory-seeking poachers have killed 100,000 African elephants in just three years, according to a new study that provides the first reliable continent-wide estimates of illegal kills. During 2011 alone,...
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World wildlife populations halved in 40 years – report
The global loss of species is even worse than previously thought, the London Zoological Society (ZSL) says in its new Living Planet Index. The report suggests populations have halved in 40 years, as...
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David Attenborough backs £1m project to save Bengal tiger
A £1m project to save tigers and stop them eating people is to be launched on Wednesday with the backing of Sir David Attenborough. An entire village in India will be relocated as part of the scheme,...
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Where 2 Rivers Meet, Visions for Grand Canyon Clash
EAST RIM OF THE GRAND CANYON, Ariz. — Renae Yellowhorse stood at the edge of the Grand Canyon, 26 bumpy miles across the Painted Desert from the nearest paved road, not a glint of civilization in...
View ArticleGiraffe populations in Africa drop 40 percent in 15 years
The population of African giraffes has decreased by 40 percent over the last 15 years, new research shows, pushing the world’s tallest animal closer to extinction. Fewer than 80,000 giraffes are...
View ArticleObama Indefinitely Bans Drilling in Bristol Bay
WASHINGTON — President Obama on Tuesday again used his executive authority to enact an environmental priority as he indefinitely barred oil and gas exploration of Alaska’s picturesque Bristol Bay to...
View ArticlePope Francis’s edict on climate change will anger deniers and US churches
He has been called the “superman pope”, and it would be hard to deny that Pope Francis has had a good December. Cited by President Barack Obama as a key player in the thawing relations between the US...
View ArticleIndia’s tiger population increases by almost a third
The number of tigers in India has increased by almost a third in the last three years, official figures released on Tuesday reveal. The rise, from 1,706 in 2011 to 2,226 in 2014, will encourage...
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State’s population growth expected to outstrip water conservation in coming...
California water agencies are on track to satisfy a state mandate to reduce water consumption 20 percent by 2020. But according to their own projections, that savings won’t be enough to keep up with...
View ArticleHow to save oceans with contraceptives – a radical approach
In Velondriake, a remote fishing community in southwestern Madagascar, a quiet revolution is under way that takes marine conservation beyond saving the environment to improving economic opportunities...
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