2011 marked the worst year for elephant poaching and illegal ivory trading since the height of the trade in the 1980s, according to the UK-based Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA). Following this lamentable news, both the British Parliament and the US Congress held hearings to address possible steps that the United Kingdom and the United States, respectively, could take to curb…read more →
A dramatic decrease in Canada’s sage grouse population reported this spring has led many to believe this prairie bird, listed as endangered in Canada since 1998, is facing extinction. The sage grouse is the largest grouse in North America. This ground-dwelling bird is brownish-grey plumage with white patterning. Males have large black pointed plumes on their tails and a special…read more →
The silky sifaka is a rare species of white lemur, known in Madagascar as the “ghost of the forest”, for its ability to evade the human eye by swinging swiftly through the tree tops. Silkies are one of the rarest mammals in the world; listed by the IUCN as one of the world’s 25 most critically endangered primates. Silky sifakas…read more →
Pudú, The smallest deer species in the world, is threatened by domestic dogs Pudú are the world’s smallest deer species, found in the temperate forests of South America. Like other deer, pudú eat foliage, shoots, twigs, bark, buds, fruit and seeds. However, because of their small size of the pudú often have to stand on their hind feet, climb tree branches and stand on…read more →
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