Posts having tag: conservation
Kenya seizes coffin-stashed ivory ! Black rhino is found only in eastern and southern Africa Kenyan authorities have seized 300kg (660 lbs) of illegal ivory hidden in coffins on a plane bound for ...
Speedy cheetahs put through paces! By Rebecca Morelle Science reporter, BBC News ...
Osprey chicks tagged for tracking! Ospreys migrate between Scotland and Africa Two of three osprey chicks at a nest site in the Highlands have been tagged so they can be tracked via ...
Climate role for only polar bear ! Mercedes will be transported in a modified rhino crate The only polar bear in a UK zoo will be used to help educate visitors to her new home in the Highlands. Preparations are being made to move Mercedes from Edinburgh to the Highland Wildlife Park at ...
'15-year high' for rhino poaching! Rhinos' horns are big business for poachers in Africa and Asia Rhino poaching around the world is set to reach a 15-year high, conservation groups have ...
AQUATIC DEER AND ANCIENT WHALES ! Matt Walker Editor, Earth News ...
Star bear Knut to stay in Berlin! Knut has delighted the crowds and proved to be a money-spinner Berlin Zoo has agreed to pay 430,000 euros (£370,000) to another German zoo in order to keep ...
Panda twins among park baby boom! The red panda twins are among a number of new arrivals at the park in Dumfries and Galloway. Picture by John Denerley. Twin red pandas are part of a record number of baby animals born this year at a south of Scotland wildlife centre. The tiny creatures ...
Rare lizards named after Murray! The reptiles were named after the British tennis number one Two rare lizards have been born as part of a captive breeding programme at an aquarium in Dorset. The ...
Fake swifts to attract real thing! This swift is cardboard - but it is hoped speakers will attract the real thing A north London borough is hoping to attract swifts to the inner city - by playing ...
Honeybee mobs overpower hornets! By Victoria Gill Science reporter, BBC News ...
Antelope's sex signal in the knee! Male eland antelope click a tendon in their knees to establish dominance To demonstrate their sexual prowess, peacocks spread their tail feathers, men flex their ...
Zoo's 30 chimps escape enclosure! The animals are known to be strong and intelligent Thirty chimpanzees have escaped from their enclosure at a zoo in Cheshire, forcing it to be closed. The ...
NO SAFE HAVEN FOR RAREST ANTELOPE! Matt Walker Editor, Earth News ...
'Wall of dolphins' caught on film! Cliff Benson, the founder of the Sea Trust charity which filmed the superpod, says the dolphins were an "awesome sight" A "superpod" of around 1,500 dolphins has been captured on film off the coast of Pembrokeshire by ...
Zoo unveils rare pygmy hippo baby! Leishan is now old enough to be seen by visitors to the zoo A pygmy hippopotamus has been born to a new breeding pair at Edinburgh Zoo, it has been revealed. The zoo said Leishan was born on 9 May at Edinburgh Zoo. She is the first ...
'AMUR TIGERS ON 'GENETIC BRINK' ! Matt Walker Editor, Earth News ...
Zoo's snow leopard has twin cubs! Despite their young age the leopards are thriving Twin snow leopard cubs have been born for the first time in Wales at the Welsh Mountain Zoo in Conwy. The rare ...
Exclusion zone for special whale! Migaloo has become something of a celebrity Australian authorities have warned the public to stay away from a rare white humpback whale named Migaloo that has ...
Tags to help solve puffin decline! By Mark Kinver Science and environment reporter, BBC News ...
