This Saturday will see the Kenya Wildlife Service(KWS) set fire to its entire ivory stockpile, in what will be the largest ivory burn in history. Around 105 tonnes (115 tons) of the stuff will be set ablaze in Nairobi National Park as a symbol that the slaughter of elephants and the illegal trade of their…
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American Bison To Return To Northern Montana Reserve For First Time In Over 100 Years
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Some of the few remaining purebred American plains bison will be returning to the land from which they were originally taken in northern Montana over 100 years ago. The last large herd of wild bison, also referred to as buffalo, were captured from the Blackfeet IndianReservation in 1907 and sold to the Canadian government, who…
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Critically Endangered Corals Grown In The Lab, Reproduce In The Wild
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Since the 1970s, the worlds corals have been declining at an alarming rate. Rising temperatures, acidification from carbon emissions, disease, and pollution have all played their part. While statistics may offer a bleak outlook, scientists are showing us its not necessarily all doom and gloom. For the first time, a group has managed to successfully…
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Thousands Of Cameras Capture The Thriving Wildlife In World’s Protected Forests
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The worlds tropical forests are thick with trees, rich in life, and dense with humidity. However, high-quality information and expansive data about the biodiversity within these understudiedwildlife hospots is scarce. This makes conservation initiatives all the more difficult to create. So, to find out how effective protected forests are at helping wildlife, a recent study…