A slow comeback for the endangered Eurasian otter in France

August 29, 2010

In the late 1970s, the fate of the Eurasian Otter (Lutra lutra) in France was very gloomy. By just looking at the otter’s range map, one could see that most of the country was left with vast regions devoid of a species that was once found in every region. Estimations barely reached 1,500 otters left [...]

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A slow comeback for the endangered Eurasian otter in France

August 29, 2010

In the late 1970s, the fate of the Eurasian Otter (Lutra lutra) in France was very gloomy. By just looking at the otter’s range map, one could see that most of the country was left with vast regions devoid of a species that was once found in every region. Estimations barely reached 1,500 otters left [...]

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Snakes on a plane! Malaysian reptile trafficker busted at airport

August 28, 2010

A notorious reptile smuggler has been busted at Malaysia Kuala Lumpur International Airport after his luggage was found to contain 98 snakes and a turtle, reports the Malaysian Star. Go to Source

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Photo: Live tiger cub found in check-in baggage among stuffed tiger toys

August 26, 2010

A two-month old tiger cub was found drugged and concealed among stuffed-tiger toys in a woman’s luggage at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi International Airport on Sunday, reports TRAFFIC, the wildlife trade monitoring network. Go to Source

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Photos: Asia’s tiniest frog discovered living inside pitcher plants in Borneo

August 25, 2010

One of the world’s smallest frogs has been discovered living inside carnivorous plants in Borneo, reports Conservation International, a conservation group that is jointly supporting a campaign with IUCN to search for some of the world’s ‘lost amphibians.’ The species, described in Zootaxa by Indraneil Das and Alexander Haas of the Institute of Biodiversity and [...]

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Saving Prairie Chickens

August 24, 2010

It’s not so complicated, but it’s much easier said than done. I’m referring to the restoration of a species to a habitat that has been transformed over time in the absence of keystone grazing species like bison which served essentially as landscape architects and grounds crew for expansive grassland habitat. In an effort to restore [...]

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Saving Prairie Chickens

August 24, 2010

It’s not so complicated, but it’s much easier said than done. I’m referring to the restoration of a species to a habitat that has been transformed over time in the absence of keystone grazing species like bison which served essentially as landscape architects and grounds crew for expansive grassland habitat. In an effort to restore [...]

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Lion populations plummet in Uganda’s parks

August 19, 2010

Lion populations across Uganda’s park system have declined 40 percent in less than a decade, according to the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS). Go to Source

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Beyond bizarre: strange hairy antelope photographed in Kenya

August 19, 2010

Is it a hairy goat roaming the plains? An antelope with some genetic mix-up? At this point no one knows. This strange creature was photographed in Kenya’s Masai Mara National Reserve. Apart of the Serengeti plains, the Masai Mara covers 1,500 square kilometers and is home to a wide-range of iconic African savannah species, from [...]

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Exploring Kenya’s sky island

August 18, 2010

Rising over 2,500 meters from Kenya’s northern desert, the Mathews Range is a sky island: isolated mountain forests surrounded by valleys. Long cut off from other forests, ‘sky islands’ such as this often contain unique species and ecosystems. Supported by the Nature Conservancy, an expedition including local community programs Northern Rangelands Trust and Namunyak Conservancy [...]

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