#Wildlife Conservation

Articles (24)

• 🇺🇸 How bad for humans is wildlife trade? A new study has answers — 09/04/2026 [USA]

  People sell wild animals for food and for traditional medicine — legally and illegally. A study looks at the risks of spillover diseases from those pangolins, giant rats and other exotic critters.

  Related: #Public Health, #Zoonotic Disease
• 🇬🇧 Why is a little finger called a pinkie and how many lions are left in the world? The kids’ quiz — 21/03/2026 [United Kingdom]

  <p>Five multiple-choice questions – set by children – to test your knowledge, and a chance to submit your own junior brainteasers for future quizzes</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/...

  Related: #Children's Education, #Trivia, #Etymology
• 🇬🇧 Mexico’s monarch butterfly population jumps 64%, offering hope for at-risk species — 20/03/2026 [United Kingdom]

  <p>The insects covered its largest area since 2018, despite threats from habitat loss, climate crisis and pesticides</p><p>The population of monarch <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/bu...

  Related: #Species Recovery
• 🇬🇧 Elusive nightjar birds making remarkable comeback, conservationists say — 16/03/2026 [United Kingdom]

  An ecological survey has found 109 nightjar territories in the lowland heaths of east Hampshire.

  Related: #Species Recovery
• 🇬🇧 Create hedgehog havens – and seven other ways to help our prickly friends — 15/03/2026 [United Kingdom]

  <p>Hedgehogs’ habitat is shrinking, they’re vulnerable to cars, and pesticides are affecting their food supply. Here’s how we can help them pull through</p><p>With stumpy, speedy legs, questing snouts...

  Related: #Gardening Tips
• 🇬🇧 Country diary: A dawn search for the rare black grouse | Eben Muse — 14/03/2026 [United Kingdom]

  <p><strong>Ruabon grouse moor, Wrexham:</strong> Mating season is upon us. Will I be lucky enough to spot a courtship lek?</p><p>I’m shooting grouse on the moor today. There are two kinds here: red gr...

  Related: #Nature Observation
• 🇺🇸 Louisiana's alligator farms raise the reptiles for meat, skins — and conservation — 13/03/2026 [USA]

  Advocates say alligator farming has turned the demand for boots and bags into a boost for a species often seen as scary, bothersome or good only for their leathery skins

  Related: #Commercial Farming
• 🇬🇧 Ultrasound repellers could keep hedgehogs off roads, scientists hope — 11/03/2026 [United Kingdom]

  <p>Study shows animals hear very high frequencies, making it possible to design a deterrent to cut deaths</p><p>Hedgehogs have been discovered to hear high-frequency ultrasound, raising hopes that the...

  Related: #Road Safety
• 🇬🇧 ‘My lovely distraction’: Live stream of kākāpō – world’s fattest parrot – and her chicks captivates New Zealand — 11/03/2026 [United Kingdom]

  <p>More than 100,000 people have tuned in to watch ‘kākāpō cam’, which captures a rare flightless bird sleeping, tidying her nest and fighting off intruders</p><p>On an island in New Zealand’s remote ...

  Related: #Public Engagement
• 🇬🇧 Large tortoiseshell butterfly confirmed no longer extinct in UK — 09/03/2026 [United Kingdom]

  <p>Early spring sightings show colourful insect is a resident species for first time in decades, says conservation charity</p><p>The large tortoiseshell – an elusive and enigmatic butterfly that becam...

  Related: #Species Recovery
• 🇬🇧 Two of the world's rarest lions put to sleep at zoo — 06/03/2026 [United Kingdom]

  Thheiba and Fidda were 22-years-old and were the remaining two females of a pride at the zoo, with one male lion named Qays remaining.

  Related: #Animal Welfare
• 🇬🇧 Country diary: Wildcats are here and they’re on the march | Amanda Thomson — 06/03/2026 [United Kingdom]

  <p><strong>Cairngorms:</strong> Conservation efforts to help them are working – numbers are still small, but I’ve seen signs in the late winter snow</p><p>It is always interesting to see how overnight...

  Related: #Ecological Recovery
• 🇺🇸 Superfood Fuels Mating Frenzy for Critically Endangered Kakapo — 06/03/2026 [USA]

  Kakapos, which are reclusive and flightless and can live as long as humans, are found only in New Zealand. They feed on the fruit of the rimu tree.

  Related: #Species Recovery
• 🇺🇸 Nature: Fur seal pups on South Georgia Island — 01/03/2026 [USA]

  We leave you this Sunday morning with fur seal pups on the beach at South Georgia Island, a thousand miles north of Antarctica. Videographers: Cris Jones and Lee McEachern.

  Related: #Natural Habitats, #Scientific Documentation
• 🇬🇧 Beaver pair released into wild 'are still together' — 01/03/2026 [United Kingdom]

  The pair were spotted on camera traps, the Cornwall Wildlife Trust says.

  Related: #Species Reintroduction, #Ecosystem Restoration
• 🇺🇸 Ape cracks exhibit's glass as it launches at Memphis Zoo visitors — 28/02/2026 [USA]

  The Memphis Zoo has closed its bonobo exhibit for glass repairs after it was damaged by a primate that launched toward onlookers

  Related: #Animal Welfare, #Visitor Conduct
• 🇬🇧 Probe under way after illness kills 72 tigers in Thai tourist park — 24/02/2026 [United Kingdom]

  Authorities said samples showed canine distemper virus, but have not confirmed where it came from.

  Related: #Disease Outbreak, #Tourism Ethics
• 🇬🇧 Cecil: The Lion and the Dentist review – inside the horrific big cat killing that outraged the world — 20/02/2026 [United Kingdom]

  <p>This documentary looks at the 2015 slaying of the majestic head of two lion prides in Zimbabwe, by a trophy-hunting American dentist. Sadly it raises more questions than it answers</p><p>There are ...

  Related: #Trophy Hunting, #Cultural Economics, #Ethics
• 🇺🇸 A Gray Wolf’s Visit to Los Angeles County Is a First in Nearly a Century — 10/02/2026 [USA]

  The wolf, known as BEY03F, roamed more than 500 miles from Northern California, signaling that the species continues to rebound after being wiped out in the 1920s.

  Related: #Environment, #Biology
• 🇺🇸 Can Mountain Lions Survive as Humans Close In?California Is Trying to Find a Way. — 09/02/2026 [USA]

  A giant freeway crossing for wildlife is due to open outside Los Angeles this year. Here’s the story of one young cat hemmed in near the city.

  Related: #Environment, #Infrastructure
• 🇺🇸 2/5: CBS Evening News — 06/02/2026 [USA]

  Guthrie family given 2 deadlines in alleged ransom note; National Zoo asks for public's help naming first baby elephant born there in 25 years

  Related: #Public Safety, #Criminal Investigation
• 🇺🇸 National Zoo asks for public's help naming first baby elephant born there in 25 years — 06/02/2026 [USA]

  The National Zoo in Washington, D.C., has welcomed a new baby elephant -- the first there in 25 years. Tony Dokoupil has the story.

  Related: #Animal Welfare, #Science & Nature
• 🇺🇸 Florida residents rescue frozen iguanas from cold snap — 03/02/2026 [USA]

  Florida residents rescue frozen iguanas from cold snap

  Related: #Extreme Weather, #Community Efforts, #Environmental Impact
• 🇺🇸 Record number of manatees spotted in Florida lagoon — 29/01/2026 [USA]

  Record number of manatees spotted in Florida lagoon

  Related: #Environmental Protection, #Marine Life