Alaska fish, wildlife get $35 million boost

Alaska fish, wildlife get $35 million boost
Alaska will receive about $35 million of some $741 million to be split among all 50 states to fund fish and wildlife conservation, boater access and the education of boaters, anglers and hunters, Interior Department Secretary Ken Salazar announced this week. More...

Experts work to combat deadly amphibian fungus

Experts work to combat deadly amphibian fungus
The tiny Panamanian golden frog, with its sunflower yellow skin and dark brown spots, is usually a symbol of good fortune. But it appears the tropical frog's luck may have run out unless experts find a way to combat a deadly fungus threatening amphibian populations...

Endangered Pere David’s Deer on track to revival

The story of the Pere David's Deer is one of a species wiped out on its native Chinese soil and taken halfway around the world - and to the brink of extinction - before staging a dramatic homecoming and revival. After nearly 1,000 years, the critically endangered...

Glimmer of hope for rare monkey

A new sub-population of a Critically Endangered species of monkey has been recorded in north-western Vietnam. Biologists from Fauna and Flora International said they had found up to 20 Tonkin snub-nosed monkeys in a remote forest. The team said the new group offered...

Bison roundup shows species’ recovery on prairie

It’s 6 a.m. and the cowboys are already downing second and third cups of coffee, adjusting to a 35-degree morning. Slowly, a full moon and stars give way to hues of orange sky. And with daybreak, what had been obscured comes into clearer focus: hundreds of shaggy...

UN officials launch “Year of the Gorilla”

Put on your gorilla suit, toss back some banana shots, throw that King Kong DVD into your TV, and send your loose change to the International Gorilla Conservation Programme, because it's time to bunker down and save some gorillas! The "Year of the Gorilla" began...

What about the ugly animals?

I have a new campaign idea: SAVE THE UGLY ANIMALS!  That, my fellow animal lover, is our new rallying cry!  Save the ugly animals!  Save the ugly animals! I’m going to go out on a limb and predict that you won’t see a “Save the lampreys” bumper sticker...

‘Extinct’ Cockatoo Rediscovered in Indonesia

Image by flickr.com user aussiegall A species of cockatoo feared to have become extinct has been "rediscovered" with the sighting of a handful of breeding pairs on a remote Indonesian island, researchers said Thursday. Ten Yellow-crested Abbott's cockatoos were...

To Save Animals, Replant Forests

How to plant a forest from Chronicle Project on Vimeo. Everything on earth, living and non-living, affects everything else on earth, even in distant, infinitesimally small ways. The deforestation shown in this video provides a sad illustration of the interconnected...

Petition: Wolffish in danger

It's got a face only a mother could love. It's mean, ferocious-looking and delicious. And because of steady population decline over the past 25 years from overharvesting and habitat loss, the Conservation Law Foundation believes the Atlantic wolffish should be an...

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