With only two female northern white rhinos left in the world, scientists are rushing to find ways to save the species before it’s too late. They’ve come one step closer to this goal via creating artificial rhino eggs from stem cells. Led by a team of researchers at Leiden University, a new study in Scientific […]
The Okapi Wildlife Reserve, located in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, is an UNESCO World Heritage Site and home to one-sixth of the remaining wild okapi in the world. It protects many other wildlife species as well as one-fifth of the Ituri forest. But despite its status as a haven for conservation, the reserve […]
Six weeks ago, a rare Persian leopard caught its leg in a trap set by a villager in the Batifa area in the autonomous Kurdistan region of Iraq. The leopard has since had to have its leg amputated, and wildlife experts say it cannot return to the wild. Currently held in a zoo in Iraq, […]
Taking photos while whale watching or snapping an image of a zebra in the wild and sharing it on social media is a pastime for many tourists, but in addition to bringing joy to friends and family, these photos can help with the information databases of scientists tracking threatened and endangered species. Researchers have begun […]
The critically endangered vaquita porpoise — a beautiful dolphin about four to five feet long with dark circles around its eyes and an upturned, seemingly smiling mouth — is the smallest marine mammal in the world. They’re also on the brink of extinction with an estimated fewer than ten vaquitas left in their small range […]
The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) backed away from its controversial sale of Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) only two days after it was first announced. The conservation charity announced via Twitter February 2 that it was releasing NFTs focused on 13 endangered species. Following an immediate backlash, however, the group reversed course February 4. “We thank all […]
The Australian government has declared the koala — a symbol of Australian wildlife throughout the world — “endangered” following a drastic decline in their population due to bushfires, drought, disease and loss of habitat.
Reported concurrent with the Lunar New Year and Year of the Tiger on February 1, 2022, a study from World Wildlife Fund (WWF) shows that tiger populations are finally showing an increase after more than a century of steady decline. The study notes that since 2010, or the last Year of the Tiger, tiger populations […]
The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) has chosen a controversial new way to raise money for endangered species: issuing Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs). NFTs enable virtual art collection because they give each digital artwork a unique signature that can’t be copied, as WWF explained in a video. On Wednesday, WWF UK prompted a social media backlash when […]
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