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China to ban ivory trade in 2017
It is estimated that around 20,000 elephants are illegally killed in Africa every year. Closure of world’s primary legal ivory...
Birds migrating earlier as temperatures rise
"Now we have detailed insights into how the timing of migration is changing, and how this change varies across species."...
Zoo celebrates birth of rare Rothschild’s giraffe
"…the arrival of a new calf is a major cause for celebration". Youngster offers hope for endangered species The birth...
Antibiotic resistant Klebsiella in wild seals
in wild seals Investigators believe the most likely source of infection to be microbial marine pollution of human origin. Infections...
Weather conditions cause slump in bees and butterflies
Bumblebee numbers fell by 85 per cent at the National Trust’s Lytes Cary property in Somerset. National Trust releases 2016...
Calls to list cheetah as ‘endangered’
Owing to the cheetah’s elusive nature, it is difficult to gather hard evidence on the species, meaning its plight has...
Ghostlike octopus at risk from mining
The octopus was discovered around 3.5 miles off the coast of Necker Island, Hawaii. Species lays its eggs on rocks...
Vets surveyed on attitudes to treating wildlife
Animals injured by predators accounted for more than half of those brought to the practices (55.1 per cent). Cost, knowledge...
HS2 to build on key hedgehog habitat
The hedgehogs live in the shrubbery of the car park’s borders. Move will destroy central London’s last hedgehog population HS2...
Urban robins affected by light pollution
"Artificial night-time lighting and more daytime noise resulted in lower quality robin territory." Night-time lighting and road noise leads to...