After an extremely dry season in Costa Rica in 1986-1987, the golden toad suddenly vanished. Originally scientists thought the combination of global warming and the deadly chytrid fungus was to blame, but recent studies suggest that El Nino was the…
Biologists Luke Pearce and David Hunter (who is a frog expert with the New South Wales Environment Department), found a small frog better know as the “yellow-spotted bell frog” in a creek bed on private property recently. Â This frog had…
According to an article today in The New York Times, Japan plans to ignore any ban on Bluefin Tuna. The article stated that Japan will not join in any agreement to ban international trade in Atlantic bluefin tuna under the…
By Richard Black Environment Correspondent, BBC News Website Governments must tackle the underlying causes of biodiversity loss if they are to stem the rate at which ecosystems and species are disappearing.
…………………………………………………………… Ker Than for National Geographic News Published this article on January 20, 2010. Photograph by Frans Lanting, National Geographic Stock Only in the movies could a lion, a zebra, a giraffe, and a hippo wash ashore on Madagascar to…
A team of researchers from the Arizona-based Reptile & Amphibian Ecology International announced they have discovered a new rain frog along with 30 other unknown species in Ecuador’s highland forest. Unfortunately, global warming is a real threat for this new…
The San Diego Zoo is celebrating the animals of the outback this weekend. There will be special demonstrations from zoo researchers and veterinarians and you will have the opportunity to meet animals such as Koalas, Kangaroos and Kookaburras! CLICK HERE…
…………………………………………………… Here is a GREAT SOLUTION and wonderful story about the Giant Salamanders in Japan. Unfortunately, we hear too much about the destruction and habitat loss for animals and hear little about what is being done to resolve this problem. …
City of Arlington, Texas awarded animals seized from last month’s largest rescue of exotics in U.S. history. Article published on January 07, 2010 Texas.bestfriends.org By: Maura Davies of SPCA of Texas “The City of Arlington was awarded custody of 26,411…