Recently the Sumatran elephant conservation status has been upgraded to that of a critically endangered species. The reason for this is that during the past generation around half of its total population has been lost. These figures have led conservation groups to demand that immediate action is taken to stop the elephant’s natural habitat from [...]
A recent appeal that has been heard in the Federal Appeals Court has seen the Yellowstone Grizzly Bears put back onto the endangered species list after a few years when they were not included on it. These animals had previously been removed from the list by wildlife managers who believed that these creatures were no [...]
Recently the US Fish and wildlife service has stated that there are two species that were resident in Florida that have now become extinct. These are the Florida fairy shrimp and the South Florida rainbow snake. Before these two species were declared as being extinct there were being reviewed and were possibly going to be [...]
Right now there are only 7 Northern White Rhinos in the world which is a devastatingly low number. While this is a species that is on the very brink of extinction there could be a way to increase their numbers thanks to a scientific breakthrough. Stem cell research into endangered animals has been successful and [...]
The Koala, the iconic and hugely loved animal of Australia, is now facing the prospect of being added to the endangered species list. A senate committee is to meet within the next month to decide whether the koala should officially become an endangered animal. An ecologist Alistair Melzer from Central Queensland University sums up the [...]
In 1900 there were an estimated 45,000 tigers living in the wild in India’s many forests. By 1972, the year in which poaching was officially outlawed, tiger numbers had dwindled to 2,000. Today the Indian government claims that 1,411 tigers are still alive but this is a highly contentious figure. The real figure is likely [...]