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Decline in dead zones: Efforts to heal Chesapeake Bay are working

via AFP | Thu November 10, 2011
Efforts to reduce the flow of fertilizers, animal waste and other pollutants into the Chesapeake Bay appear to be giving a boost to the bay's health, a new study that analyzed 60 years of water quality data has concluded.

Unsung heroes: the life of a wildlife ranger in the Congo

via MongaBay | Thu November 03, 2011
The effort to save wildlife from destruction worldwide has many heroes. Some receive accolades for their work, but others live in obscurity, doing good—sometimes even dangerous—work everyday with little recognition.

Colombian president: no oil drilling in award-winning Seaflower marine reserve

via MongaBay | Thu October 06, 2011
Colombian president, Juan Manuel Santos, announced over the weekend that there will be no oil exploration in the award-winning Seaflower Biosphere Reserve and Marine Protected Area (MPA).

Marshall Islands Declares World’s Largest Shark Sanctuary

via National Geographic | Tue October 04, 2011
The Marshall Islands is now home to the world’s largest shark sanctuary, an area of the central Pacific Ocean four times the size of California, The Pew Environment Group confirmed in a news announcement today.

New dolphin species discovered in Victoria

Story contains video via ABC News | Thu September 15, 2011
Victorian researchers have discovered a new species of dolphin living right under their noses on Melbourne's doorstep.

California legislature approves shark fin ban

via Reuters | Wed September 07, 2011
Shark fin soup would be off the menu in California, under a bill headed for the governor's desk following its approval by the state Senate on Tuesday.

Sri Lankan survey finds ‘healthy’ elephant numbers

via Terra Daily | Sun September 04, 2011
Sri Lanka's elephant population remains healthy despite decades of fighting between government and rebel forces, the first survey since the end of the nation's bloody civil war showed Friday. Before the count, the department said it believed the elephant population totalled just 5,350. The country boasted 12,000 elephants in 1900. The survey counted 1,107 baby elephants, Ratnayake added. It is the first count since Sri Lanka's military crushed Tamil Tiger separatist rebels in May 2009, making wildlife sanctuaries and jungles more accessible to officials.

British rivers ‘healthiest for 20 years’

via AFP | Tue August 30, 2011
The renaissance of Britain's rivers was underlined on Tuesday when waterways once considered polluted to death were revealed as teeming with life.

‘Living Fossil’ Eel Swam at Dawn of Dinosaur Age

Story contains video GNN staff | Fri August 26, 2011
In the small island republic of Palau, marine biologists have made a remarkable find just 35 meters below the surface. A new species of eel have been discovered which seem to be closer related to ancient fossils of eel from the Cretaceous era, rather than modern eels. The animal likely appeared some 200 million years ago, just at the very end of the Triassic period.

10 new frogs discovered in India’s great rainforest

Story contains video via MongaBay | Tue August 09, 2011
Ten new species of frog have been discovered in India's Western Ghats according to two new papers in Biosystematica. Although human populations have farmed in the Western Ghats for centuries, the new discoveries prove that the rainforest still holds many surprises.

Doubling of wintering Monarch butterflies in the Mexican Butterfly Biosphere Reserve

GNN staff | Tue August 09, 2011
Deforestation has decreased and reforestation initiatives have resulted in more than five million organically planted trees since 1997. Along with economic alternatives for the local communities as well as effective law enforcement against harmful practices, the future for the wintering Monarch butterflies seems bright.

Japan Considers End to Antarctic Whaling

via Discovery News | Sat July 30, 2011
For the first time, officials from Japan's fisheries agency have publicly floated the prospect of ending that country's whaling program in the Antarctic.

Critically endangered Amur leopards population increasing

Story contains video via WWF | Mon July 25, 2011
Recent video footage from a survey on a group of critically endangered Amur leopards in the Russian Far East has yielded unexpectedly positive results, giving evidence that some wild groups of the big cat are showing clear signs of a tendency towards population growth, says WWF Russia.

Grand Cayman blue iguana: Back from the brink of extinction

Story contains video Mon July 18, 2011
While thousands of species are threatened with extinction around the globe, efforts to save the Grand Cayman blue iguana represent a rarity in conservation: a chance for complete recovery, according to health experts from the Wildlife Conservation Society's Bronx Zoo and other members of the Blue Iguana Recovery Program.

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