positive Wildlife news
Pet abuse law shake-up unveiledNew measures to protect animals against abuse and to make owners legally liable for their pets' welfare in England and Wales have been published. |
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Ontario moves to protect lake troutThe Ministry of Natural Resources is preserving Ontario's rich biodiversity by giving better protection to highly sensitive lakes which host lake trout, Natural Resources Minister David Ramsay said today. |
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Shark Nicole clocks more than 12,000 milesA great white shark named Nicole logged more than 12,000 miles swimming from Africa to Australia and back, the first proof of a link between the two continents' shark populations, researchers say. |
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Rare Congo gorillas surviving warThousands more rare lowland gorillas than previously thought may have survived years of war and poaching in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a US conservation group said on Thursday. |
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New frog centre for London ZooThe Zoological Society of London is to build a new centre for the conservation of frogs, toad and other amphibians. |
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Wild gorillas seen to use toolsGorillas have been seen for the first time using simple tools to perform tasks in the wild, researchers say. |
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Holy Squid! Photos Offer First Glimpse of Live Deep-Sea GiantLike something straight out of a Jules Verne novel, an enormous tentacled creature looms out of the inky blackness of the deep Pacific waters. |
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Kenya Launches New Project To Conserve Famed Tsavo Wildlife ParksAs part of a scheme to revamp its national parks to promote tourism and protect wildlife, Kenya on Thursday launched a new project to conserve the famed Tsavo East and West National Parks, home to the country's largest populations of elephants. |
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Rare stone-curlews in ‘recovery’One of England's most endangered birds has made a remarkable comeback. |
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Group Seeks $404 Million to Save FrogsInternational conservation groups proposed a $404 million effort Monday to preserve frogs and other amphibians whose sensitive, porous skins often make them the first indicator of when nature goes awry. |
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New York Skyscrapers Dim Lights to Save BirdsThe city that never sleeps will darken the lights of the famed Manhattan skyline after midnight to help save migrating birds. |
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Biologists Encouraged by Ferrets’ ProgressWildlife biologists believe that black-footed ferrets released into the wilds of Colorado are thriving and breeding as the state tries to build a self-sustaining population of the mammal considered to be the rarest in North America. |
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Bird Sings Complex HarmoniesPossibly the most complex vocalizing by any creature aside from humans has been heard by scientists standing in an Ecuadorian bamboo forest listening to plain-tailed wrens. |
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Entangled whale calf frees itselfA humpback whale calf entangled in crab pot gear for days near Juneau apparently got itself loose, a federal fisheries biologist said Wednesday. |
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Environmental news headlines
- Bicycling and Walking Benchmarking Report 2012: Bicycling is on the Rise
- Satellite study reveals critical habitat and corridors for world’s rarest gorilla
- California orders hike in number of super clean cars
- Fungi Discovered In The Amazon Will Eat Your Plastic
- Leatherback sea turtles granted massive protected area along U.S. west coast
- Swedish Cities Close to Building a Bicycle Superhighway
- Indonesia to conserve half of Borneo region
- Keystone oil sands pipeline rejected, for now
- Levi’s drops Asia Pulp & Paper due to its link to deforestation in Indonesia
- No rhinos poached in Nepal last year
- Singapore supermarket to stop selling shark fin
- European Carbon Regulation for Airlines Takes Off
- Saving the Amazon: Winning the war on deforestation
- The biggest new species discoveries in 2011
- Southern California whale census yields record number
- Electricity Sparks New Life Into Indonesia’s Coral Reefs
- US rolls out historic mercury limits for power plants
- 100,000 Signatures Overcome Coca-Cola in National Park Bottle-Ban Debate
- Solar’s Best Quarter Ever
- Mexico closes huge rubbish dump
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