Eight rare Mexican wolf pups have been born at a preserve in Westchester, a development that could aid the federal program that has reintroduced the endangered species to the wild. The Wolf Conservation Center in South Salem announced online Monday that five males and three females were born SundayContinue Reading
(05-08) 15:58 PDT Honolulu (AP) — Hawaii’s state bird was once so endangered, there were just 30 left on the planet. Now, the Aloha State is spending hundreds of thousands of dollars a year to move hundreds of geese away from runways at the airport in the Garden Island ofContinue Reading
Farmers who are working to help threatened birds on their land are also more likely to have healthy populations of bugs, butterflies, bumblebees and bats, new scientific research has revealed. In two studies carried out in the West Country (and funded by Natural England) RSPB conservation scientists surveyed a rangeContinue Reading
CHICAGO (CBS) – It’s the first time in a century people have been able to see a bald eagle nest in Cook County. As CBS 2’s Bill Kurtis reports, they came close to extinction in the U.S. Bird watchers are gathered along 131st Street in Palos Township. It’s the closest theContinue Reading
Environment officials from Costa Rica and Honduras on Thursday proposed protections for scalloped hammerhead sharks under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES). “The time has come to regulate international trade of endangered hammerhead sharks,” said Ana Lorena Guevara, Costa Rica’s environment viceContinue Reading
The golden poison dart frog, which is arguably the world’s most poisonous animal, is now residing in the first ever sanctuary established to save the deadly, yet endangered, amphibian. The poison of this frog is so toxic that even coming into contact with a paper towel that has touched the frog canContinue Reading
For the 16th year in a row, the Mid-Hudson Bridge is home to newly hatched Peregrine falcons. The chicks, known as eyas, are the 42nd, 43rd and 44th birds fledged from the nesting box on the bridge. “It’s an annual tradition,” said Joseph Ruggiero, executive director of theContinue Reading