Biodiversity conservation has revolved around creation of lists that prioritise species for protection. Conservation laws of many nations create lists of species to be protected, while international instruments, such as the cites, have appendices listing species that are prioritised for protection. The best-known of these is the World Conservation Union-International Union for the Conservation of Nature's (iucn) Red List.

More than 70 per cent of small cetaceans

Although we have reports of tool usage in captive gorillas, this is the first time wild western gorillas were photographed using sticks as tools to get through swampy areas. This provides valuable

A camera trap set in Iran's Dar-e Anjir Wildlife Refuge recently captured images of rare Asiatic Cheetahs. In two separate photographs, four adult cheetahs and a female cheetah and her four

She has never seen a tiger : this is how some conservationists questioned my credentials to chair the tiger task force when it was set up three months ago. It did not surprise me. Cola, pesticide or

Rajasthan s camel population has reduced dramatically during the last ten years. The Pali, Rajasthan based non governmental organisation Lokhit Pashu Palak Sansthan undertook a month long tour to investigate the situation

Pakistan s national animal s trophy hunted for conservation and income to the poor

US wildlife reports, complain scientists

Kenyan conservationists are opposing a government plan to send hundreds of exotic and endangered animals to Thailand in exchange for a few Asian tigers and elephant training assistance. They believe

Overfishing also harms wildlife on land

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