MEXICO CITY — Environmental watchdogs accused a Mexico-based startup Thursday of violating international trade law by selling a health supplement made from endangered totoaba fish to several countries including the U.S. and China. Advocates told The Associated Press they also have concerns that the company, The Blue Formula, could be selling fish that is illegally … Read more
An expedition through an unpredictable, perilous mountain range in Indonesia’s province of Papua led to the rediscovery of a critically endangered egg-laying mammal that hasn’t been seen for more than 60 years. For the researchers of Expedition Cyclops, Attenborough’s long-beaked echidna — a bizarre-looking, quill-covered creature with powerful digging feet — is a symbol of … Read more
MEXICO CITY — The conservation group Sea Shepherd on Tuesday signed an agreement with Mexico to help expand the protection area for the vaquita porpoise, the world’s most endangered marine mammal. Sea Shepherd, which helps the Mexican Navy to remove illegal gill nets that drown the vaquita, says the expansion will extend the area where … Read more
SEQUOIA NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) — A brand new pack of grey wolves has proven up in California’s Sierra Nevada, a number of hundred miles away from another identified inhabitants of the endangered species, wildlife officers introduced Friday. It is a discovery to make researchers howl with delight, on condition that the native species was … Read more
Orcas within the Pacific Northwest are battling some type of unknown pores and skin illness, new analysis out this week suggests. The research discovered photographic proof that these orcas have been growing increasingly mysterious lesions through the years. It’s not clear but how dangerous this pattern could also be, nevertheless it’s the newest potential risk … Read more
“My view is that the US commerce [in hippo parts] is essentially a byproduct of different causes for killing,” says Crawford Allan, a wildlife commerce skilled with the World Wildlife Fund. In Africa, he says, “no person wastes something. So when you kill an animal as a result of it’s a hazard to your group, … Read more