Lemurs butchered in Madagascar

" Shocking pictures of slaughtered lemurs killed for bush meat have been released by Conservation International. A breakdown in law and order due to the recent coup in Madagascar has resulted in poachers killing...

Rare Fin Whale Carcass Found on Cruise Ship Bow in Vancouver

A rare fin whale's carcass was found on a cruise ship bow as it docked in Vancouver after a week long sailing from Vancouver to Alaska.  The ship, Sapphire Princess, was arriving in Vancouver, when the crew saw...

EVERLYSE CABRERA Endangered Missing

Endangered MissingEVERLYSE CABRERA DOB:  Jan 26, 2004 Missing:  Jun 10, 2006 Age Now: ...

The Library of Dead Animals: Things About Our Ecosystem & Zoology

Apart from the concept of wired science aboud animals and zoology, something wired will strike to us from this theme. Just looking at the snaps quoted does we feel ourselves guilty of using animals products for our...

Komodo Dragons attack Indonesians, becoming more aggressive

Komodo Dragons on the tropical islands of southeastern Indonesia have been living side by side with their human neighbours for years, but the islanders have been noticing an increasing amount of attacks on...

Tasmanian Devil upgraded to the endangered species list

Australia's Tasmanian Devil has been upgraded from vulnerable to endangered, now that the population has declined by 70 percent in only 13 years due to a deadly facial tumor that spreads from animal to animal. "...

Bald eagles feast on rare Cormorant threatening the population

Bald Eagles have increased in numbers after  years of decline and are now threatening the Great Cormorant species as they are targetting the cormorant chicks which could wipe out the bird population in the...

Tamir Sapir, NY Billionaire, pleads guilty to animal trafficking

Tamir Sapir, the New York billlionaire, who owns Ruzial Ltd, a company based in the Cayman Islands, has pleaded guilty to animal trafficking of animal wildlife parts, when his yatch was found at the Port Everglades...

Endangered Maleo birds get their own exotic beach to protect them

Endangered Maleo birds are getting their own stretch of Indonesian beach to help protect them from poachers, all for the low price of $12,500. Maleos look like chickens, but with black backs, pink stomachs and yellow...

European Union tightens up on bluefin tuna fishing rules

The European Union introduced new rules to help restore stocks of endangered bluefin tuna in the Atlantic and Mediterranean, meaning there will be significant cuts to fishing quotas by 2011 and the time fishermen...

Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers in California listed endangered

The Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers, two of the longest rivers in California, have been listed today as the USA's most endangered waterways, because of bad water management and really poor flood planning. The...

Two Rare elephants shot dead in Indonesia

Two rare Sumatran elephants were killed by single shots to the head and discovered near their rangers' camp near Kerinci National Park in Indonesia. They were used to patrol protected forests but it is thought...

Missing Jessica McCormack

" Endangered Runaway JESSICA MCCORMACK DOB:  Aug 3, 1992 Missing:  Jul 7, 2008 ...

Missing Alexis Marie Dukes-Jones

" ALEXIS MARIE DUKES-JONES Case Type: Endangered Runaway   DOB: Apr 10, 1995 Sex: Female Missing Date: Feb 6, 2009 Race: Black Age Now: 13...

Rare cheetah caught on camera and rare crab sighted in Britain

An incredibly rare cheeta has been photographed in the Algerian Sahara by scientists from the Zoological Society of London, while over in Britain, an incredibly rare crab has been sighted for the third time in...

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