Ein Meilenstein für den Naturschutz: Einer der am stärksten bedrohten Affen kehrt nach Afrika zurück
"Fergus" ist eine junge männliche Roloway-Meerkatze, die Tausende von Kilometern zurückgelegt hat, um wieder in ihrer ur…
New study shows importance of IUCN's Red List of Ecosystems
A new global standard in assessing environmental risk, the IUCN Red List of Ecosystems, has been trialled on 20 ecosyste…
A billion-dollar business puts species and people at risk
At least 12% of groupers - globally-important food fish species that live on coral and rocky reefs - face extinction, pu…
Earth Day Puts a Face on Climate Change
Today is Earth Day, and over one billion people in approximately 192 countries are taking action to protect the environm…
Last chance for the Sumatran rhino
With population estimates of Sumatran rhinos (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis) reduced to less than 100 individuals, a ground-b…
Sharks, rhinos and elephants among wildlife trade summit winners
A historic vote to improve the sustainability of the international trade of eight species of sharks and rays that are li…
White smoke for Whitetip and other sharks at CITES
Earlier decisions to adopt proposals to include shark species threatened by overharvesting for their fins and meat withi…
Timber proposals widely adopted at CITES
Dozens of commercially exploited timber species are to receive better international trade controls following negotiation…
IUCN and Microsoft form unique partnership to tackle species extinction
Microsoft and IUCN, the International Union for Conservation of Nature, jointly announced today at the 2012 IUCN World C…
Im Zoo Heidelberg leben wieder die seltenen Gürtelvaris
Mmmh, das schmeckt und ist genau das Richtige bei diesem Wetter. Vorsichtig greift das Gürtelvari-Weibchen mit ihren zar…
