Poachers have killed 158 rhinos in South Africa's national parks since the beginning of the year, a rate of more than two a day, environment officials said on Friday.

Biology - Ecology

Mar 15, 2013 2 / 5 (2) 2

South Africa is exploring the legal trade of rhino horn to counter a poaching bloodbath that has surged despite tighter security controls, the environment minister said Thursday.

Biology - Ecology

Feb 28, 2013 not rated yet 1

The Solomon Islands on Friday urged villagers to stop the mass slaughter of dolphins, saying the traditional practice was damaging the Pacific nation's tourism industry.

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Feb 01, 2013 not rated yet 0

Claus Mortensen is a private Kenyan rancher with a passion -- endangered rhinos -- and now a mission: to save his herd from slaughter by ruthless poachers who sell their horns to Asia, where they are prized ...

Biology - Ecology

May 11, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 4

The slaughter of animals for commercial meat supply without stunning them first should at the very least be curbed, if not banned, concludes a former president of the British Veterinary Association (BVA) in an opinion piece ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

May 05, 2012 4.6 / 5 (11) 41

Four swans found dead in Massachusetts had the bird flu virus, authorities said Wednesday, stressing that the strain was not dangerous to humans.

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Feb 02, 2012 not rated yet 0

Once filled with hundreds of ostriches, the fields of the Klein Karoo are strangely empty.

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Sep 20, 2011 not rated yet 0

The study, by researchers at the Medical Research Council (MRC) Centre for Outbreak Analysis and Modelling at Imperial College London, is published today in the Royal Society journal Biology Letters. ...

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Jul 13, 2011 not rated yet 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A report published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences details the proof found that "desert kites" were used as slaughter structures for civilizations as long as 6,000 years ...

Other Sciences - Archaeology & Fossils

Apr 19, 2011 4.7 / 5 (7) 4 |

(AP) -- Copies of the 2010 Oscar-winning film that depicts the slaughter of dolphins in the Japanese fishing village of Taiji have been delivered free to its residents, compliments of the director.

Biology - Other

Feb 28, 2011 5 / 5 (2) 0

(AP) -- Yellowstone National Park's iconic bison herds are suffering their worst winter in several years with almost 400 of the animals being held for possible slaughter - and a much-heralded initiative to ...

Biology - Ecology

Feb 04, 2011 5 / 5 (1) 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Amid the horrendous slaughter of the Civil War, people from all denominations turned to their faith to explain and justify the causes for which they fought – and to find reasons for pressing on. A new ...

Other Sciences - Other

Jan 05, 2011 4.6 / 5 (7) 5

(AP) -- Australian authorities plan to corral about 6,000 wild camels with helicopters and gun them down after they overran a small Outback town in search of water, trampling fences, smashing tanks and contaminating ...

Biology - Ecology

Nov 26, 2009 3 / 5 (2) 0