Poaching on an "industrial" scale has slashed the elephant population in the countries of central Africa by nearly two-thirds, a group of international non-governmental organisations (NGOs) said on Friday.

Biology - Ecology

Apr 26, 2013 3.8 / 5 (6) 0

An EU court in a much-anticipated ruling Thursday upheld a 2010 ban on seal products, throwing out an appeal by fur traders including native Inuit from Canada and Greenland, and Scottish sporran-makers.

Biology - Ecology

Apr 25, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0

Mozambique's elephant population risks being obliterated within a decade unless tight anti-poaching measures are introduced, conservationists have warned.

Biology - Ecology

Apr 25, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0

Activists warned Thursday that wild populations of Southeast Asia's striking Tokay Gecko were in danger of being over-hunted for use in traditional medicine in China and other countries.

Biology - Ecology

Apr 11, 2013 not rated yet 1

(AP)—President Barack Obama used Washington's grandest stage—the State of the Union speech—to announce negotiations with Europe aimed at creating the world's largest free trade agreement. Just weeks later, there are ...

Other Sciences - Other

Mar 24, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 2

A group of poachers last week massacred 89 elephants in one night near the town of Ganba in southern Chad, the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) said in a statement Tuesday.

Biology - Ecology

Mar 19, 2013 5 / 5 (4) 0

The El Nino and La Nina climate patterns are unlikely to make an appearance during the first half of this year, the UN's weather agency said Monday.

Space & Earth - Earth Sciences

Mar 11, 2013 3.5 / 5 (2) 0

Global conservationists will converge in Bangkok for the start of key endangered species talks on Sunday, as host Thailand faces pressure to curb rampant ivory smuggling through its territory.

Biology - Ecology

Mar 02, 2013 not rated yet 0

China breached the rules of international commerce by slapping anti-dumping duties on x-ray scanners imported from the European Union, the World Trade Organisation ruled Tuesday.

Technology - Business

Feb 26, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0

Europe's growing security industry needs stricter controls to ensure its technology isn't used as a weapon against citizens, a Newcastle University expert has warned.

Other Sciences - Social Sciences

Feb 25, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0

(AP)—China has a new status its government doesn't want—world's biggest trader.

Technology - Business

Feb 19, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 1

The World Trade Organisation on Monday held its first hearing on the EU's contested ban against the sale of seal products, a decision opposed by both Norway and Canada.

Biology - Ecology

Feb 18, 2013 not rated yet 0

The US intelligence community has concluded that America is the target of a massive cyber-espionage campaign that is threatening its competitiveness, The Washington Post reported.

Technology - Internet

Feb 11, 2013 not rated yet 5

Americans call it piracy. Antiguans call it justice. The islands of Antigua and Barbuda are threatening to strip intellectual property protections from American goods as part of a long-running trade dispute over the U.S. ...

Technology - Internet

Jan 28, 2013 4.9 / 5 (9) 1

Illegal trade in wildlife products like ivory and rhino horn must be treated as a serious crime in order to end the devastating poaching of protected species, the head of UN wildlife trade regulator CITES ...

Biology - Ecology

Jan 25, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0