It was late at night at the Preto Velho ranch when the unsuspecting jaguar approached the trap, took the bait—and was downed by a tranquilizer dart.
Ecology
Mar 5, 2013
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Mackerel has been struck off a list of sustainable fish by British conversationists who warn that overfishing is depleting stocks.
Ecology
Jan 22, 2013
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Green campaigners on Friday hailed a decision by France that they said would create the world's biggest shark sanctuary.
Ecology
Dec 7, 2012
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The European parliament on Thursday called a definitive halt to shark finning, the long contested practice of fishermen slicing off fins and throwing the live body overboard to drown.
Ecology
Nov 22, 2012
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Conservation groups expressed outrage after resistance led by China and Russia stymied efforts to carve out new marine sanctuaries and protect thousands of species across Antarctica.
Ecology
Nov 2, 2012
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Pacific stocks of the oceanic whitetip shark, a favourite of fin soup enthusiasts, sank by as much as 17 percent a year between 1995 and 2010 despite catch and finning limits, a study said Wednesday.
Ecology
Nov 1, 2012
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Should we save the desert tortoise, or plow over its habitat to build solar power plants that can help us save ourselves? It's a question that has arisen frequently in recent years as solar developers have flocked to California's ...
Energy & Green Tech
Oct 19, 2012
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Researchers in Grand Canyon National Park have discovered a prehistoric-looking sucker fish once thought to be extinct from the area.
Ecology
Oct 19, 2012
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An environmental group said Wednesday that a vast swath of Madagascar's unique palm tree species was threatened with extinction. Their dying out would harm the livelihoods of local people as well as endanger several animal ...
Ecology
Oct 17, 2012
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(AP)—A critically endangered turtle that somehow made it to Vietnam decades ago has been returned to its original home: Cambodia.
Ecology
Oct 5, 2012
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