eBay has announced a worldwide ban on the sale of ivory products on its auction websites from next year. An eBay spokesman said the move was the best way to help...

The Philippines is one of the top biodiversity hot spots, with 592 endemic species of amphibians, birds and mammals considered “threatened or endangered,” and 227...

Like the Philippine Eagle, the Tamaraw is another animal that can best symbolize mass extinction of species in the Philippines. Once found in the thousands in the early...

The Philippine eagle (Pithecophaga jefferyi) is one of the two largest eagles in the world. It is the tallest eagle (can exceed eight feet) and holds the world record...

The Philippine Tarsier will fit in your hand. At 12 centimeters in length, and between 117 and 134 grams in weight, it is the world’s smallest primate. The Philippine...

WWF condemns the blatant poaching of internationally-protected marine life and hopes that the Philippine government will finally have the resolve to dispense due...

Rising acidification of the ocean could reduce fertilisation of marine invertebrates and might eventually wipe out colonies of sea urchins, lobsters, mussels and...

According to a latest review, 48% of primate species face extinction. Illegal hunting, deforestation and habitat loss will soon wipe out primates. The picture is quite...

CHENNAI: As many as 950 live tortoises, an endangered species, were seized by the Customs officials from a passenger of a flight bound for Bangkok via Colombo at the...

Aye-ayes can be found only on the island of Madagascar. These rare animals may not look like primates at first glance, but they are related to chimpanzees, apes, and...

By Vincent Van Ross The rarest bird on the Indian soil in recent years and a winter visitor to Keoladeo Ghana National Park (KNP) in Bharatpur, the Siberian crane, has...

Since polar bears have been officially recognised as endangered, our attention turns to the next species perilously close to extinction - nivicolous hominis, known by...

The United States has listed the polar bear as a threatened species. Two-thirds of the polar bear population of 25,000 in the US could disappear by 2050. Climate change...

he gray wolf was officially removed from the Endangered Species Act’s “threatened” list Friday after three decades — a decision that has stoked...

South Africa says it will reverse a ban on elephant culls because the population now needs controlling.

They have bravely persisted in building the fence despite repeated assertions from a variety of sources that it will be massively expensive and completely ineffective.

The Bush administration is weeks away from a decision that most likely will designate polar bears as a threatened species, but it said Thursday that it won’t...

There was a time when Greenpeace would throw itself in front of whaling boats to protect whales from harm but, now, this same organization, funded by tax deductible...

The senseless and tragic killing of four vulnerable mountain gorillas has come as a shock to animal conservationists, not only endangering a hapless group but also...