A recent camera trap survey launched by the Wildlife Conservation Society in collaboration with the Department of Forestry in the Lao People's Democratic Republic has uncovered a surprisingly varied gallery of mammals in one of the country's last remaining wild areas.
A unique new atlas of the Adirondack Park"”the largest protected area in the lower 48 states"”features everything from the area's geology and wildlife to the history of human settlements and activities, showing the landscape in its full scope for the first time in such a format.
Bolivia's sprawling Kaa-Iya Gran Chaco National Park, known for some of the world's highest densities of ticks, may now lay claim to another superlative: more jaguars than any protected area on earth.
With South America's Mars-like Altiplano region serving as a surreal back-drop, a group of scientists recently braved frigid temperatures, high winds, and altitudes of over 11,000 feet to fit bands on 300 threatened James' flamingoes chicks.
Bottlenecks from increased development are choking off ancient migration routes in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem and other regions, according to a study.
Three-ton elephant seals, boisterous southern sea lions, and some of the world's largest penguin colonies recently received a protective boost, when the government of Argentina signed a comprehensive plan to safeguard its 2,000-mile coastal zone from harmful development.
Today the government of Myanmar has formally declared a sprawling 8,400-square-mile reserve for tigers, making it the largest protected area for these endangered big cats on earth.
Scientists have developed a model that shows a solid quantitative relationship between tiger numbers and the amount of prey available to these highly endangered big cats.
Scientists working in the Russian Far East released a Siberian tiger last week, after rescuing it from a snare set out by poachers.
One of the world's great centers of primate diversity is now a national park, created in one of Africa's smallest and most densely populated nations. Nyungwe National Park is a rich landscape that contains 13 different types of primate, 260 bird species, and over 260 species of trees and shrubs.
Scientists have developed a high-tech map that predicts where wolves will prey on livestock, which in turn may allow wildlife managers and ranchers to prevent attacks in the first place.
A group of scientists and veterinarians from the New York-based Wildlife Conservation Society today applauded China's decision to ban trade in wild birds to help prevent the spread of Avian Flu.
The Republic of Congo announced today plans to expand its protected area network for the purpose of further conserving the region's immense biodiversity, one of the key goals of the 7th Conference of the Parties for the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP-7).
A new study suggests that a woodpecker's beak is a virtual petri dish of fungal spores that play a key role in the decay of dead trees, or "snags."
Unless the wildlife trade can be controlled, Asia will lose much of its unique biodiversity, experts said today in Kuala Lumpur at the 7th Conference of the Parties for the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP-7).
A group of scientists and wildlife health experts say that closing Asia's wild bird markets would reduce the spread of Avian flu. The markets place tens of thousands of wild and domestic birds in close quarters, allowing diseases to make the jump between wild animals, livestock, and ultimately humans.
Who's afraid of the big bad wolf? The survey says: it largely depends on who you are and what you do, according to a study.
Poaching of a critically important population of endangered hawksbill sea turtles along the coast of Nicaragua has dropped by more than 79 percent, thanks to a unique program developed by the Bronx Zoo-based Wildlife Conservation Society that enlists support from local communities.
The New York-based Wildlife Conservation Society announced that it has received a grant of nearly $8 million from the Gordon & Betty Moore Foundation to protect more than 85,000 square miles of habitat in tropical South America.
A recent census of the Virunga Volcanoes mountain gorilla population has found that it has increased by 17 percent, according to conservation authorities in Uganda, Rwanda, the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Wildlife Conservation Society and other organizations.
The Adirondack Cooperative Loon Program (ACLP), a research and education partnership of the Wildlife Conservation Society and four other organizations, have announced a new study to learn where Adirondack loons go in the winter.
How do you keep a black bear from taking out the backyard bird feeder or going through your garbage? Play the sound of a helicopter, or flash a strobe light, say scientists who tested several non-lethal techniques to minimize conflicts between humans and large carnivores.
Researchers conducting an ongoing study of common loons in the Adirondacks say that the newly proposed regulations on mercury emissions could adversely affect these beloved birds, known for their haunting yodel-like calls.
A group of scientists have perfected an unusual, hands-on method to study great white sharks, where these fearsome predators are gently hauled into research vessels to receive high-tech satellite tags.
Black bears living in and around urban areas are up to a third less active and weigh up to thirty percent more than bears living in wild areas, according to a recent study.
A family of huge forest birds living in the dense jungles of Papua New Guinea emit low-frequency calls deeper than virtually all other bird species, possibly to communicate through thick forest foliage, according to a study.
After surviving for thousands of years in the lakes of Southeast Asia, the East Asian giant softshell turtle may finally be faced with extinction, as the last member of the species lingers on in Vietnam's Hoan Kiem Lake.
The Ministers of the environment from Nigeria and Cameroon have established an agreement to protect the Cross River gorilla, the world's rarest subspecies of gorilla that totals a mere 280 individuals throughout its entire range.
Held once every 10 years, this year's World Parks Congress has tackled a key issue that affects both conservation and development: the movement of diseases between wildlife, humans and their livestock.
A proven model of sustainable development is the foundation for the newly established Piagaçu-Purus Sustainable Development Reserve in Brazil"”one of six reserves recently created by the Amazonas State Government and acknowledged at the World Parks Congress.
When Miss Pearl finally returned to the Pearl Cays in Nicaragua last month after a three-year hiatus, it was cause for celebration. Best of all, her transmitter was still attached.
The great white shark, one of the world's most feared predators, is slowly being fished out of existence. Great whites received some good news when revealed a new genetic test that may lead to increased protection for these misunderstood fish.
Known worldwide for its diversity of large species, Tanzania could soon lose one of its most unique mammals-the dugong-to a combination of net entanglement and habitat destruction. This close relative of the manatee may soon become locally extinct without measures to protect it where it still persists along the Tanzanian coastline.
A consortium of scientists from the New York-based Wildlife Conservation Society announced this week that one way to reduce the risks of future SARS-like diseases is to control wildlife markets. Specifically, markets selling wild animals for their meat not only threaten wildlife populations, but also present a grave threat to humans.
Wildlife living on the windswept Tibetan plateau -- including the Tibetan antelope slaughtered by poachers to make luxury "shahtoosh" shawls -- have increased over the past decade due to better enforcement, according to recent surveys.
Three adult Chinese alligators -- the world's most endangered crocodilian species -- were successfully released in China recently by a team of biologists in an effort to help restore the species to the Yangtze River valley, the New York-based Wildlife Conservation Society announced today.
A method used by India's government to count tigers for the past 30-plus years has produced largely inaccurate data, resulting in poor conservation practices, according to a study led by the New York-based Wildlife Conservation Society.
Why did the deer cross the road? It didn't. And neither did the bear, fox or coyote, according to a new study by the New York-based Wildlife Conservation Society that says wildlife underpasses designed to keep wildlife off the New York Thruway are not working.
Stretching through six countries of Eastern Africa, the Albertine Rift contains more than 7,500 species of mammals, birds, amphibians, reptiles and plantsËœonly the tip of the iceberg for the area"šs total biodiversity that is now under threat, according to a WCS report.
Lesson one: don't steal a bear's dinner. Last week, a wolverine - a ferocious member of the weasel family able to kill a caribou - learned this the hard way, according to a team of researchers from the New York-based Wildlife Conservation Society.
How's this for a bitter aftertaste? Cheap coffee, the kind that comes in industrial-sized cans, may be contributing to the loss of tigers, elephants and rhinos living half a world away, according to a study by the New York-based Wildlife Conservation Society.
A recent study focusing on the humpback whales of the Gulf of Maine revealed that differences in reproductive success of whale mothers may play a significant role in changing genetic variation in the population, according to scientists.
A recent published study by the Wildlife Conservation Society warns that a proposal to remove grizzly bears and wolves living in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem from the Endangered Species List is premature, because neither species may be fully recovered.
A recent study by the Wildlife Conservation Society revealed that the number of shark fins moving through Asian markets could be more than twice the estimate used by the United Nations, which helps monitor and manage the world's fish populations.
A remote camera clicked the first known photograph of a wild Siberian or Amur tiger in northern China last week, providing strong evidence that tigers are crossing from the Russian Far East to repopulate previous tiger strongholds.
An immense grassland in Mongolia -- an area likened to the prairies of the American West, complete with staggering migrations of wildlife -- is threatened by a proposal to build a road through its center, according to the Wildlife Conservation Society.
A rare dolphin species known for assisting fishermen by driving fish into their nets may soon disappear from the great Asian river for which the animals are named.
What's seven feet long, 250 million years old, and currently lurking in the depths of Oregon's Rogue River? It's the green sturgeon, the craggy, shark-like fish that has quietly eked out a living since the time of the dinosaurs.
Human beings now directly influence more than three quarters of the earth's landmass, according to a state-of-the-art map of the world produced by a team of scientists from the New York-based Wildlife Conservation Society and Columbia University's Center for International Earth Science Information Network.
Strong regulations backed by hard science played a significant part in the remarkable comeback of North Atlantic swordfish populations, which have largely recovered, according to the New York-based Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS).
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