By the time we see our first gorilla, I'm ready to sit down on a patch of grass and, honestly, take a rest. After two hours of vigorous hiking, I want to ask the gorillas if they can just hang on a moment so I can catch my breath. The hike began with a bang: up a steep incline, through a non-native eucalyptus woodland, past tea plantations at 6,200 feet above sea level, then down into the dense brush. Once inside Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park, we traipsed along a narrow path lined with mahoganies and strangler figs while skipping over branches and lines of angry red ants.
Known for his stunning photos of wildlife and landscapes, as well as co-founding SeaLegacy alongside fellow conservationist and photographer Cristina Mittermeier, Paul Nicklen has traveled the globe to not only highlight our planet's phenomenal biodiversity but also to shed light on its increasing vulnerabilities due to the ongoing climate crisis.
The Bajau people recognize how important mangroves are to their livelihood and survival. By cultivating mangrove trees, they have been able to bring back fish whose habitats had dwindled and protect the coastline from erosion.
The bluebuck represents a pivotal step forward for Colossal and conservation, marking our first major focus on antelope conservation. Every reproductive technology, genome editing protocol, and conservation tool we develop through this effort is designed to scale.
As we destroy the environment, we are destroying ourselves, he told an audience at the United Nations Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro in 1992, held to address global environmental issues. We are part of the web of life, and what we do to the web, we do to ourselves.
New Zealand may be saturated with images of its treasured national bird but it is rare to see one in the flesh and this was the first time kiwi had ever set foot in parliament.
For two years, the Sumatran Orangutan Society (SOS) and TaHuKah had been watching camera-trap footage of the bridge, waiting for the day that an orangutan would finally cross. After two long years, it's finally happened.
The carcasses of 18 wolves have been found in an Italian national park within the space of a week in an apparent series of poisonings described by conservationists as the most serious crimes against wildlife in Italy in a decade.
White park cattle are an ancient breed, different to the selectively bred commercial animals usually associated with farmed cattle. Price described them as a semi-wild animal that was partially domesticated.
"Extending the spring crab season with pop-up gear helps support an economically vital fishery while preventing whale entanglements. It's a true 'win-win' for fisheries and wildlife."
'Our results show that the next 20 years are critical,' lead author Dr Rob Cooke told the Daily Mail. 'By around 2050, we reach a point where the choices we make on emissions and land use will largely determine whether Britain moves towards a much more degraded or a much more nature‑positive future.'
