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South Sudan says its 6M antelope make up world’s largest land mammal migration, but poaching on rise

BADINGILO and BOMA NATIONAL PARKS, South Sudan (AP) — Seen from the air, they ripple across the landscape — a river of antelope racing...

Japan’s new whaling mothership sets sail on first hunt

Shimonoseki (Japan) (AFP) – The chef fires up the grill and bastes a chunky whale steak, a Japanese delicacy that could soon appear on more...

Milking venom from Australia’s deadly marine animals

Cairns (Australia) (AFP) – Imagine feeling like an elephant is sitting on your chest, you can't breathe, there's a sense of impending doom and the...

New Zealand’s Maori King calls for whales to be given personhood

Wellington (AFP) – The King of New Zealand's Indigenous Maori people made an impassioned call Thursday for whales to be granted the same legal rights...

S.Africa sees sharp rise in rhino poaching with nearly 500 killed last year

Conservationists raised the alarm on Tuesday as South Africa reported a sharp increase in rhino poaching, with almost 500 animals killed last year. The country...

Shark bites and deaths up even as species faces crisis: study

Washington (AFP) – Shark bites and fatalities ticked up worldwide last year, with Australia accounting for a disproportionate number of deaths resulting from heightened contact...

Ivory trade in Nigeria puts Elephants in extinction risk

Mayar Alkhatieb ALBAWABA - Since the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species implemented a ban on the ivory trade in 1989, it's disheartening to...

China’s animal lovers fight illegal cat meat trade

Suzhou (China) (AFP) – When Han Jiali's beloved cat Dabai was taken from her Shanghai home last year, she embarked on a hunt for her...

French Pacific archipelago divided over shark hunt

Noumea (AFP) – After killing seven people in the past five years, sharks are enemy number one in France's Pacific archipelago of New Caledonia where...

S.African rhino farm, world’s largest, bought by NGO

Johannesburg (AFP) – The largest rhino farm in the world, which is home to 2,000 animals and located in South Africa, has been bought by...

Colombian coffee growers welcome truce with ‘Paddington’ bear

  El Aguila (Colombia) (AFP) – In a coffee-growing region of Colombia, the world's third-largest producer, a group of farmers have declared a truce with...

What makes us human? Primate genome study offers some clues

By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The most comprehensive genomic study ever on primates - a group whose membership includes lemurs, monkeys, apes and people...

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