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IBIS Rice: the bird-friendly rice scheme boosting livelihoods in Cambodia

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China has announced it will end its elephant ivory trade at the end of 2017. Helps start the year with knowing that will happen :D:D China says it will shut down ivory trade by end of 2017 China to Shut Down Its Ivory Trade by the End of 2017

People often discuss animals difficult and rarely kept in zoos, but strangely there is no thread on animals which really 'belong to zoos'. For me, they are species which best fulfill zoos' mission. I realized there are at least 3 categories of such animals: 1. Animals which will never be safe...

Cliffs lying barren: why we can't afford to ignore the Kittiwake crash If this becomes a reality, it would really help populations of Atlantic Puffins and Black-Legged Kittiwakes.

Clones vs drones: Tahiti battles nine invasive species to save iconic bird

Is this Guam bird coming back from extinction in the wild?

Trump To Lift Ban On Import Of Elephant Trophies From 2 African Nations | HuffPost Proceeds to bang head on desk angrily

This new was created by the WCS, WWF, and Birdlife International. Its goal is to stop deforestation. Trillion Trees: three conservation giants join forces to end deforestation

Tagging the Elusive White-headed Duck

Greece takes action on 3 iconic bird species

Hawaiian crows released into the wild – The Sixth Extinction

People are volunteering as "nest-guardians" to protect Saffron-Cowled Blackbird nests. Meet the guardians watching over Argentina's threatened nesting sites

Mali’s Desert Elephants, on Edge of Annihilation, Get a Fighting Chance

Animal species that are now to be given greater protection includes giraffes, leopards, chimpanzees, Gobi bears, whale sharks, and old-world vultures:Chimpanzees, leopards and giraffes are threatened with extinction

Local conservation action reducing poverty in coastal Kenya

India closes the loophole threatening the recovery of Asia's vultures

This article is all about the conservation of island endemic birds. The article mentions that rats have been eradicated from Anacapa Island. New study reveals why islands are our biggest extinction battlegrounds

Hello, My name is Kara Arundel and I am the author of a new book -- Raising America's Zoo -- about the true story of a family of gorillas that lived at the National Zoo in Washington, D.C. and the zoo's evolution from an antiquated animal park to an internationally respected conservation center...

Is the Yellow-breasted Bunting the next Passenger Pigeon?