Flamingo way of walking stimulate organic matter filtering in saline wetlands

An international group of researchers led by the University of Granada (UGR) has found that the greater flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus) facilitates microbial 'filtering' of...

Fight against wildlife crime gets a USD20 million boost

At an event held alongside the 69th meeting of the CITES Standing Committee (SC69), the International Consortium on Combating Wildlife Crime (ICCWC) announced generous...

#BigCats: #PredatorsUnderThreat announced as the slogan

The countdown to next year’s World Wildlife Day (WWD) kicks off today, 100 days before 3 March 2018. This special day in the UN...

CITES annual meeting to tackle pressing wildlife issues and assess compliance with international commitments

In a packed agenda for this week-long meeting, the CITES Standing Committee will discuss progress made in: tackling poaching of African elephants; adopting tighter...

Insects face calamitous habitat loss

Unless nations act fast, habitat loss could rob half of all insects of over half their habitat. Other creatures, too, could suffer in a...