Wildlife

From: Al Jazeera Close Up
Rescuing Armenia’s Bears | Close Up
Ruben Khachatryan has made it his mission to save the captive bears of Armenia from a lifetime of neglect and misery.
Published On 22 Jun 2022
UN biodiversity meet moved from China amid ‘zero-COVID’ approach
December’s UN Convention on Biological Diversity will now take place in Montreal, Canada, world body says.
Published On 21 Jun 2022
Call for urgent action as Australia faces biodiversity crisis
Former threatened species commissioner says more needs to be done if Australia is to save its unique flora and fauna.
Published On 15 Jun 2022
Happy the elephant is not a person, to stay at zoo: US judge
The judge said granting freedom to Happy would have ‘an enormous destabilising impact on modern society’.
Published On 14 Jun 2022

President Ramaphosa is at the centre of an international scandal involving the theft of $4m from his game farm.

On World Ocean Day, we look at eight marine species that face an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild.

The seizure marks one of the largest in Africa in years.

Wildlife trafficking gangs have a new commodity to smuggle through India – kangaroos, confounding officials.

Experts say deforestation and poaching pose enormous challenge to survival of Indonesia’s last remaining tiger species.

Likely hot spots include the Sahel, Ethiopian Highlands, Rift Valley, India, eastern China, Indonesia, the Philippines.

Marine mammals die at Farewell Spit on the South Island, the site of at least 10 strandings in 15 years.

Since the pandemic began, 19 species of animals across 35 countries have contracted COVID-19.

Bibiana Martin was 12 years old when she joined the forest rangers. Twenty years later, she is still protecting animals.

Amid an outpouring of grief, Sri Lanka’s president orders that cadaver of Nadungamuwa Raja be preserved for posterity.

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