Mexico’s Navy said Wednesday it is planning to expand the area where it sinks concrete blocks topped with metal hooks to snag gill nets that are killing vaquita marina porpoises. The Navy began dropping the blocks into the Gulf of California last
Researchers in Pennsylvania are aiming to restore a small fish species that reportedly has “no commercial value” or “recreational importance” as they attempt to prevent it from being placed on the federal endangered species list. Pennsylvania State University announced it has been
There are now more golden lion tamarins bounding between branches in the Brazilian rainforest than at any time since efforts to save the species started in the 1970s, a new survey reveals. Once on the brink of extinction, with only about 200
Brazil seized 28.7 tons of shark fins this week from the illegal killing of more than 10,000 sharks, including a species on the country’s endangered list, the government said in a news release Tuesday. The seizure was part of the government’s Operation
Many animals across the globe are in danger of becoming extinct — and the Sulawesi crested macaque monkey is one of them. The Chester Zoo in Cheshire, England, recently welcomed a rare newborn monkey, one that will live in its habitat to
In honor of National Endangered Species Day, take a look at quick tidbits about creatures in the U.S. that are at risk of extinction. From the eye-catching monarch butterfly to the aquatic Black Warrior waterdog, here’s a list of some endangered species
An unexpected visitor spotted sunbathing on a beach in the Israeli city of Tel Aviv is turning heads and causing a media buzz. But it’s not American film director and Tel Aviv mainstay, Quentin Tarantino, or another Hollywood celebrity — it’s Yulia,
European authorities have arrested 27 suspects in an alleged illegal eel operation following a two-year investigation that prompted searches in France, Spain, Belgium and Poland, Spain’s Civil Guard said this week. The Civil Guard, in a joint operation with the French National
Mexican officials and the conservation group Sea Shepherd said Monday that experts will set out in two ships in a bid to locate the few remaining vaquita marina, the world’s most endangered marine mammal. Mexico environment secretary said experts from the United
Mexico’s Environment Department made promises to protect the endangered vaquita marina porpoise, but has failed to fulfill them in the past. There are estimated to be as few as eight vaquitas left in the Gulf of California and the Sea of Cortez,