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The monkeys use their prehensile tails to grip Woolly monkeys can identify human hunters by their behaviour, research has revealed. Poeppig’s woolly monkeys live in the rainforests of Ecuador, Peru and Brazil but are vulnerable to hunting by the local Continue Reading
Taking advantage of the ongoing political instability in Central African Republic, poachers may be preparing to perpetrate one of the biggest elephant massacres in recent history. WWF sources said heavily armed poachers were in Dzanga Bai, locally known as the Continue Reading
2013 Youth Art Contest Semi-finalists Grades K-2 Amanda Liu Polar Bear Angela Liu Sandhill Crane Ann C. Sonu Spotted Owl Annabelle Chen Hawaii Honeycreeper Grand Prize Winner Ava Bribriesco American Burying Beetle 1st Place K-2 Hannah Chacko San Francisco Garter Continue Reading
Rhino horn is now more expensive (by weight) than gold or cocaine and as a result rhino poaching is reaching epidemic proportions. The number of rhino’s lost to poaching in South Africa climbed from 300 in 2010 to 668 in 2012! 232 rhinos Continue Reading
Introduction Frog populations have been declining worldwide at unprecedented rates, and nearly one-third of the world’s amphibian species are threatened with extinction. Up to 200 species have completely disappeared since 1980, and this is NOT normal: amphibians naturally go extinct Continue Reading