Environmental Investigation Agency Calls for Destruction of All Black Market Ivory

  MEDIA RELEASE: MASS IVORY BURNING SHOWS THE WAY AHEAD Campaign group calls for the destruction of all black market ivory. Photo credit: Environmental Investigation Agency KENYA: As several tonnes of contraband ivory went up in smoke, the London-based Environmental Continue Reading

IUCN Species of the Day: Oceanic Whitetip Shark

  Photo credit: Stella Covre   The Oceanic Whitetip Shark, Carcharhinus longimanus, is listed as ‘VULNERABLE’ on the IUCN Red List of Threatened SpeciesTM. This migratory predator is one of the most widespread shark species, ranging across tropical and subtropical Continue Reading

IUCN Species of the Day: Asiatic Black Bear

  Photo credit: Jagdeep Rajput   The Asiatic Black Bear, (‘Moon Bear’), Ursus thibetanus, is listed as ‘VULNERABLE’ on the IUCN Red List of Threatened SpeciesTM. It has a patchy range roughly coinciding with forest distribution from southeastern Iran, through Continue Reading