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'Love hormone' oxytocin turns fierce lions into kittens

Mar 30, 2022 (AFP)

Scientists who spent years spraying oxytocin up the noses of lions found the big cats became much friendlier with their neighbors and less prone to roaring at s...

Nations ask for new nature talks in Nairobi before key UN meeting

Mar 29, 2022 (AFP)

Negotiators from across the world are meeting in Geneva to thrash out details of a sweeping plan to "live in harmony with nature" up until mid-century, with key...

Biodiversity loss 'threat to financial stability'

Mar 29, 2022 (AFP)

Almost 200 countries are due to adopt a global framework this year to safeguard nature by mid-century, with a key milestone of 30 percent protected by 2030. The...

Politics and pandemic weigh on talks to save nature

Mar 29, 2022 (AFP)

Countries have proposed to hold an extra biodiversity meeting in Nairobi in June as talks in Geneva involving nearly 200 countries -- although without the Unite...

Saving nature: Conserving 30% of the land, sea just the start

Mar 29, 2022 (AFP)

But experts agree that a new target is the easy part and will be ineffective without funding and rigorous monitoring. Negotiators, who wrapped up talks in Genev...

Rare birth of Sumatran rhino brings hope for endangered species

Mar 29, 2022 (AFP)

The World Wide Fund for Nature estimates fewer than 80 Sumatran rhinos remain in the world, mainly on the Indonesian island of Sumatra and Borneo. A rhino named...

Hundreds of new mammal species waiting to be found

Mar 29, 2022 (SPX)

Researchers found that most of these hidden mammals are small bodied, many of them bats, rodents, shrews, and moles. These unknown mammals are hidden in plain s...

Will big biodiversity ambitions be enough to save nature?

Mar 28, 2022 (AFP)

Nearly 200 nations are taking part in talks until Tuesday, aimed at fine-tuning a draft text to preserve biodiversity by 2050, with key milestones at 2030, whic...

Money at the heart of international efforts to save nature

Mar 27, 2022 (AFP)

That question is at the heart of international negotiations in Geneva, which will set the stage for a crucial United Nations COP 15 biodiversity summit in China...

Biodiversity loss threatens economic stability: central banks report

Mar 24, 2022 (AFP)

While climate change is increasingly factored into calculations of systemic economic risks, the report by central bankers, financial supervisors and academics s...

'Rhino bond' charges onto markets to save S. African animals

Mar 23, 2022 (AFP)

In this pilot project that will be judged on whether the population of horned animals in two parks in the country increases, the Washington-based development le...

Body composting takes root in US 'green' burial trend

Mar 21, 2022 (AFP)

Armstrong is one of a growing number of Americans embracing environmentally low-impact burials for their loved ones. Armstrong recalled that her son Andrew insi...

Europe raptor numbers down 55,000 due to gun-lead poison: study

Mar 16, 2022 (AFP)

The University of Cambridge study collected data on lead levels in the livers of thousands of dead raptors to calculate the impact of poisoning on population si...

Once-starving lions roar back to life in Sudan sanctuary

Mar 15, 2022 (AFP)

She was among five lions suffering from starvation and disease with visibly protruding ribs and flaccid skin, held in grim cages with rusty bars in Khartoum's A...

UN launches biodiversity talks on deal to protect nature

Mar 14, 2022 (AFP)

Almost 200 countries are due to adopt a global framework this year to safeguard nature by mid-century from the destruction wrought by humanity, with a key miles...

UN holds biodiversity talks on deal to stave off mass extinction

Mar 11, 2022 (AFP)

Almost 200 countries are due to adopt a global framework this year to safeguard nature by mid-century from the destruction wrought by humanity, with a key miles...

Four endangered American crocodiles are born in Peru

Mar 11, 2022 (AFP)

The crocodile hatchlings were born in mid-January after 78 days of incubation from the eggs of a pair of adult crocodiles that live in the Huachipa Zoological P...

Elephant kills Maasai man in Tanzania's Ngorongoro

Mar 10, 2022 (AFP)

The attack occurred against a backdrop of government concern over the increasing human population and activities in Ngorongoro, a World Heritage Site renowned f...

Gorillas in our midst: Baby apes boost Congo wildlife haven

Mar 10, 2022 (AFP)

"We're excited to announce that Virunga's Rangers have identified two new baby gorillas at #VirungaNationalPark," it said on Twitter. "Bazirushaka from the Lule...

Endangered bat not seen in four decades found in Rwanda

Mar 09, 2022 (AFP)

But the Hill's Horseshoe Bat was in fact still clinging to life in Rwanda's Nyungwe Forest -- a dense rainforest that is home to endangered mountain gorillas --...