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Watching wildlife from space, with help from human friends
The news seems dire for wildlife, threatened by climate change and increasingly endangered on earth, but there’s help on the way and right now it’s coming from the International Space Station. The International Cooperation for Animal Research Using Space (Icarus)
Orangutans are being squeezed out by oil palm plantations
The numbers of Bornean orangutans have declined in forest patches within oil palm landscapes in the Malaysian state of Sabah.
IUCN: nearly 30,000 species are facing the risk of extinction
As many as 28,338 species fall into a category that indicates they are at grave risk of going extinct.
‘Operation Thunderball’ targets wildlife traffickers worldwide
Police officers and customs officials have identified and arrested 582 suspected wildlife traders in 109 countries.
The illegal wildlife trade is still thriving on Facebook
The Sun newspaper in the UK has found endangered animal being peddled online, including cheetahs, leopards and tigers.
Canada leads the way in banning all shark fins
Tens of millions of sharks, large and small, are slaughtered each year for their fins.