Cheetah numbers plummet globally, scientists call for 'endangered' status

‘Traffic noise may make birds more vulnerable to predators’

Great Barrier Reef 'not dying', Australia insists

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World's smallest porpoise vaquita marina close to extinction, 30 left

Highlights

• Vaquita marina is edging closer to extinction as scientists warned Wednesday that only 30 of them are left
• Illegal fishing nets have been responsible for the killing the world's smallest porpoise.
• At the current rate of loss, the vaquita will likely decline to extinction by 2022.

New birds species discovered in Nepal

An autumn passage migrant bird species Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush (Monticola saxitilis) was first seen and phot... Read More

Birds with larger brains more likely to survive climate change

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King of the zoo: liger cub Tsar is Russian hit

Highlights

• A rare baby tigress-lion crossbreed liger named for a king is the star of a Russian zoo.
• With the tawny fur of a lion cub covered in black stripes, Tsar was born on November 11.
• Tsar is two and a half months old and weighs five kilograms (11 pounds).

A travelling zoo director Erik Airapetyan feeding milk to a two-and-a-half months old liger cub, Tsar in Russi... Read More