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International trade of spiders, scorpions is 80% unregulated — threatening conservation, scientists say

Saturday, May 21 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- Spiders, tarantulas and scorpions may be creepy to many, but it turns out there's a gargantuan market for arachnids as pets, and it is mostly unregulated -- posing problems for the sustainability of their species. Nearly 80% of the global arachnid trade,... Read More.

National Park Week: Why the conservation of these ‘living laboratories’ is so important

Thursday, April 21 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- The establishment and enjoyment of the nation's national parks has become an American pastime a century and a half after Wyoming's famed Yellowstone National Park was formed. But the survival of the parks -- and the landscapes and ecosystems they house --... Read More.

Release of wild cheetahs in Mozambique could be answer to conservation of the species, biologists say

Saturday, January 29 by ABC News

(LONDON) -- Thousands of feet in the air, Willem Briers-Louw, a wildlife biologist, surveys the Zambeze Delta in Mozambique via helicopter -- seeking the animal populations he helps to conserve and maintain in the bushland. Cheetahs, one of Briers-Louw's subjects and the fastest land animal... Read More.

Battle rages over conservation and local economy in Alaska

Wednesday, November 10 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- Tongass National Forest stretches across nearly 17 million acres of land in southeast Alaska and is home to a lush vibrant ecosystem. It is now also at the center of a bitter battle between those trying to save the old growth... Read More.

COP26 live updates: Biden speaks on methane reduction, forest conservation

Tuesday, November 2 by ABC News

(GLASGOW, Scotland) -- Leaders from nearly every country in the world have converged upon Glasgow, Scotland, for COP26, the United Nations Climate Change Conference that experts are touting as the most important environmental summit in history. The conference, delayed by a year due to the... Read More.

Eli Roth calls the shark conservation documentary ‘Fin’ the “scariest movie” he’s ever made

Tuesday, July 13 by ABC News

Eli Roth is known for his horror films like Hostel and Knock Knock, but he tells ABC Audio the "scariest" film he's ever done is the new documentary Fin. Co-produced by Leonardo DiCaprio and released today as part of Discovery's Shark Week, Fin took Roth behind the scenes of the environmentally disastrous commercial shark fishing... Read More.

Snake River among top 10 most endangered rivers in the US, conservation group says

Saturday, April 24 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- Conservation group American Rivers has named Snake River, which passes through four Western states, the most endangered river in the country due to a series of dams that it says are threatening the existence of the river’s native salmon population. “They’ve never... Read More.

Officials: Three rare giraffes electrocuted to death by power lines in Kenya conservation area

Tuesday, February 23 by ABC News

By MORGAN WINSOR, ABC News (LONDON) -- Three rare giraffes were electrocuted to death when they walked into low-hanging power lines within a conservation area in western Kenya, officials said.The Kenya Power and Lighting Company, which owns and operates most of... Read More.

Government refusal to protect wolverines sparks lawsuit from conservation groups

Tuesday, December 15 by ABC News

By JULIA JACOBO, ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- A coalition of conservation groups has filed a lawsuit against the federal government over its decision to not protect the population of wolverines in the contiguous United States.The wolverine, a mammal that... Read More.

Animal conservation groups to sue federal government over dwindling giraffe population

Wednesday, October 14 by ABC News

By JULIA JACOBO, ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- Multiple animal conservation and protection groups plan to file a lawsuit against the federal government over what they say is a failure to consider protections for giraffes under the Endangered Species Act.The... Read More.

Stories tagged with: conservation

International trade of spiders, scorpions is 80% unregulated — threatening conservation, scientists say

National Park Week: Why the conservation of these ‘living laboratories’ is so important

Release of wild cheetahs in Mozambique could be answer to conservation of the species, biologists say

Battle rages over conservation and local economy in Alaska

COP26 live updates: Biden speaks on methane reduction, forest conservation

Eli Roth calls the shark conservation documentary ‘Fin’ the “scariest movie” he’s ever made

Officials: Three rare giraffes electrocuted to death by power lines in Kenya conservation area

Government refusal to protect wolverines sparks lawsuit from conservation groups

Animal conservation groups to sue federal government over dwindling giraffe population

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