At least half of the insect species on Earth feed on plants. Some pests threaten plant and crop health in certain areas - especially in cities. Dozens of studies show that plant pests and sucking insects thrive in urban...
A British businessman has embarked on a conservative plan to save the fauna and flora on planet Earth. The most modern conservation Noah's Ark Park in South Africa is supposed to be built with the help of the public.
Conservation...
Paleontologists can spend years to decades in one single territory where millions of years old findings are expected. French paleontologists have discovered the giant bone of a dinosaur that lived 140 million years ago. The 2-meter-long femur weighs 500...
Most biologists and ethologists agree that dressage, demeanor, cramped conditions, and travel have an adverse effect on animals. In addition, beasts, which are very intelligent, including lions, tigers and bears, are often trained, subject to stress in well-equipped zoos....
Mammals, bird, fish, reptiles, and amphibians are caught in the wild and sold for multimillions. Trade in wild animals is cruel and fierce. Parts of animals are used for the production of decorations, drugs, clothing and other accessories. A...
Every year, around 10-20 million dogs are killed in China. About 4 million cats are also killed here. Thousands of people flock to the dog meat festival in Yulin in the southern Chinese region of Guangxi every year. The...
Experts from the University of Washington point to a dramatic increase in fish parasitic worms. When fish are consumed, the worms transmit to marine mammals and humans.
According to a study published in the Global Change Biology journal, the number...
Sulfoxaflor Likely Harms More Than One-Third of Protected Plants, Animals
The Environmental Protection Agency released a draft biological evaluation last month showing that the bee-killing insecticide sulfoxaflor is potentially putting 24 species of insects in jeopardy of extinction, including Karner blue...
Loss of the natural environment, pesticides and disease have caused the population of the American bumblebee (Bombus pensylvanicus) to decline by 89% in two decades. In the past, these were abundant insects, especially in pastures, on the prairies and...
Elephants, hunted for meat and tusks, ivory - one of the most expensive raw materials in the world used for jewelry making and decoration, are considered a vulnerable species. Rhinos are an endangered species thanks to poachers. The ground...
