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Only 30 years ago, Blue-throated Macaw, an endemic to the Beni savannahs of Bolivia, was feared extinct. However, a wide-ranging conservation programme by…

By the National Parks Authority Most of the wildlife that we see daily and often take for granted are celebrated annually today. When we say wildlife, we are referring to the undomesticated native animals and plants of Antigua and Barbuda that were not introduced by humans. Think about all the…

White-winged Flufftail is one of the rarest, shyest and least-known of all waterbirds. However, new research by BirdLife South Africa is telling us more about…

Antigua and Barbuda, a once forested country, boasted unique species of parrots, owls, snakes, lizards and plants. In the 1700s as colonisers settled, they inadvertently brought invasive alien species with them: black and brown rats. These rats had no predators in Antigua and Barbuda and so their populations grew exponentially.…

THE Iberian Lynx Ex situ Conservation Programme has established seven breeding pairs for the 2023 mating season at the El Acebuche centre, located in

Elephant populations are starting to recover in parts of Africa as law enforcement agencies and local communities turn the tide in their long-running battle against wildlife poachers and traffickers.

Elephant populations are starting to recover in parts of Africa as the tide is turned in the battle against wildlife poachers and traffickers.

PEOPLE all over the world tend to take water for granted because of how readily available it seems to be – until our taps run dry, that is.

Xin Xin, the granddaughter of pandas gifted by China, is in Mexico zoo’. China ended panda gifts in 1984 and now loans them at a cost of US$1 million annually; a price Mexico is unlikely to pay.

‘Greater intervention’ needed to ensure survival of curlew 2022-11-13