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The Killing Forests: How Palm Oil Is Threatening To Make Orangutans Extinct
Used for lipsticks, toothpaste and even biodiesel, palm oil is destroying swathes of primary forest, leaving the orangutans who live there starving, homeless and ‘critically endangered’ – the final tier before extinction
Africa Calls to Protect World’s Remaining Hippos
Guinea and Mali are among the African nations calling for greater protection for hippos
Arctic Heating up Almost Four Times Faster than Rest of Planet
A new study reveals that the Arctic is warming up two times faster than researchers had originally anticipated.
Climate Becomes Bigger Threat than Poaching to the Survival of Elephants
With four consecutive failed rainy seasons across the Horn of Africa, elephants are now at a greater risk from drought than illegal poaching.
Big Cats Under the Hammer: Pakistan Zoo Puts Lions Up for Auction
Pakistani Zoo is selling 12 lions off to the highest bidder while campaigners including WWF call for them to be moved to another zoo
Kenya’s Black Rhinos Are On the Rise
Kenya has 85 more critically endangered eastern black rhinos than last year thanks to effective conservation efforts.
‘It’s Octopus Prison.’ Why Activists are Fighting to Stop World’s First Commercial Octopus Farm
They’re the Einstein of the sea, can feel pain and make deep friendships with humans and shouldn’t be kept in captivity for food, scientists and campaigners argue
Fishless Oceans: Will We Pay the Ultimate Price in the Future for Overfishing?
Thirty per cent of our oceans have already been pushed beyond their biological limits so will overfishing drive fish past the point of no return by 2048?
Appetite for Extinction. Frogs Under Threat from EU Demand for Legs
Why the insatiable EU appetite for frogs legs could see some amphibians disappear for good.
