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- International Women's Day Spotlight: Meet the 8 women leading the charge for a better world Sat, 9 Mar 19, 2:30amInternational Women’s Day is just one of the 365 days per year that it is important to recognize and celebrate the contributions and advancements female leaders have bestowed onto the environment, society and culture from...
- International Women's Day Spotlight: Meet the 8 women leading the change for a better world Sat, 9 Mar 19, 2:30amInternational Women’s Day is just one of the 365 days per year that it is important to recognize and celebrate the contributions and advancements female leaders have bestowed onto the environment, society and culture from...
- These AI-powered cameras can sense poachers and save wildlife Tue, 15 Jan 19, 9:30amAnimal poaching is on the rise as people find interest in ivory, fur, skins and more for their financial value. Previous technologies have tried to capture poachers in the act, but often failed because the poachers could...
- Recently captured critically endangered Sumatran rhino dies Thu, 7 Apr 16, 1:30amLast month conservationists praised the first contact with a critically endangered Sumatran rhino in 40 years. But hope dissolved when the rhino, who was christened Najaq, passed away this week. She appears to have died from...
- Conservationists spot Sumatran rhino in Indonesian Borneo for the first time in decades Thu, 24 Mar 16, 2:38amFor years, humans have only glimpsed signs of the critically endangered Sumatran rhino, through camera traps or footprints. There are only around 100 remaining in the wild, so conservationists rejoiced when a female was captured...
- Could printing synthetic GMO rhino horns help save real rhinos from extinction? Wed, 24 Jun 15, 2:00amAfter 40 million years roaming the earth, the rhinoceros has reached a point where it is classified as "critically endangered"—the Western black rhino was declared extinct, and only one, single Northern white rhino is left...
- Will Pembient’s 3D-printed rhino horn save the species from extinction? Tue, 23 Jun 15, 2:34amAfter 40 million years roaming the earth, the rhinoceros has reached a point where it is classified as "critically endangered"—the Western black rhino was declared extinct, and only one, single Northern white rhino is left...
- Hypocrisy at its Worst: Anti-Poaching Spokesman Charged with Killing Rhinos Thu, 9 Oct 14, 2:39amA senior park ranger from South Africa's Kruger National Park has been charged with rhino poaching. To make matters even worse, the section ranger, Lawrence Baloyi, has previously spoken out publicly about the evils of...
- Illegal Wild Cheetah Trade for Luxury Pets is Pushing Species to Extinction, CITES Report Wed, 16 Jul 14, 2:02amA new report has confirmed that the status-driven, illegal trade in live cheetahs is pushing vulnerable wild populations of the big cats to extinction...
- UN Reveals Billion Dollar Price Tag Associated with Environmental Crime Thu, 7 Nov 13, 4:42amPhoto of waste shipping container via Shutterstock Illegal deforestation, animal poaching and the shipping of toxic waste are all environmental crimes that cost the world billions of dollars each year, the UN recently reported...
- Poachers Kill Over 300 Elephants by Dumping Cyanide in Zimbabwe Watering Holes Tue, 22 Oct 13, 8:11amA few weeks ago Inhabitat reported that three men were arrested in Zimbabwe for pouring cyanide into a watering hole and killing 81 elephants. Now, the death toll has risen to include over 300 elephants, in addition to a...
- Over 300 Elephants Killed After Poachers Dump Cyanide in Zimbabwe Watering Holes Tue, 22 Oct 13, 4:00amA few weeks ago Inhabitat wrote about three men who had been arrested in Zimbabwe for killing 81 elephants by pouring cyanide into the elephant's drinking water...