Articles by Alex Taylor - Page 43

White-nose syndrome is a disease caused by fungus that grows around the wings and muzzle of the bat and kills them by direct contact when they are hibernating.

Although reindeer populations are naturally cyclical with numbers going up and down, it is man-made elements that are now behind this recent decline.

Home to the greatest number of rhinos, South Africa witnessed a record number of rhinos killed for their horn, as affluence and demand rises in the East.

The driving force behind this rise is the same culprit that is behind the rise in rhino poaching – increasing demand in Asia.

Scientists have discovered one technique that farmers can adopt to help birds through the long, harsh winter.

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) upgraded the Manta Ray’s 2006 classification from “near threatened/regionally vulnerable” to “vulnerable.” This was in response to growing demand for their gill rakers

Reductions in population numbers prompted the UK government to pass legislation in 2007, which prioritised the protection of common toads and all UK reptiles.

The judge upheld the endangered listing of this species, after a lawsuit was filed in an attempt to strip it of the protection it desperately needs.

Illegal logging of the oyamel forest, the monarchs favoured trees to hibernate in, still continues despite an increase in the size of nature reserves by the Mexican government.