Sep 29 Watch Racing to save Kenya’s wild elephants from poachers By PBS News Hour For the African elephant, poaching has reached crisis levels, according to some advocates. Killed for their magnificent ivory tusks, activists worry that wild elephants could near extinction in a decade. Jeffrey Brown reports from Amboseli National Park in Kenya about… Continue watching
Sep 25 Watch U.S. expands pristine national monument in the middle of the Pacific By PBS News Hour A region of the Pacific Ocean that is home to thriving colonies of rare and endangered species will be protected as the world’s largest marine preserve, under an executive order by President Obama. Hari Sreenivasan learns more from Elliott Norse… Continue watching
Sep 24 Deer prove dangerous to airports and pilots By Joan Lowy, Associated Press WASHINGTON — Long the bane of gardeners and unwary motorists, soaring deer populations are also nuisances for airports and threats to pilots, especially at this time of year, according to aviation and wildlife experts. Continue reading
Jun 13 68 elephants killed in the last two months at African wildlife refuge By Ariel Min Sixty-eight elephants in one of Africa’s oldest national parks – Garamba National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo – have been slaughtered in the past two months by poachers who attack with chain saws, grenades and guns, according… Continue reading
Jun 04 More than 300 species discovered in Southeast Asia By Justin Scuiletti A total of 367 new species have been discovered in Southeast Asia, according to a new report by the World Wildlife Fund. Continue reading
Mar 24 Texas oil spill threatens local businesses and wildlife By Ariel Min Dead birds covered in black oil have been spotted on the shores of Galveston, Texas since Sunday’s oil spill into the Gulf of Mexico. Continue reading
Aug 16 Watch Ecuador Exposes Rain Forest and its Inhabitants to Oil Extraction Effort Ecuador Exposes Rain Forest and its Inhabitants to Oil Extraction Effort… Continue watching
Jul 15 Watch Gulf Wildlife Protection, Rehabilitation Efforts Face Ongoing Challenges As news broke that the oil leak had been halted at least for now, work continued to help rescue the diverse wildlife in the Gulf of Mexico. Tom Bearden reports from the Louisiana coast. Continue watching
May 26 Photos: Wildlife Suffer as Oil Spreads By Sarah Clune, Lea Winerman For AP photographer Gerald Herbert, the story of the oil spill in the Gulf is personal. A New Orleans native, he worked for years out of Washington, D.C., covering Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama. But just after he… Continue reading
May 26 Watch Crews Scramble to Protect Louisiana Wildlife from Oil Leakage As BP engineers continue attempts to stem the Gulf oil leak, Tom Bearden reports on the implications for the wildlife along Louisiana's fragile coast and the attempts to protect the ecosystem from heavier oil. Continue watching