Here's a video of some adorable Spoon-billed Sandpiper chicks recently hatched at the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust Slimbridge Wetland Centre in Gloucestershire, UK. The chicks are a part of a conservation breeding mission designed to keep the Spoon-billed Sandpiper from immediate extinction. This particular group of…
Snow Leopards Are Far Too Adorable to Be Endangered
Goodness! That's a big stretch for such a little snow leopard cub. Whenever I hear a news story — see a Grey's Anatomy episode — about some strange, lonely person who kept a wild animal for a pet until one day it got big and hungry enough to maul said person, I think, "Well, that was clearly a mistake." Then a video…
We Want To Book A Vacation On Lemur Island
Wow, it must be nice to have a spare Caribbean island lying around. Sir Richard Branson — known for Virgin Atlantic Airways, Virgin Mobile and space tourism company Virgin Galactic — has come up with a "radical idea" to save lemurs. The only place the endangered primates live in the wild is Madgascar, and illegal logging …
Elle Macpherson Is Really Sorry About Eating Rhino Horn
After revealing her controversial dietary supplement
Rare Meat
A villager from rural China has been sentenced to 12 years behind bars after he killed and ate what was believed to be the last wild Indochinese tiger in the country. Fewer than 1,000 Indochinese tigers remain. [Telegraph]
Conservationist Argues We Should Let Pandas Die Out
BBC nature host Chris Packham has questioned whether pandas deserve to survive, as they're not bright and aren't very good at reproduction. In the clip at left, Good Morning America anchors force Chris Cuomo to declare he's staunchly anti-panda killing.
Baby Snow Leopard Born In Japan
This adorable newborn snow leopard cub was just presented to crowds at Tokyo's Tama zoo. Snow leopards have unusually furry tails, which they use to protect their faces from the cold as they sleep. They are endangered. [Reuters]
We Can Save Endangered Species By…Eating Them?
On Friday's 20/20's special "You Can't Even Talk About It," John Stossel presented arguments that initially sound ludicrous — let athletes take steroids, remove trade bans on endangered species, etc — but are (maybe?) logical.
