Wildlife sanctuary

Zimbabwe wildlife habitat to cull at least 50 elephants due to overcrowding

Meat from the cull will be distributed to local people to eat, while the ivory from the killed animals will be handed over to the parks authority.

 A group of elephants walk near a solar panel at a watering hole inside Hwange National Park, in Zimbabwe, October 23, 2019
 In the Hula Valley the Agamon Wildlife Rehabilitation Center  is saving one of the most impressive birds of prey in Israel, August 1, 2024.

Hula Valley wild life center treats young buzzard suffering from avian pox

 Nahal Soldier rescues owl in Kfar Azza, October 2023

Elite Israeli soldier rescues tree owl from Kfar Aza wreckage

Tiger Quoll 2011

Endangered spotted-tail quoll captured after 130 years of disappearance


Psychedelic rock gecko should be priority for conservationists - study

The psychedelic rock gecko faces loss of habitat and overharvesting alongside 484 species of reptiles.

 Leopard gecko, found between Iran and India.

Audrey Azoulay, UNESCO celebrate Rwanda’s mountain gorilla triumph

Presently, over 1,000  mountain gorillas thrive in their natural habitat. The International Union for Conservation of Nature removed the mountain gorilla from the endangered species list in 2018.

 UNESCO's Director-General Audrey Azoulay addresses delegates at the 19th Kwita Izina ceremony of giving a name to a newborn baby gorillas outside the Volcanoes National Park, near Kinigi, Musanze District, Rwanda, September 1, 2023

Giant panda in South Korea gives birth to healthy twin cubs

A giant panda named Ai Bao gave birth to healthy twin cubs at a theme park in South Korea.

 Giant Panda Ai Bao holds her baby panda with mouth after giving birth to twin at Everland amusement park in Yongin, South Korea, July 11, 2023.

Platypus returns to Australian national park for first time in half a century

Four females were released on Friday into the Royal National Park, which was established in 1879 and is the second oldest national park in the world.

A platypus is released by CEO of Taronga Zoo Cameron Kerr and Scientists back into Sydney's Royal National Park for the first time in over fifty years, in Sydney, Australia, May 12, 2023.

Australian woman stranded for five days, survives on wine and candy until rescue

Lillian Ip of Melbourne, Australia was on vacation in a remote part of the region when she made a wrong turn that would change her life forever.

 Candies and wine may pair together well.

Klil launches first ecological butterfly lake park in world

The park is an open area and not a closed greenhouse, in order to allow butterflies in the area to stay and reproduce in the park.

 Butterfly Lake Park opened by Klil

Over 10,000 species risk extinction in Amazon, says landmark report

According to the report, the soil and vegetation of the Amazon hold about 200 billion tonnes of carbon, more than five times the whole world's annual CO2 emissions.

A truck loaded with logs cut from an area of the Amazon rainforest is seen in Boca do Acre, Amazonas state, Brazil August 24, 2019

Tasmanian Devils set paw on mainland Australia after 3,000 years

Actor couple Chris Hemsworth and Elsa Pataky joined conservation groups last month to release 11 of the animals into a wildlife sanctuary in New South Wales, with more releases to follow.

A Tasmanian devil reacts in Australia in this undated handout image

Sanctuary that took in 'Tiger King' tigers struggling during lockdown

The non-profit park relies on $700,000 of meat, fruit and vegetable donations from big-box stores, but those donations plummeted by 80% in March

Nadia, a 4-year-old female Malayan tiger at the Bronx Zoo, that the zoo said on April 5, 2020 has tested positive for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is seen in an undated handout photo provided by the Bronx zoo in New York

Two exceptionally rare protected white giraffes killed by poachers in Kenya

The female and her calf were two of three white giraffes known to be living in the sanctuary.

The female giraffe and her calf