Philippines Apo Reef, 2 others named newest ASEAN heritage parks
The ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity formally announced the addition of five new parks to its network of topnotch nature reserves and natural parks in the Southeast Asian region late…
Cat gifted by Russian President Putin to Akita governor dies from illness at 12
The Siberian cat named Mir was sent to Gov. Norihisa Satake in February 2013, after the governor sent President Putin an Akita Inu dog named Yume to show gratitude for Russia’s…
Japan’s oldest bottle-fed polar bear celebrates 25th birthday
Zookeeper Atsuhiro Takaichi, 54, who has been in charge of caring for Peace since she was born, is still looking after her in her old age.
Free from zoo captivity, Madhubala reunites with sisters at Safari Park after 15 years
She is now the country’s second, and last, elephant to be freed from zoo captivity. The first was Islamabad’s Kavaan, who was moved to a sanctuary in Cambodia in 2020.
Stolen shoe mystery solved at Japanese kindergarten when security camera catches weasel in the act
A weasel with a tiny shoe in its mouth was spotted on the video footage after police installed three cameras in the school in the prefecture of Fukuoka.
Discovery of new gecko species in Cambodia’s Cardamom Mountains highlights biodiversity
According to a November 19 press release from the NGO Wild Earth Allies (WEA), one of the species is newly recognised in the Kingdom, while two were previously unknown to science.
Robot delivers meals on wheels for Singapore attraction Bird Paradise’s feathered friends
This delivery robot will be joined at Mandai Wildlife Reserve’s parks by a surveillance robot, which conducts safety patrols, and a concierge robot, which will interact with…
Moo Deng: More than just an internet celebrity, she’s also a face for conservation
With fewer than 2,500 individuals left worldwide, the pygmy hippopotamus is listed as endangered on the International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List. This means that it…
Birth of twin pandas brings twice the joy in China
With the arrival of the twins, Hong Kong's Ocean Park now has six pandas, which Paulo Pong Kin-yee, chairman of the Ocean Park Corporation, described as "unprecedented" and a…
Chinese pangolin captured in rare images
The scaly mammal's population has been ravaged by deforestation and illegal trafficking.