4+ hour, 14+ min ago  (239+ words) RIYADH: The endangered Arabian oryx has been reintroduced to King Salman bin Abdulaziz Royal Reserve after an almost century-long hiatus. The reserve development authority's breeding and return of the endangered species to its natural habitat marks a significant environmental achievement…...

1+ day, 6+ min ago  (337+ words) JOHANNESBURG: A South African court has convicted and fined a rhino horn trafficking "mastermind," ending a trial spanning 15 years, police said Thursday, describing it as the world's largest such case. The country is home to most of the world's rhinos…...

1+ day, 9+ hour ago  (327+ words) SYDNEY: A pathogenic strain of bird flu killed more than 13, 000 elephant seal pups after infecting a breeding colony on a sub-Antarctic volcanic island, Australian scientists said Thursday. Researchers found the remote Heard and Mc Donald Islands littered with seal carcasses…...

2+ day, 4+ hour ago  (359+ words) RIYADH: World Sea Turtle Day, celebrated annually on June 16, highlights Saudi Arabia's role in protecting this threatened marine species. Ras Baridi Beach, about 70 km north of Yanbu, is the Kingdom's most important and well-known sea turtle nesting site. The day…...

4+ day, 4+ hour ago  (582+ words) RIYADH: In northeast Saudi Arabia, the threatened reem gazelle is breeding again in the wild at Imam Turki bin Abdullah Royal Reserve, an early sign that protection measures are translating into recovery on the ground. More than 40 Arabian reem gazelle…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (429+ words) JAKARTA: Landslides driven by climate change in Sumatra, Indonesia last year alone wiped out 7 percent of the Tapanuli orangutan population, new research shows, as scientists warn of an increased risk of extinction for one of the world's rarest great apes....

2+ week, 11+ hour ago  (394+ words) OKOMU: As dawn breaks over Nigeria's Okomu National Park, an exhausted wildlife caretaker prepares milk formula for Agbaibor, a months-old orphaned forest elephant rescued after wandering out of the rainforest alone. "The baby elephant has to take two liters of…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (156+ words) Since it was first published in 2013, "The Unfeathered Bird" has established itself as a favorite among bird lovers and dinosaur enthusiasts everywhere. Katrina van Grouw has reimagined this classic work, adding more than 300 stunning illustrations and extensive new text, exploring…...

1+ mon, 1+ day ago  (319+ words) Arab News SRI VIJAYA PURAM: One of the last outsiders to make authorized visits to India's only "uncontacted" tribe says it may be time to reconnect with the isolated people " in order to shield them from an encroaching world Anthropologist…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (208+ words) Native plants are essential for healthy ecosystems that support insects and animals, but vegetation alone does not provide the necessary resources for most creatures or their life cycles. This book breaks down ecological processes that regulate habitats and explains how…...