Gucci owner gets teeth into snakeskin market with python farm
Luxury group Kering says snakes will be raised in the ‘best conditions’ before they are turned into shoes, bags and belts
wildlife
This is the polar bear capital of the world, but the snow has gone
Canada’s Hudson Bay is as ice-free in November as on a summer’s day and polar bears could be extinct here by mid-century. If the bears are in trouble, so are we
Furniture that destroys forests: crackdown on ‘rampant’ trade in rosewood
Cites summit moves to protect the world’s most trafficked wild product by placing all 300 species of the tree under trade restrictions
Ban on domestic ivory trade passes at international summit
- Not legally binding but may stem trade and poaching
- Nearly one third of Africa’s savannah elephants killed between 2007 and 2014
- Ban negotiations spurred feud
Beekeepers fear for livelihoods as anti-Zika mosquito toxin kills 2.5m bees
- ‘It kills everything’: conservationist warns over threat to other animals
- Regulators: ‘clear and public health crisis’ allows use of Naled chemical
Giant panda no longer ‘endangered’ but iconic species still at risk
There are still only 1,864 giant pandas left in the wild. After decades of work, it is clear that only a broad approach will be able to secure the long term survival of China’s giant pandas and their unique habitat, made even harder by climate change impacts. The giant panda has just been downgraded from ‘Endangered’ … Read more