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WWF One silverback male and three female mountain gorillas have been killed this week in the Virunga National Park in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The bodies were discovered in the southern sector of the park by local rangers. All four mountain gorillas were shot, but it is unclear who killed them and [...]

Uni of Leicester : In Central Siberia alone, fires have destroyed 38 000 km2 in the extreme fire year of 2003. In that year the smoke plumes were so huge that they caused air pollution as far as in the United States. An international team of scientists believes that Siberian fires are influenced by climate [...]

Discovery Channel World demand for shark fin soup has resulted in a marine ecosystem domino effect that is reducing shellfish numbers to the point where an American soup favorite, clam chowder, is now under threat, according to a Current Biology paper published earlier this month. : The relationship between shark fin soup and clam chowder [...]

AP People once thought nothing of killing the green turtles on these islands for their meat and eggs, decimating the rare species’ ranks along the way. But local efforts to save the creatures – through a nesting reserve, a veterinary clinic and even a beach patrol – still aren’t guaranteed to revive the species’ numbers, [...]