Conservation News for Kids

Carter and Olivia Ries give a presentation about rhino poaching at the Cochran Mill Nature Center in Palmetto, Georgia. Photo courtesy of OMG. The young founders of the U.S. conservation…

Coal mining in India is growing and is having huge implications for one of the most endangered and iconic animals in the world; the Tiger. India is currently home to…

Following an elephant massacre on 24th July, the president of Chad sent soldiers (including helicopters) to the Mayo Lemie – Chari Baguiri area to try and catch the poachers. Poachers…

A critically endangered, large wild goat named the markhor is the national animal of Pakistan.  In good news from the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), the population of markhors has been…

Lemurs are a family of primate found only on the African island of Madagascar.  Most species of lemur are in danger of going extinct, as indicated by a report from…

Climatologists have released a report that indicates that climate change is not only a threat to the future, but is having consequences in present day weather systems. Texans experienced a…

Scientists managed to capture and collar two snow leopards for the first time, in Afghanistan. Snow leopards live in mountainous regions and live at high altitudes within ranges such as…

Two university graduates have successfully invented a soccer ball that produces electricity. Jessica O. Matthews and Julia Silverman - graduates of Harvard University have invented a soccer ball that converts…

Researchers discovered two frog species in Ecuador and named one in honor of Prince Charles. Two previously unknown frog species were found in the highly endangered cloud forests of Ecuador.…

What is slithery, brown, and doesn't mind being picked up?  A Saint Lucia racer! Along with all of these things, the Saint Lucia racer is also the world's most endangered…

A new species of ‘squat lobster’ was discovered recently off the coast of Spain. Scientists discovered a tiny crustacean on a deep-sea mountain (1,410 meters below sea level) off the…

The risk of fires in the Peruvian Amazon increases because of droughts, the construction of new roads, and people moving out of the rainforest and into the city. Fire risk…

ICESCAPE (Impacts of Climate on EcoSystems and Chemistry of the Arctic Pacific Environment) is a program sponsored by NASA study the impacts of climate change on the Arctic The ICECAPE…

At the University of Copenhagen (in Denmark), a geneticist named Tom Gilbert has discovered a new method for detecting the presence of rare animals in remote locations.  Blood from wild-caught…

On May 5th 2012, 350.org (a climate change awareness organization) organized a planet-wide movement to show people (government, media, the public) how climate change is causing patterns of extreme weather…

Pará is a state in Brazil. It is about the size of California and is covered in rainforest. Pará has lost more rainforest in the past 15 years than any…

Back in the 1970’s a petrol company (Pluspetrol) set up petroleum operations near the Rio Corrientes (in the Peruvian Amazon) that were very close to some tribal villages; the machinery…

There are 6 species of great apes currently living: bonobos, chimpanzees, 2 species of gorillas, and 2 species of orangutans…all of them are critically endangered Poor and incomplete data (scientific…

Unsustainable and illegal hunting is reducing populations of wildlife at alarming rates.  This is particularly a problem in Africa and Asia, and is a growing concern in the Amazon region.…

A new initiative called the Forest Footprint Disclosure (FFD) asks big companies to reveal their impacts on the environment in terms of 5 raw materials commonly produced from forest areas:…