THE State Government has given no guarantees mining will not take place within a Cape York nature reserve dedicated to Steve Irwin. Almost 4700 people signed a petition calling on Minister for Mines and Energy Stephen Robertson to ensure no mining

A suspected rhino poacher has been shot dead by rangers in the Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park. Two others have been wounded. They're believed to have shot and killed a white rhino in the south eastern part of the game reserve on Christmas Day.

The Swedish Enviromental Protection Agency is calling for a wolf cull. They say the wolf population as of last winter was between 182 & 217. They want to limit the wolf population to 210 animals for the next 5 years. They say the main reason for this

Bluefin Tuna (BFT) are one of the fastest fish on this planet. They are similar in quickness to the cheetah. Only this is achieved by an animal that can weigh up to 1,500 pounds. BFT swim the temperate zones of the world's oceans and have the unique

Tell President Obama to reverse his recent lethal decision and give sea turtles a fighting chance at survival. Now is the time to increase protection, not decrease it. Loggerhead and leatherback sea turtles are federally endangered species in very real

Russia will host a tiger preservation summit in Vladivostok in 2010, according to the Russian branch of World Wildlife Fund (WWF).

SCOTS conservation experts have pin-pointed the planet's most at-risk species in 2010. Butterflies, tigers and tuna are among the 10 most threatened species according to a new

Polar bears, penguins, gorillas, butterflies and rhinos are facing extinction as global warming heats habitats around the world, according to Scottish conservation experts.

The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Office of Law Enforcement, is offering up to $1,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for killing two gray wolves in Northern Minnesota

The South African authorities have come under pressure to outlaw so-called ''canned hunting'' and have put forward a measure stipulating that lions must roam freely for two years before they can be targeted. Breeders have fought the new regulations