The huge influx of African invaders into Europe has resulted in a huge demand — far in excess of 44.4 tonnes — for illegal and often diseased wild ‘bushmeat’ from West and Central Africa which passes through Brussels National Airport each year: Some of it remains in Belgium while the remainder transits through the country, according to a study by the Public Health Department in collaboration... 

The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) has warned that the Sumatran elephant could be extinct in less than 30 years as half of the species’ population has been lost in one generation. According to a statement issued by WWF, an estimated number of 2,400 to 2,800 Sumatran elephants are alive that is down about 50 percent from a 1985 estimate. “The Sumatran elephant joins a growing list of Indonesian... 

A psychedelic gecko The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) says more than 200 new species have been identified in the great Mekong Region River region of Southeast Asia. According to WWF, on average, a new species is recorded every two days in the area, which includes parts of China, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam, bigpondnews reported. The latest discoveries include an all-female lizard species that...