Culling, or legal, selective hunting, to control the poaching of wildlife populations might not really be an effective strategy, says a University of Wisconsin-Madison study.
Scientists put the Himalayan wolf in the critically endangered list, finding that the animal may vanish if steps are not taken to conserve it now.
A United States agency has declared all chimpanzees, both wild and captive, endangered. The move will curb the use of these animals in biomedical research, entertainment and the pet trade.
Around 120,000 endangered antelopes have died in Kazakhstan since mid-May and officials have no idea why.
Monarch butterfly is in danger of extinction due to massive drop in its global population, warned a petition launched by environmental groups. The population of Monarch butterflies was previously one billion which has now dropped to 35 million.
