Another ‘Extinct’ Species Risen From the Dead: Somali Elephant Shrew Found Alive in the Wild

(EnviroNews World News) — Djibouti, East Africa — Missing for over 50 years and classified as “extinct,” scientists in the Republic of Djibouti have confirmed the capture of eight Somali sengi (Elephantulus revoilii), commonly known as the Somali elephant shrew. The scientists also saw four others while out collecting…

Study Suggests Plants Have Some of the Same Senses as Animals and Make Sounds Humans Can’t Hear but Wildlife Can

(EnviroNews World News) — Tel Aviv, Israel — Ever gone on vacation and forgot to ask someone to water the plants? They might just be screaming for water when you return – literally, screaming, in a register that you, as a human, simply can’t hear. This might sound like…

What Are We Doing?! STUDY: On Current Course, Zero Wilderness Areas Will Remain in 100 Yrs.

(EnviroNews World News) — In the last 25 years, the world has lost 10% of its wilderness areas to human encroachment and development according to a study published in Current Biology. The authors say these losses are not only devastating to the animals that live in the wilderness…

Poland Approves Clear-Cut Logging in Białowieża, Europe’s Last Standing Primeval Forest

(EnviroNews World News) — Białowieża is considered by many ecologists to be Europe’s last standing primeval forest — and all of it is protected as a nature park. But Poland’s government has just given the green light to loggers to harvest some 180,000 cubic meters of timber, in…