Asia News

Where Avian Flu Pandemic Looms, A Global Effort Is Underway The culprit: avian flu, a budding pandemic in Asia. The agent: farms and markets across the continent, the junctions where humans, livestock, and wildlife cross paths. The investigators: New York-based…Read More

SAVED BY THE MICROCHIP: A rare “royal” turtle is returned after narrow escape from soup-pot An extremely rare "royal" turtle narrowly escaped a trip to a Chinese soup-pot, thanks to a tiny microchip implanted in its skin, according to experts from the New York-based Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), who rediscovered the species four years ago in Cambodia.…Read More

Siberian Tigers Hang Tough: Results of Latest Survey Show Tiger Numbers in Russia Stable Results of the latest full range survey indicate that tiger numbers in Russia appear to be stable, say the coordinators of a 2005 winter effort to count the animals, led…Read More

Scientists Discover Odd-Ball Rodent Is it a squirrel? A rat? A Guinea pig? Try none of the above. A team of scientists working in Southeast Asia have discovered a long-whiskered rodent with stubby legs and a tail covered in dense hair.  But don’t call it a squirrel.  Or…Read More

Legendary Siberian Tiger, Olga, Killed by Poachers Olga, the first Siberian tiger ever fitted with a radio-collar, is dead, according to officials from the Bronx Zoo-based Wildlife Conservation Society, who have been tracking the big cat for the past 13 years.  The 14-year-old tiger, missing since January, is presumed killed by poachers who destroyed her radio collar.…Read More

After the Tsunami: An Update on Our Staff in South Asia WCS works in many of the regions devastated by the recent earthquakes and Tsunami. Thankfully, our staff escaped injury, but it is with sorrow that we have learned that some of our colleagues lost family and homes.  …Read More

New Monkey Discovered in Northeastern India ~ 21st Century Rarity Occurs in World’s Second Most Populous Country A species of monkey previously unknown to science has been discovered in the remote northeastern region of India, according to the New York-based Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS). Named after the…Read More