UK Environment Minister Richard Benyon visits a wildlife preserve on the River Thames and welcomes a report showing the continuing recovery of otters in England. Source: DEFRA

Having discovered a new monkey species in the Amazonian jungles of Colombia, scientists warn that it is near extinction – only 250 exist. Source: Reuters

Europe’s indigenous eel population has decreased by 70 percent over the past 30 years with botanists blaming change in their natural habitat, as well as a virulent parasite carried in a species of Japanese eel imported for agricultural purposes in the early 1980′s. Source: Reuters

After months of trying, a team of experts at Vienna’s Schoenbrunn Zoo has managed to breed the Batagur Baska turtle – one of the most endangered species of turtle – in captivity for the first time. Source: Reuters

Greenpeace activists in the Netherlands protest about a shipment of whale meat on the NYK Orion, docked in Rotterdam en route from Iceland to Japan. Source: Reuters

Scalloped hammerhead and oceanic white tip sharks are denied conservation measures that environmental campaigners argue are vital to safeguard their future. China and Russia helped Japan defeat a US-endorsed proposal at the Convention in International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) meeting in Qatar that would have boosted conservation efforts for these species of shark. Source: Reuters

Severe drought in Kenya’s Rift Valley has significantly reduced the normal prey of lions living in the Amboseli National Park. In order to provide food for the drought-hit lions, zebras and wildebeest are relocated in the hope that by providing the lions with game, they will stop attacking local Maasai communities. Source: Reuters

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Thailand’s jungle wildlife is under threat from poachers and loggers, but a new project that turns the former criminals into mushroom farmers aims to help everyone. Source: AFP

Imagine being the victim of mistaken identity for your entire existence – that is the plight of a rare species of bat in Madagascar. Source: Reuters

The White or Square-lipped rhinoceros was driven to the brink of extinction in the 20th century as poachers hunted the animal for its horn. A breeding programme launched in Botswana over 10 years ago has been successful in bringing the white rhino back to Botswana’s bush and it gives hope that black rhinos, which are still seriously endangered, may also survive. Source: AFP