Showing 1 - 10 of 21
4 orangutans set to return home on Tuesday
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 23/12/2025
» Thailand and Indonesia have finalised preparations to return four orangutans to their native habitat, following joint work under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (Cites).
Thai national parks boss honoured at Cites
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 04/12/2025
» Atthapol Charoenchansa, director-general of the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation, has received an award for his work in wildlife protection at the 20th Conference of the Parties to Cites, held in Uzbekistan.
Rise of the 'Bangkok Dragon'
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 11/08/2025
» A temporary sculpture of the Asian water monitor at Lumpini Park has shone a spotlight on one of Bangkok's most recognisable residents -- the large lizard often seen basking by the park's lakes.
Thai cabinet approves snake exports
Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 23/04/2025
» Thailand’s cabinet has lifted a decades-long ban on exporting snakes, in a bid to boost the country’s economy and curb the illegal trade in the reptiles.
4 new species of plant found in North
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 17/10/2024
» Researchers have found four new plants in the North which they claim to be newly discovered species, underpinning the country's thriving biodiversity, according to the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation.
Animal smugglers caught at airport
Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 06/03/2024
» Six Indian nationals have been arrested at Suvarnabhumi airport on charges of attempting to smuggle 87 wild animals, among them a red panda, out of the country.
Agencies to combat wildlife trafficking
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 26/12/2023
» Ratchaburi: The Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation plans to tighten borders with Thailand's neighbouring countries to prevent illicit wildlife trafficking.
Catfish to be 'chipped' in effort to halt fall in numbers
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 31/10/2022
» The Department of Fisheries plans to implant microchips into 100 giant catfish in an attempt to use DNA-based techniques to promote breeding, in a species under close watch by conservationists due to falling numbers.
'Bua Noi' may finally make ape escape
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 22/10/2022
» After three decades in captivity at a private zoo in Bangkok, the well-known gorilla, Bua Noi, may finally be granted a return "home" to where she was born in Germany, if the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment's plan to repatriate her is a success.
Mall zoo prices Thailand's last caged gorilla at B30m
Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 21/10/2022
» The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment plans fund-raising events to buy the country's last gorilla, held caged at a shopping mall in Bangkok that has put the price at 30 million baht.