Published by the American Petroleum Institute WASHINGTON, April 24, 2025 – The American Petroleum Institute today released the following statement from Vice President of Upstream Policy Holly Hopkins after the Department of the Interior announced a new commingling policy to safely increase production from multiple reservoirs while enhancing resource conservation in the Gulf of America. […]
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment A small team is rescuing a “ridiculous amount” of shells from restaurant trash bins and using them to rebuild oyster habitat in Long Island Sound. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/climate/shell-recycling-connecticut-oysters.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Trump officials have proposed changing a decades-old interpretation of a key word in the Endangered Species Act, which would make it much easier to log, build or drill for oil. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/climate/trump-endangered-species-act-harm.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Males of the South American species incubate their young in their vocal sacs. The London Zoo recently established a breeding colony to save the frog from extinction. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/18/science/darwins-frogs-chytridiomycosis-london-zoo.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment After years in Big Pharma, a chemist pivoted to help save the species that made Ozempic possible. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/16/science/gila-monsters-cryptosporidium.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment On the fringes of an African game park, an ambitious project brings together tourists, local communities and white rhinos, emerging from the brink of extinction. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/31/travel/zimbabwe-white-rhinoceros-local-tourism.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The president wants to convene the rarely used panel, which has the power to carve out exemptions to the Endangered Species Act. Here’s what to know. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/28/climate/trump-endangered-species-god-squad.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Scientists say the snail darter, whose endangered species status delayed the building of a dam in Tennessee in the 1970s, is a genetic match of a different fish. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/03/science/snail-darter-fish-tellico-dam.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment A 38-day expedition in the remote Alto Mayo region, where development threatens wild habitats, turned up one previously unknown animal after another. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/20/science/peru-alto-mayo-species-discovered.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Scientists are concerned that the H5N1 virus could set off another human pandemic. But it is already putting species under pressure in the wild. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/13/science/bird-flu-h5n1-wildlife.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment They would become the most commonly seen species to receive federal protection if the proposal is adopted. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/10/climate/monarch-butterflies-endangered-species-list.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment No one saw a Mekong giant salmon carp for 15 years, but then the species was spotted in areas of Cambodia that suggest it may be found in more locations. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/12/science/mekong-giant-salmon-carp-cambodia.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment They play an essential role in supporting life on Earth, but many species are in decline, researchers found. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/28/climate/trees-extinction-iucn-report-biodiversity.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Researchers are studying the role of eelgrass beds for carbon capture and the health of the habitat for a variety of species. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/17/science/eelgrass-climate-change-maine.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment An African penguin who left many offspring in his long life, he belonged to the largest colony of the aquatic bird species in North America, according to the zoo. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/07/us/greedy-penguin-dies-maryland.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The sites fight climate change and can help with another global crisis: the collapse of nature. But so far, efforts to nurture wildlife habitat have been spotty. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/05/climate/solar-power-pollinators-wildlife.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Some 144 bird species had not been seen in at least a decade, but a project by conservation organizations proposes they all may still be hidden somewhere in the wild. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/23/science/lost-birds-list.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Online sales appear to be compounding threats from climate change and habitat loss, according to new research. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/25/climate/taxidermy-bats-kerivoula-picta.html
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) WASHINGTON – Today, July 25, 2024, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced more than $325 million in funding for 21 selected applications to help disadvantaged communities tackle environmental and climate justice challenges through projects that reduce pollution, increase community climate resilience and build community capacity. Made possible […]
Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) WASHINGTON – Today, July 25, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency released its draft Insecticide Strategy for public comment, another milestone in the agency’s work to adopt early, practical protections for federally endangered and threatened (listed) species. The draft strategy identifies protections that EPA will consider when it […]