Published by The New York Times Science & Environment A new study challenges a common hypothesis about how protecting charismatic species also conserves animals that are less well known. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/25/science/pandas-umbrella-species.html
Published by the Environmental News Service NEW YORK, New York, February 21, 2021 (ENS) – The community of nations welcomed the United States back into the Paris Climate Accord on Friday with the approval of American conservationists, politicians on both sides of the aisle and thousands of non-federal climate leaders who launched America is All […]
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Her birth represents the first cloning of an endangered species native to North America, and may bring needed genetic diversity to the species. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/18/science/black-footed-ferret-clone.html
Published by the Environmental News Service GLAND, Switzerland, February 17, 2021 (ENS) – Climate change is now the biggest threat to natural World Heritage sites with their incomparable landscapes, rare ecological processes, critical habitat and exceptional biodiversity, finds a new assessment by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature, IUCN. Read the full article […]
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Scientists have found that sawfish are thriving in some habitats while vanishing from others. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/10/science/sawfish-extinction-conservation.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Much as small mammals outlived the dinosaur extinction, this rodent beat the odds when Pinatubo blew its top in the Philippines in 1991. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/04/science/volcano-mice-pinatubo.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The Washington State Recreation and Conservation Office found that some salmon species are “on the brink of extinction.” Habitat loss, climate change and other factors are to blame, it said. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/20/climate/washington-salmon-extinction-climate-change.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Going far beyond expectations, the Trump administration eliminated protection from more than three million acres of northern spotted owl habitat in the Pacific Northwest. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/13/climate/trump-spotted-owl.html
Published by the Environmental News Service WASHINGTON, DC, January 13, 2021 (ENS) – President-elect Joe Biden, who takes office on January 20 at noon, has nominated a team of seasoned environmental leaders to fill his Cabinet in positions that will impact the Earth’s unique places, people, and species, now more vulnerable than ever after the […]
Published by Sea Shepherd Conservation Society Colisión en el mar cuando barcos de Sea Shepherd son atacados en el refugio de la vaquita en México Sea Shepherd y las autoridades mexicanas rescatan a dos asaltantes cuya embarcación se estrelló contra el barco de conservación Farley Mowat durante un agresivo ataque matutino contra el grupo ambientalista sin […]
Published by Sea Shepherd Conservation Society Sea Shepherd and Mexican authorities rescue two assailants whose boat crashed into the conservation vessel Farley Mowat during an aggressive early morning attack against the non-profit environmental group. SAN FELIPE, BCN, Mexico – Jan. 1, 2020 – At approximately 07:00 on the morning of December 31st, a group of assailants in […]
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Officials said they did not have the money or resources to protect the species even though it meets the criteria under the Endangered Species Act. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/15/climate/monarch-butterflies-endangered-species-list.html
Published by the Environmental News Service HANOI, Vietnam, December 8, 2020 (ENS) – “The price of the private dining room would be included in the price of the pangolin, along with the rest of the dinner.” In this excerpt from his new book, “Pangolins: Scales of Injustice,” wildlife conservationist Richard Peirce recounts a trip to […]
Published by Sea Shepherd Conservation Society Scientists and conservationists capture footage of an unidentified whale species in the waters north of the San Benito Islands. Ensenada, BCN, Mexico – Dec. 8, 2020 – Researchers working with Sea Shepherd Conservation Society believe that they have discovered a previously unknown species of whale off the western coast of Mexico. […]
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Honeybees and their problems get the most attention, but scientists are using tactics learned from bird conservation to protect American bees. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/07/science/native-bees-census.html
As we move from the first 10 risk evaluations to the next 20 high-priority risk evaluations, it is imperative that the 2016 TSCA amendments be followed for current and future risk evaluations. These amendments require the use of best available science and the weight of the scientific evidence when evaluating new and existing chemicals. They […]
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment She rewrote the global Red List, which describes which species are in trouble, and warned that the world must restore its ecological balance or pay a steep price. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/01/climate/georgina-mace-dead.html
As we move forward in our series on the importance of the 2016 TSCA amendments, the next chemical we are going to focus on is one that you may be somewhat familiar with, formaldehyde. Formaldehyde is a critical building block chemical, but you may have heard mixed messages about this chemical compound. This blog dives […]
Published by Sea Shepherd Conservation Society The illegal totoaba swim bladder trade is responsible for the decline of the critically endangered vaquita porpoise MEXICO CITY, Mexico – Nov. 26, 2020 – In a precedent-setting legal development, Mexican authorities have arrested six suspected totoaba traffickers under charges of Organized Crime – Crimes Against the Environment. A press […]
Published by the Environmental News Service ATLANTA, Georgia, November 24, 2020 (ENS) – Georgia wildlife officials and their partners are scrambling to eradicate a wild population of large invasive black and white Argentine lizards called tegus in two counties in southeast Georgia. Growing from two to four feet long and weighing 10 pounds or more, […]