EPA to Hold Public Meeting on Revisions to Draft Framework on Endangered Species Act Process for Pesticides

May 10, 2019 / by Headquarters Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention OCSPP / Species

Publilshed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) WASHINGTON — Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is seeking comment on draft revisions to the framework used to evaluate the impacts pesticides have on endangered species under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act. Read the full article at: https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-hold-public-meeting-revisions-draft-framework-endangered-species-act-process

Just one-third of the world’s longest rivers remain free-flowing

May 9, 2019 / by Jason Patlis / Asia, Climate, Conservation, Europe, Global News, North America, South America, Species, World Wildlife Foundation

Published by the World Wildlife Fund Only a little more than one-third of the world’s 246 longest rivers remain free-flowing, drastically reducing the diverse benefits that healthy rivers provide to people and nature everywhere, according to a new study by WWF and partners. A team of researchers from WWF, McGill University, and other institutions studied about […]

An Arctic Report from the “Official Hometown of Santa Claus”

May 8, 2019 / by Megan Bennett / Climate, Conservation, Europe, North America, Ocean Conservancy, Oceans, Species

Published by Ocean Conservancy As much as I was excited to be in Rovaniemi, Finland with the United States Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, and his counterparts from the Arctic nations to participate in the 11th Arctic Council Ministerial meeting, let’s be honest, the most famous person in town at the moment is—and will likely always […]

Trump Oil and Gas Plan Suffers a Setback

May 7, 2019 / by Erin Spencer / Conservation, Ocean Conservancy, Oceans, Species

Published by Ocean Conservancy Last year, the Trump administration proposed a new five-year offshore oil and gas plan that aimed to open up almost all of America’s coastline to risky offshore drilling. Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt recently announced this ill-conceived plan would be delayed indefinitely. That’s good news! But this is no time to […]

Humans Threaten One Million Species With Extinction

May 7, 2019 / by News Editor / Environment, Environmental News Service, Europe, Journalism, Species

Published by the Environmental News Service PARIS, France, May 6, 2019 (ENS) – Nearly one million species are at risk of becoming extinct within decades, and current efforts to conserve the Earth’s resources will likely fail without “radical action,” a United Nations report by hundreds of biodiversity experts warned on Monday. Read the full article […]

Q&A with Writer and Pulitzer Finalist Elizabeth Rush

May 6, 2019 / by Megan Bennett / Climate, Conservation, North America, Ocean Conservancy, Oceans, Species

Published by Ocean Conservancy Elizabeth Rush is a journalist and author who was named a Pulitzer Finalist for her book, Rising: Dispatches from the New American Shore. Rising documents the people, communities and ecosystems impacted by sea level rise. Sea levels are rising at an increasing rate due to climate change warming our planet and melting […]

Ghost Gear Haunts Myanmar

May 2, 2019 / by Erin Spencer / Conservation, Ocean Conservancy, Oceans, Species

Published by Ocean Conservancy The islands of Myanmar are home to lush mangroves, colorful coral reefs and a number of threatened species including manta rays, dugongs and sea turtles. Some of the more remote islands, including those in the Myeik Archipelago, are largely untouched by humans—or, so it seems. Beneath the surface lurks a massive threat […]

Trailblazing women help ensure better tuna fishing in Ghana

May 2, 2019 / by Jason Patlis / Conservation, Global News, Oceans, Species, World Wildlife Foundation

Published by the World Wildlife Fund Ocean conservation requires a solid understanding of what we’re taking out of our seas. How much fish do fishers catch? Where do they catch them? And what else are they catching along with the fish? In Ghana, the government is seeking to answer those questions by collecting information digitally on […]

This Bizarre Fish Might Be Your New Favorite Animal

May 1, 2019 / by Megan Bennett / Australia, Climate, Conservation, Ocean Conservancy, Oceans, Species

Published by Ocean Conservancy You may have seen them in the news before. Whether happened upon by scuba divers or spotted by fishermen, one big question always pops up about this fish: what is it? One of the most strikingly unique looking fish in the ocean, Mola mola (or sunfish) seem to spark an incomparable curiosity […]

US failing to meet Arctic protection goals

April 30, 2019 / by Jason Patlis / Climate, Conservation, Global News, North America, Oceans, Species, World Wildlife Foundation

Published by the World Wildlife Fund Plans to expand oil and gas drilling in the United States’ Arctic hit a roadblock in the federal courts, which prompted the government to pull plans for this year. Unfortunately, the icy waters off of Alaska remain at risk—and not just from oil and gas. Though the US government is […]

Defending the brown bears of Bristol Bay

April 30, 2019 / by Jason Patlis / Climate, Conservation, Global News, North America, Oceans, Species, World Wildlife Foundation

Published by the World Wildlife Fund Brown bears in Alaska’s Bristol Bay region spend each year roaming the largely unspoiled land found between the coast and massive mountain-lined national parks and reserves. Standing up to a foot taller than the average human, and weighing as much as a grand piano, these bears are some of the […]

11 Penguin Photos to Instantly Brighten Your Day

April 25, 2019 / by Katie Hogge / Africa, Antarctica, Conservation, Ocean Conservancy, Oceans, Species

Published by Ocean Conservancy From their charmingly awkward waddles to their heartwarming displays of affection in parenting, there are countless things to love about our ocean’s precious penguins. However, there are more species of penguins that grace our blue planet than you may realize! I’ve gathered photos of these species to bring a bit of penguin […]

Ocean to Everglades (O2E) Initiative Brings Environmental Focus to the Big Game

April 24, 2019 / by Emily Brauner / Conservation, North America, Ocean Conservancy, Oceans, Species

Published by Ocean Conservancy In February, Ocean Conservancy was thrilled to announce that we are the Ocean Partner for the Miami Super Bowl Host Committee. This Earth Day in Miami, the Host Committee, Everglades Foundation and Ocean Conservancy launched the Ocean to Everglades (O2E) initiative. Every Super Bowl has a philanthropic focus and for the first […]

A “Cinderella” story in tiger conservation

April 23, 2019 / by Jason Patlis / Conservation, Global News, Species, World Wildlife Foundation

Published by the World Wildlife Fund On a cold February evening in 2012, a starving and near-hypothermic Amur tiger cub was found by hunters in the forest of the Primorsky Province, Russian Far East. Aptly named Zolushka, Russian for “Cinderella”, she was rehabilitated and released into the Bastak Nature Reserve the following year. Four years later, […]

Microplastics are Blowing in the Wind—and Here’s Why That Matters

April 19, 2019 / by Megan Bennett / Climate, Conservation, Europe, Lands, Ocean Conservancy, Oceans, Species

Published by Ocean Conservancy If you follow ocean plastic news you may have noticed a flurry of articles about a recent study showing that windborne microplastics have reached remote Pyrenees peaks. The headlines ranged from straightforward (like USA Today’s Blown by the wind, ‘microplastic’ pollution discovered in pristine mountain peaks) to daunting (like Fast Company’s Microplastics […]

How to Help Sea Turtles This Earth Day

April 18, 2019 / by Emily Brauner / Climate, Conservation, North America, Ocean Conservancy, Oceans, Species

Published by Ocean Conservancy This year, the Earth Day network is asking people to Protect our Species and raise awareness of the thousands of species that are endangered. With climate change, pollution and overfishing, we are seeing dramatic declines in populations, specifically in some of our most charismatic ocean species— sea turtles. Besides being an ocean […]

NOAA Drops a Lifeline to Rare Gulf of Mexico Whale

April 17, 2019 / by Emily Brauner / Conservation, North America, Ocean Conservancy, Oceans, Species

Published by Ocean Conservancy We received some welcome news this week about a rare subspecies of whale that lives exclusively in the Gulf of Mexico. NOAA has listed the Gulf of Mexico Bryde’s whale (pronounced BROO-dus) as endangered under the Endangered Species Act. With a shockingly low population estimate of merely 33 individuals, the Gulf population […]

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