Press Release Center for Biological Diversity After 90 Percent Decline, Federal Protection Sought for Monarch Butterfly Genetically Engineered Crops Are Major Driver in Population Crash WASHINGTON— The Center for Biological Diversity and Center for Food Safety as co-lead petitioners joined by the Xerces Society and renowned monarch scientist Dr. Lincoln Brower filed a legal petition […]
Endangered Protections Sought For Monarchs After 90% Population Loss —
Press Release from Senator Jeff Merkley Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley and Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland announced a $1 million investment to the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation’s (NFWF) Monarch Butterfly and Pollinator Conservation Fund, and the establishment of a Pollinator Conservation Center at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS). Both projects are […]
$1 MILLION AND DEDICATED POLLINATOR CENTER TO ADDRESS MONARCH BUTTERFLY DECLINE —
SF Gate reports An endangered species of salmon, once considered to be on the brink of extinction in the Bay Area, is showing a promising return. Researchers at the Marin Municipal Water District said that significant rainfall totals late last year mitigated drought conditions and may have aided in bolstering the coho salmon population at […]
Nearly extinct salmon show promising return in Bay Area creek —
Virgilio Trujillo Arana, a 38-year-old indigenous Uwottuja man, was shot in the head three times in the city of Puerto Ayacucho A report from London’s Guardian. A Venezuelan indigenous leader who was an opponent of armed groups and illegal mining has been shot dead in the Amazonas state capital, a non-governmental organization and three people […]
Indigenous leader who defended the Amazon shot dead in Venezuela — Repeating Islands
The New York Times reports As a new version of bird flu spread through North America this spring, scientists began finding the virus in red foxes, bobcats and other mammals. Read more at Avian Influenza Is Affecting Wild Mammals – The New York Times
Avian Influenza Is Affecting Wild Mammals —
By Stacie-Lee Sherwood “Millions of people live on the East Coast but have no idea our wild horses exist and how they need urgent help to survive…” Growing up on the east coast I knew we had horses, lots and lots of horses. None of these were wild free roaming, but they were everywhere. We […]
Yes America we do have WILD horses, but not likely for much longer — Straight from the Horse’s Heart
Article submitted by Matthijs P. van den Burg, Hannah Madden, Timothy P. van Wagensveld and Erik Boman for DCNA. Caribbean flora and fauna have always coped with the destructive forces of hurricanes. However, climate change leading to an increase in their frequency and strength, and because many species have declined in abundance due to anthropogenic […]
Hurricane Effects on Critically Endangered Reptiles (SINT EUSTATIUS) — Repeating Islands
If the Great Salt Lake, which has already shrunk by two-thirds, continues to dry up, here’s what’s in store: The lake’s flies and brine shrimp would die off — scientists warn it could start as soon as this summer — threatening the 10 million migratory birds that stop at the lake annually to feed on […]
As the Great Salt Lake Dries Up, Utah Faces An ‘Environmental Nuclear Bomb’ — Natural History Wanderings
press release from Center for Biological Diversity Scientists Predict Extinction in 20 Years for Pacific Leatherback Sea Turtles; Conservation Efforts Needed Immediately SAN FRANCISCO— A new study finds that the Western Pacific population of leatherback sea turtles, which includes the leatherbacks that feed in West Coast waters, has continued to decline since the 1980s. If these […]
Leatherback Sea Turtles Could Be Extinct In 20 Years — Natural History Wanderings
New York Times Science reported on ocean life facing mass extinction risk today. They reported A team of scientists, in a groundbreaking analysis of data from hundreds of sources, has concluded that humans are on the verge of causing unprecedented damage to the oceans and the animals living in them. “We may be sitting on […]
Ocean Life Faces Mass Extinction — Natural History Wanderings
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