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Conservation News ~ 29 May 2020

5/29/2020

Researchers have discovered a new subspecies of a beloved Australian bird
Dolphin mom adopts baby whale and takes care of it for three years
Cactus-dwelling couple proves rumors that Bald Eagles nest in saguaros
Climate change is driving widespread forest death and creating shorter, younger trees
European firms are investigating loophole to import Myanmar teak
Expansion of hunting on National Wildlife Refuges threatens imperiled species
Novel virus could spread rapidly among endangered orcas
Mining company blows up 46,000 year old aboriginal sacred caves
US lawmakers unveil bold $100billion plan to remake NSF
Small scale mining for gold has produced long-lasting toxic pollution from 1860s California gold rush
Vegan senator Cory Booker demands congress slow animal slaughter speed during COVID pandemic
Scientists record rarely heard sounds made by Narwhals
Campaigners in Myanmar’s Tanintharyi region oppose $21m conservation project
New iguana species found hiding in plain sight
Officials discover new species of crayfish for Ohio after 45-year search
The UN says Good health is an environmental right
US lets corporations delay paying environmental fines amid pandemic
St. Louis wildlife facility sends Mexican wolf pups to Arizona, New Mexico to help save the species
Endangered species, slender loris spotted near Tirumala
US States defend Endangered Species Act lawsuit
Humpback whales have made a remarkable recovery, giving us hope for the planet
New study shows why glass frogs have see-through skin
ESPRESSO confirms the presence of an Earth around the nearest star
New public lands rules will let Alaska hunters kill bear cubs in den
The coronavirus is pushing China toward a meatless future
Loggers injured a Brazilian environmental official, but Administration remained silent
Brazilian taxpayers subsidizing Amazon-clearing cattle ranches
A new sanctuary for the Sumatran rhino is delayed amid COVID measures
Manyana bushland clearing halted as protest group launches federal court challenges
NFWF announce release of Killer Whale research and conservation program 2020 request for proposals
Fossil of ancient long-tailed bird found in China
Mississippi River Delta marshes have hit a tipping point
White House again ok’s oil drilling in California’s Carrizo Plain National Monument
Portugal generated enough renewable energy to power the country for 1 month
Surgical masks wash up on Sydney beaches after 40 containers fall off cargo ship
Chattanooga Zoo’s Giraffe herd has arrived
Israel seals bat caves for visitors to shield endangered species from virus
New roads in Asia a significant threat to already endangered tigers
Army Corps tried end run around endangered species act
Engineers develop near-zero emissions engine technology
Antarctic Penguin poop emits laughing gas
COVID masks and gloves litter seabed in the Mediterranean
During height of pandemic, plant-based food sales increased by 90 percent
Global priorities for conservation of reptilian phylogenetic diversity in the face of human intervention
Dinosaur-dooming asteroid struck earth at ‘deadliest possible’ angle
Venezuala rejects illegal seizure, sale of CITGO in the US
US Department of Energy rushes to build advanced new nuclear reactors
Lionfish second species to threaten Aegean ecosystem
Sixteen nabbed for illegal hunting in Eastern Cape
Scientists find genes to save ash trees from deadly beetle
A rewilding success story in Gorongosa National Park
New species of Pygmy Seahorse about the size of a grain of rice discovered in Indian Ocean
A new critically endangered frog named after the ‘man from the floodplain full of frogs’
Okarito gecko species rediscovered decades later
Alberta minister says it’s a great time to build pipeline because COVID restrictions limit protests
Nesting loggerhead sea turtle found dead in Cape Hatteras National Seashore beach
Kangaroos are victims of the world’s largest commercial slaughter of terrestrial wildlife
Spain seeks to pass new climate law to reach net zero by 2050
Nestle is building a $100million vegan food factory in China
Irish man faces US charges on trafficking rhino horns
Youn climate activists call for EU to radically reform farming sector
Indonesia may bar citizens from working on foreign fishing boats after spate of deaths
Locusts will devour crops and livelihoods in Pakistan
Australia’s failing environmental laws will fuel further public health crises
Public returns to St. Peter’s square, Pope calls for Defense of Environment
Chinese customs seize 10.7kg of endangered species products
Wild donkeys to roam Danube Delta once again
Endangered shorebirds unsustainably hunted during migrations
The 2020 Atlantic hurricane season is going to be bad
Mink fur farms may have infected humans with COVID
COVID has erased 600k clean energy jobs in two months
Scientists say intrusion into nature led to pandemic
Southern reaches of Western Ghats yield 3 new plant species
New native grass species have been discovered on the Iberian Peninsula and Menorca
Endangered baby lemur born at San Jose’s Happy Hollow Zoo
Rare long-necked dinosaur that roamed the polar world unearthed in Australia
China’s air pollution is now worse than pre-COVID levels
Florida beachgoers have rare encounter with 800-pound leatherback sea turtle nesting during daylight hours
A proposed mine in Alaska will endanger brown bears
Kiwi included in proposed South African meat legislation
NRDC experts show us how we can slow the spread of Zoonotic disease
Researchers create global arsenic-in-groundwater maps to highlight threats
Rare white grizzly bear sighted in Canadian Rockies
For the first time, Washington will regulate Columbia-Snake River dams if they violate federal pollution rules
Algae is now growing on melting Antarctic snow due to climate change
Dam failure threatens a Dow chemical complex and Superfund cleanup
Ramu NiCo has been dumping millions of tons of toxic mine waste into Papua New Guinea’s waters
South Africa to probe Giraffe, Meerkat, Rhino shipments to China
New study finds goats respond to human cues the same way dogs do
Bumblebees clever trick fools plants into flower
UK approval for biggest gas power station in Europe ruled legal
Animal source for COVID continues to elude scientists
Assam students, environment activists launch online campaign to stop coal mining in elephant reserve
Brazil minister calls for environmental deregulation while public distracted by COVID
UC becomes nation’s largest university to divest fully from fossil fuels
Sea Shepherd files lawsuit to block New Zealand seafood exports to US in bid to protect Maui dolphin
Vegan food orders increase 104% in Hong Kong
2 degrees of warming will push most tropical rainforests above their safe heat threshold
South Africa’s abalone black market is being squeezed by COVID
Swiss parliament group demand subsidies for vegetables instead of meat
White House postpones New Mexico oil and gas auction
New House Bill looks to protect our rivers and other waterways by halting White House
Locals stage latest fight against PNG mine dumping waste into sea
Illegal logging mafia stripping hornbill habitat in NE India
Mining company pressing to enter Ecuador’s Los Cedros Protected Forest
Papuan farmer dies after police assault at palm oil company
Bottlenose dolphins spotted in Finland for first time in 70 years
12 ft SC alligator treated like an amusement ride by pest control agents before it was killed
Contentious Guatemala nickel mine ignores COVID lockdown
The BLM went out of its way to provide pandemic relief to oil companies
New Zealand ditches GDP for happiness and wellbeing

Conservation News ~ 22 May 2020

5/22/2020

New Frog species the size of a 5p coin already ‘critically endangered’
New species of dragonfly in the Konkan
New pygmy seahorse discovered, first of its kind in Africa
New program launches to help the environment, economy in Tucson
China to allocate $57bn to environment protection
Giant tectonic plate under Indian Ocean is breaking in two
Wildlife thrives in closed US national parks
Daily global CO2 emissions ‘cut to 2006 levels’ during height of COVID
A Philippine village on lockdown delivers nearly 300 turtle hatchlings to sea
Decades of tree data reveal forests under attack
Sprawling growth devours SC farmland
NRDC stopped a fracked gas pipeline in NY
More than 100 elephants die in Botswana in suspected anthrax outbreak
Traces from nuclear-weapons tests offer clues to whale sharks’ ages
Gold Coast whale rescuer escapes fine for saving calf
Woman attacked by bison at reopened Yellowstone National Park
EU pledges to raise $20bn a year to boost biodiversity
COVID stalls RSPB rescue of albatross chicks from giant mice
Projeto Harpia- Saving Amazon’s largest raptor for more than 20 years
North America’s looming salamander pandemic: are we ready?
Historic agreement gives Monarch butterflies the ‘right-of-way’
Ecuador’s Kichwa implement innovative approach to rainforest conservation
Indonesia may bar citizens from working on foreign fishing boats after spate of deaths
China offers buyout to wildlife farmers in response to pandemic
Tech made to find galaxies sets its sights on wildfires
Endangered Sumatran tiger found dead, ensnared in Riau
Wuhan has banned the eating of wild animals
Oceanographic conditions influence the origin of new species of sharks and rays
Analysis of bird species reveals how wings adapted to their environment and behavior
Endangered pygmy hippo born at Sd Zoo for first time in over 30 years
Judge declines to dismiss 18 states’ challenge to revised Endangered Species regulations
Pacific Fisher again denied endangered species protection in Oregon
Coca-Cola and Carlsberg introduce plant-based bottles that degrade in a year
Siberia experiences hottest spring on record, fueling wildfires
Land scarcity and disease threaten a multifaceted indigenous crop in Ethiopia
Norway’s sovereign wealth fund drops major Brazil miner, utility from its portfolio
In Indonesia’s new rice plan, experts see the blueprint of an epic past failure
Lobstermen turn to kelp farming in the face of climate crisis
EU to halve pesticides by 2030 to protect bees, biodiversity
New species of seaweed and algae discovered
Court tells Federal agencies to review coal mining impacts on endangered species
Court nixes Green Groups’ challenge to Endangered Species rules
The Arctic is unraveling as a massive heat wave grips the region
New Asian carp operation planned for East Peoria
Economists put a price tag on living whales in Brazil: $82 billion
In South Korea, centuries of farming point to the future for sustainable agriculture
Indonesian miners eyeing EV nickel boom seek to dump waste into the sea
Groundbreaking research rewrites Australia’s ancient history
First discovered deep creatures called Elvis worms – four new species
Caltrans to plant native trees under agreement for Niles Canyon project
Extinction of threatened marine megafauna would lead to devastating loss in functionality
Coal industry will never recover after COVID pandemic
Ancient rocks show high oxygen levels on Earth two billion years ago
Wildlife Services to cut back killings pending environmental review
Five new and rare little brown frog species discovered in China’s Yunnan near Myanmar
Historic land swap to benefit endangered species and mining finalized
US fund that supports Sumatran rhino research faces deep cuts
15,000 endangered turtles were smuggled to China, confiscated by Mexico
Moved from temple ponds to the wild, black softshell turtles walk towards revival
Conservation group cries foul over logging old-growth forest in Caycuse River watershed
3 billion people could live in places as hot as the Sahara by 2070 unless we tackle climate change
World’s biggest wealth fund dumps $3billion in fossil fuels
Naga tribes of Myanmar face loss of land and forest under new law
Equinor, Shell and Total sign off on building world’s first carbon capture network
Archaeologists uncover a lost world and extinct ecosystem
Legendary entomologist Terry Erwin passes away at age 79
New Tesla battery poised to reshape auto economics
Climate change is contributing to skyrocketing rates of infectious disease
Michigan adds invasive marbled crayfish to prohibited species list
Bizarre new species of parasitic fungi discovered on Twitter
Gender-based violence shakes communities in the wake of forest loss
To get COVID relief, companies in Canada will have to disclose climate impacts
Australia’s NSW south coast residents battling to save unburnt bushland ask Susan Ley to intervene
Happy heap of mountain gorillas sprawl in glade
Aircraft to spray invasive moths in northwest Washington

Conservation News ~ 15 May 2020

5/15/2020

Climate tipping point ecosystem collapses may come faster than thought
Canada’s Calgary Zoo to return to giant pandas after bamboo supply disruption
Scientists warn Congress against declaring biomass burning carbon neutral
Wildearth Guardians score big protections for wildlife in Montana
Watchdog demands prober after energy secretary admits White House pressed Feds to give oil companies access to Covid funds
UNEP steps up work on zoonotics, protecting environment to reduce pandemic risks
Most remarkable wildlife comeback across Europe
Outcry as loggers gut Cambodian reserve
Park rangers release 840 tortoise hatchlings from natural nests
White House’s executive order seeks controversial overhaul of seafood industry
2 critically endangered hirola calves were born at Kenyan sanctuary
200 escaped goats hoof it through California neighborhood
Drop in pollution may bring hotter weather and heavier monsoons
New worm species with jewel-like scales discovered in deep ocean darkness
Plant-based protein industry raises $741 million in investments during Covid
UK doctors urge public to go vegan to prevent future pandemics
AOC to co-chair Biden-Sanders campaign climate task force
Indigenous group wins case over illegal tree harvest
Scientists successfully develop ‘heat resistant’ coral to fight bleaching
State, tribe to suspend coal sales from US lands
At least $72 million in Coronavirus bailout loans went to big oil and gas companies
Large indigenous territories are necessary for culture and biodiversity in Brazil
Cambodian firm accused of creating a ‘monopoly in the timber business’
Coal snags $31 million in US stimulus loans for small business
Judge temporarily blocks White House’s California water plan
DOW sends letter to USFWS notifying them they are violating enviro laws by harvesting horseshoe crabs
Marine life declines for another year in contested, overfished South China sea
Microplastics discovered blowing ashore in sea breezes
Paris has a plan to keep cars out after lockdown
Invasive lake trout population declines in Yellowstone
Basin Fire burning 10,000 acres in critical tortoise habitat
Alaskan rainforests are a global lichen hotspot
Beetle penis field investigations lead to new species discovery in Norway
Federal Judge – pipelines must not cross streams without considering endangered species
Record global carbon dioxide concentrations despite Covid crisis
Pittsburgh region is a hotspot for air pollution and Covid deaths
Indonesia moves to end smallholder guarantee meant to empower palm oil farmers
Pollution returns to Houston, as coronavirus restrictions loosen
Lockdown could be the death of bullfighting in Spain
New proposed legislation aims to help at-risk farmers switch from animal to plant-based agriculture
WildEarth Guardian have sued Arch Coal over illegal pollution at West Elk coal mine
Coral reef resilience key to support the underwater cities threatened by climate change
Australian company just planted over 1000 Coral Reefs during Covid
Rhino killed as poaching attempts increase amid India virus lockdown
The largest solar project in the US gets green light
Edie Falco speaks out against NY Governor’s $25 million dairy bailout
The coronavirus is halting conservation programs and the impact could be devastating
New test identifies lobster hybrids
Land purchase finalized to prevent Everglades oil drilling
Mexican Spotted Owls still thriving in area burned by museum fire
Indonesia moves to end smallholder guarantee meant to empower palm oil farmers
Indonesian environmental poet and Dayak leader Yohanes Terang dies
Entomologist Terry Erwin passes
First biologist to study seahorses in the wild announced winner of the Indianapolis Prize
US fossil fuel giants set for a coronavirus bailout bonanza
As oil prices plummet, call to nationalize industry rises
WildEarth Guardians and partners have petitioned the Washington Fish and Wildlife commission for rules limiting wolf kills
US Beef industry stands to lose more than $13 billion due to COVID
More than 13k pounds of trash collected at Florida Beach just weeks after it reopened
White House is reversing nearly 100 environmental rules
COVID lockdowns are significantly impacting global air quality
Reports suggest the White House is moving forward with a legal draft to mine the moon
In the deep, dark, ocean fish have evolved superpowered vision
Post COVID, there’s no way back for Canada’s tar sands
Yet another state quietly moves to criminalize fossil fuel protests amid coronavirus
Canadian company positions for mining ban lift in Argentine province
Brian May urges Boris Johnson to tax meat to prevent pandemics
A 50% drop in meat and dairy consumption prevents 1.6 billion tons of greenhouse gases
The emergence of heat and humidity too sever for human tolerance
Endangered pangolins for sale on Facebook amid potential link to coronavirus
Three new species of fishes found in Western Ghats
NC Zoo announces birth of five American red wolf pups
As COVID batters fishery, Indonesia’s sharks get a respite
White House signs Executive Order that will accelerate corporate ocean pollution
Coronavirus fears as China plans to entrench vast mink and fox fur industry
With the world distracted, the Amazon rainforest continues to burn
Rare blue dragons are washing up on the Padre Island National Seashore
Colorado AG, top water quality regulator vow to challenge new Clean Water Act rule
Kenya registers two rhino births
Amazon deforestation increases for 13th straight month in Brazil
Sri Lanka’s marbled rock frog may not be on brink of extinction
Garter snakes form surprisingly strong, human like friendships
Fishing can disrupt mating systems
Scientists discover bizarre-looking rock-like new species of Mata Mata turtle
Activists challenge Indonesia deregulation bill that threatens environment
Human-driven pollution alters the environment even underground
Judge rules lawsuit can proceed against Federal Bear baiting
Ninth circuit sides with Pentagon in case pitting Okinawa base and Dugongs
Insects decline on land, fare better in water
Brazil opens 38,000 square miles of indigenous lands to outsiders
World lost forest the size of Libya since 1990
Conservation groups file suit to block killing of coyote populations in Idaho
Indonesia lifts export ban on baby lobsters aimed to protect wild populations
Two bears were fatally hit by cars on the same freeway within 24 hours
Whale found tangled and trapped in rope dies at salmon farm
Workers face dilemma at Freeport’s Grasberg mine
Protestors gather to stop construction of Brevard Dollar General Store to save endangered species
White House denies Endangered Species protection for Pacific Fisher
Endangered bats are evolving to fight off an exotic fungal disease

Conservation News ~ 8 May 2020

5/8/2020

Three new species of Buthus-Scorpions discovered
Dan Nicholas Parks Red Wolves have babies
Massive erosion likely due to hydropower dam causes oil spill on Ecuador’s Coca River
The EPA just refused to reduce levels of soot during a pandemic made worse by air pollution
Elizabeth Warren backs Cory Booker’s bill to shut down factory farms
Pakistan hires thousands of newly-unemployed laborers for ambitious 10 billion tree-planting initiative
Discovering a new salamander, the Hickory Nut Gorge green
Amid Coronavirus lockdown, a spike in illegal logging in Tunisia
America’s renewable energy sources have produced more electricity than coal every day for 40 days straight
Authorities seize record 26 tons of illegal shark fins in Hong Kong
Dayak women of Indonesia resist gender inequality exacerbated by palm oil production
Journalist arrested for reporting on palm oil tycoon’s alleged land grab
Fracking effort closes in on impoverished Colombian communities
Forest clearing proceeds for dam in Sumatra despite locals’ land claim
St Louis becomes third US City to adopt bold standards to slash energy waste from building owners
Conservation in crisis: ecotourism collapse threatens communities and wildlife
Ricky Gervais- Pandemics come from eating things you fucking shouldn’t
Snow loss fueling harmful algal blooms
Lawmakers officially introduce bill to ban New York’s wet animal markets
As calls to shutter wildlife markets grow, China struggles with an industry worth billions
Germany’s Merkel wants green recovery from coronavirus crisis
Mulberry just banned exotic animal skins
Warren Buffett regrets $10bn bet on oil
Aiming for conservation and development in a corner of Mexico’s Mayan jungle
Arctic Edmontosaurus lives again: a new look at the ‘caribou of the Cretaceous’
New freeze-resistant trichinella species discovered in wolverines
Promiscous treatment of nature will lead to more pandemics
Two endangered species born at Buttonwood Park Zoo
Poachers kill more rhinos as coronavirus halts tourism to Africa
Whale that washed ashore in Ventura County towed out to sea
Researchers miss out on sperm whale superpod in Sri Lanka amid pandemic
‘Extinct’ toad rediscovery offers hope amid amphibian apocalypse
Former slaughterhouse workers will be trained to make vegan meat
As visitors vanish, Madagascar’s protected areas suffer a devastating
3 coal companies with ties to White House got $28 million in covid stimulus funds
Brazil sacks officials who curbed deforestation on Amazon indigenous lands
Painstaking mapping initiative helps indigenous Peruvians defend their land
Green recovery can revive virus-hit economies and tackle climate change
Climate journalism honored at Pulitzers
Thailand’s turtles have built the most nests in 20 years – on deserted beaches
3 new species of horned frogs discovered in NE India
Newly discovered ancient plant captures snapshot of evolution
Endangered Nashville crayfish native is the latest target of endangered species rollbacks
Lawsuit filed over Humboldt Marten endangered species listing
Rare Island Marble butterfly wins Endangered Species protections
Siberian wildfires have burned an area more than three times the size of Delaware
Women in Taiwan lead fight for green energy, less food waste
White killer whale seen in the Monterey Bay
SA Barbara Creecy gives go-ahead for mining on 10 Western Cape beaches
Plastics Industry request $1 billion bailout from Fed
Plant geneticists unravel key to pesky pigweed’s resistance to glyphosate
Officials in Charleston, SC have endorsed $2 billion plan to wall off historic downtown
In another significant ruling for Right Whales, a federal judge rules that Massachusetts is violating law
IUCN adds to voice to 108 organizations around the Globe urging end to harmful fisheries subsidies
More than 80% of Indian Ocean dolphins may have been killed by commercial fishing
Green stimulus can repair global economy and climate
Tiny pair of world’s smallest cat breed born in UK
In rare sighting, pod of dolphins spotted off Israel’s southern shores
Two new species of Streptanthus species discovered in California
As bioethanol demands rises, biodiversity will fall in Brazil’s Cerrado region
Huge flock of sheep overruns street during coronavirus lockdown in Turkey
One in four tree deaths in Blue Ridge mountains linked to invasive species
Llama antibodies could help treat COVID
Intensive farming increases risk of epidemics
Upstate Forever awarded $3.9 million USDA funding partnership grant
Nicaragua failing to protect indigenous groups from land grabs
North Pole’s largest-ever ozone hole finally closes
Invasive Asian Beetle infesting trees across New York State
Towering redwoods shown to buffer to climate change
Patricia Medici, won a Whitley Award for her work on Tapirs
Devastating simulations say sea ice will be completely gone in Arctic summers by 2050
Animal-rights groups demand fur ban as mink test positive for COVID
First brown bear for 150 years seen in national park in northern Spain
We Energies officials announce arrival of 1st peregrine falcon chicks of 2020 season
In Panama, ‘silvopasture’ ranching improves profits, sustainability, and biodiversity
Asian Giant Hornets invading Washington state, pose numerous threats to US
$300M clean energy fund to back fossil fuel hydrogen projects
Three new species of horned frogs discovered from the forests of Northeast India
Giant Panda gives birth at Dutch Zoo
Endangered Tigers face growing threats from an Asian road-building boom
Brazil to weaken environmental safeguards amid increase in deforestation
Rare pink dolphins spotted off Koh Phangan
As oil industry swoons, tar sands workers look to renewables for jobs
Rays, sharks, and dolphins enjoy new freedom as humans retreat from the oceans
Before becoming frozen wasteland, Antarctica was home to frogs
Diamond Offshore Drilling files for bankruptcy
Satellite imagery is helping to detect plastic pollution in the ocean
US delays oil pipeline approvals after environmental ruling
Iceland’s hunt for Minke’s whales has officially ended
Despite no tourism income, this Philippine community still guards its environment
Critics say Border Wall still going up when they can’t protest
Florida farmers are selling directly to consumer to avoid produce dumps
Colorado outlaws cruel and unsporting wildlife killing contests
Wolf killing faces 500k euro fine in Flanders
Judge vacates oil and gas leases on 145,000 acres in Montana
Unexpected burst of orange poppies in Mojave desert seen from space
From Sri Lankan rainforest, an unknown species of orchid has been described
LED lights halve unwanted fish in nets
USFWS agrees to accept petition to list dunes lizard as endangered
Latino civil-rights group calls for meat boycott to protect workers from COVID
Costa Rican suburb gave citizenship to bees, plants, and trees
Alarm over deaths of bees from rapidly spreading viral disease
Extra protections for endangered whales off California coast
Endangered Species Act protection sought for Bumblebee species

Conservation News ~ 1 May 2020

5/1/2020

Clean air in Europe during lockdown leads to 11,000 fewer deaths
Climate change threatens drinking water quality across the Great Lakes
Seabed fossils show the ocean is undergoing a change not seen for 10,000 years
Microplastics disrupt hermit crabs’ ability to choose shell
Scientific advice recommending ban on fracking in Lake Eyre basin kept secret
Beijing bans consumption of wild animals
Coronavirus disrupts wildlife trafficking
Greenhouse gas emissions predicted to fall nearly 8% - largest decrease ever
Greta Thunberg receives Human Act Award, donates $100,000 to UNICEF
Polar Bear kills female at Russian zoo after she rejects him
Outcry as Spanish beach sprayed with bleach
Swedish city to dump tonne of chicken manure in park to deter visitors
Climate change makes some fish smaller and others even bigger
Rwanda’s Akagera park thrives thanks to community-led anti-poaching drive
In Panama, agroforestry technique of silvopasture improves ranching traditions
New database wrangles data on land rights projects around the globe
Indonesia aims for sustainability certification for oil palm smallholders
Church fund urges other ExxonMobil investors to sack board over climate
New shocking video of NYC wet markets as animal rights org demands shutdown
NRDC and partners sue to stop the dirty water rule
Iceland has killed its last whale as industry shuts down for good
As BP’s profits plunge, analysts say we are entering the end game for oil
Indigenous peoples of Ecuador’s Amazon file lawsuit against government and oil companies
A big win for the Frank Church-River of no return wilderness and a call to protect wolves
Team Rhino’s actions help seal a victory for South Africa’s Skukuza court, rangers
Bats are not the enemy in the fight against COVID
Defenders of Wildlife challenge EPAs gutting of Clean Water Protections
Important manta ray habitat discovered in Raja Ampat
Thailand’s tourist drought leaves spaces for shy sea mammal
Millions of farm animals culled as US food supply chain chokes up
New species of Moray Eel discovered
White House fails again to protect the Gulf of Mexico whale
Western association of Fish and Wildlife agencies bungle Lesser Prairie Chicken conservation effort
Silence is golden for whales as lockdown reduces ocean noise
Keystone XL ruling could threaten other pipelines
Invasive lionfish likely to become permanent residents in the Mediterranean
Former EPA head says COVID pandemic is no excuse to give polluters a break
UK military beef supplier buys from sanctioned Brazilian farmers
Through biomimicry, Brazil seeks tech innovations inspired by nature
Flamingos form lasting friends, a new study finds
Campaigners call for transparency in Myanmar timber trade after 850 tons of wood seized
As calls to shutter wildlife markets grow, China struggles with an industry worth billions
After furloughing 95% of workers, SeaWorld seeks fed loan
Mussels arrive in Antarctica, an ominous sign
Austria’s last coal plant closes sa renewable energy takes over
40,000 trees being planted to help West Michigan forests through climate change
Zali Steggall calls for investigation of Coalition plan to underwrite gas, hydro, and coal power
Only ‘A-list’ of coral reefs found to sustain ecosystems, livelihoods
New Zealand calls for thousands of new ‘green’ jobs in bold comeback plan
Sweden closes its last coal-fired power plant two years ahead of schedule
Tyson Foods chairman warns the food supply chain is breaking
Dolphins reclaim Bosphorus as virus silences Istanbul
Beyond Meat stock soars as animal meat shortage looms
Meteorologists say 2020 on course to be hottest year since records began
A bold new project aims to ID every species in Costa Rica
Wolf cubs on way as Belgium becomes ‘wolf crossroads of Europe’
Iceland won’t be killing any whales this year
Numbers of critically endangered orange-bellied parrot soar from low 20s to more than 100
Chicago City Council votes for equitable access to EVs
In the Philippines’ Boracay, flying foxes are down from 15,000 resident bats to 30
World’s wind power capacity up by fifth after record year
BU’s renowned bat researcher Thomas Kunz dies at 81 of COVID
Europe has its own tiger kings with 1,600 captive big cats used for entertainment
Five major banks refuse to fund Arctic Refuge oil drilling
Chinese trawlers fined for being in SA waters without permission
With no tourists Australian SCUBA tours are planting coral instead
North America has lost more than 1 in 4 birds in last 50 years
Florida aquarium makes breakthrough discovery that could save dying coral reefs
First wild stork chicks to hatch in UK in centuries poised to emerge
Pressure grows on DC to close roads to give residents more room for walking, jogging, biking
Bill Maher calls factory farms just as despicable as wet markets
Glowing dolphins light up the ocean waters in stunning California video
New bat species discovered – cousins of the ones suspected in COVID
Southeastern flower recovers in latest Endangered Species Act success story
Poachers kill at least six rhinos in Botswana as tourism dries up
Russia lists Caspian seals and Orcas as endangered species after ‘whale jail’ controversy
Wildlife trafficking soars as illegal dealers use unchecked hubs in southern Africa
Conservation plans help boost threatened mammals
Iceland says no whaling this summer, possibly into future
Hummingbirds show up when tropical trees fall down
Dissolved oxygen and pH policy leave fisheries at risk
Indigenous activists permanently barred from Queensland’s Adani mine site
Infamous Southern Oregon wolf Or-7 presumed dead
13 Rangers among 16 were murdered in Congo’s DRC Gorilla Park by poachers
Fashion is a top global polluter
Insects and bacteria emerge as alternative animal feed
Ocean plastic was choking Chile’s shores – now it’s in Patagonia’s hats
3 rare right whale calves spotted in Cape Cod Bay with their mothers
Insect numbers down 25% since 1990, global study finds
China lists white dolphins as source of medicine
South Korea is subsidizing biomass so heavily that wind and solar are being crowded out of the market
Fossil of a ‘Crazy Beast’ that coexisted with dinosaurs discovered from Madagascar
Senegal and Bangladesh protect sharks and rays
Wall Street is bending to pressure to halt Arctic-Oil loans
Simulating early ocean vents shows life’s building blocks form under pressure
Asteroid 1998 OR2 to safely fly past Earth this week
The tiniest bit of air pollution makes COVID more deadly
Nearly 15,000 miles of new roads will be built in Tiger habitat by 2050
California’s critical kelp forests are disappearing in a warming world
Ocean currents are sweeping microplastics into the deep sea