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Conservation News ~ 25 December 2020

12/25/2020

Panthera study identifies more reliable metrics to save tigers
Norway’s Supreme Court Makes Way for More Arctic Drilling
Zoo Knoxville welcomes endangered baby mountain zebra for holidays
UWA botanist names, describes new ginger species
New Mexico methane emissions more than double
Soy moratorium averted New Jersey-size loss of Amazon
Oil drops as coronavirus strain revives demand fears
Colombia’s forests lurch between deforestation and the hope for a sustainable future
Nation’s largest land bridge for people and wildlife opens in San Antonio
In Madagascar’s hungry south, drought pushes more than 1 million to brink of famine
Devastating fires engulf Brazilian Pantanal wetlands again
Korean artificial sun sets the new world record of 20-sec-long operation over 100 million degrees
Lava lake forms after Kilauea volcano eruption in Hawaii
Fleas are parasitic scorpionflies, genetic analysis reveals
Lawsuit challenges White House’s lifting of roadless rules in Alaska’s Tongass
Fueled by climate change, wildfires threaten toxic superfund sites
Billions spent on fighting California wildfires, but little on prevention
Warming ocean fueled more storms in 2020 Atlantic Hurricane Season
Court orders EPA to step up asbestos data collection
The last remaining animals have been rescued from Islamabad Zoo
Human rights-based conservation is key to protecting biodiversity
Stimulus bill is laden with climate provisions, including a phasedown of chemical super-pollutants
Remarkable new species of snake found hidden in a biodiversity collection
Federal lead-pipe rule overhauled for first time in decades
Hopi tribe pushed for solutions in long struggle for water
Ohio passes bill that could bankrupt churches linked to fossil protests
Prosecution dropped against 2 environmental activists
Traditional and Indigenous peoples denounce planned Amazon railway
Pollution, water crisis strengthen calls for environmental law reform in Malaysia
Songbird trade in Indonesia threatens wild Sunda laughingthrush
OSU researchers identify ‘new’ species of flower from 100 million years ago
A new species of mammal may have been found in Africa’s montane forests
Ribeirinhos win right to waterside Amazon homeland lost to Belo Monte dam
Critical temperature threshold spells shorter lives for tropical trees
Liberia gave villagers control over their forests, then a mining company showed up
A Madagascar forest long protected by its remoteness is now threatened by it
Microplastics revealed in the placentas of unborn babies
Ivory Coast creates wildlife sanctuary to protect turtles and sharks
The pandemic turned the volume down on ocean noise pollution
Little penguin burrows found for first time in seven years on West Island
Indonesia’s biofuel bid threatens more deforestation for oil palm plantations
A new conservation area is created in southern Ecuador
US Congress takes aim at climate change in massive relief bill
New population of blue whales discovered in the western Indian Ocean
Botanist discovers new species of potato orchid in Madagascar
A new species of bee has been found in WNC
New nanomaterial helps obtain hydrogen from a liquid energy carrier in a key step toward a stable and clean fuel source
Sighting of a super rare Chacoan fairy armadillo in Bolivia ‘a dream come true’
Scotia bank becomes fifth major Canadian bank to refuse to fund oil drilling in Arctic refuge
New Mexico state land office ends freshwater use by oil and gas industry
Baby elephant saved with CPR after being hit by motorbike in Thailand
White House waters down definition of critical habitat for endangered species
Brazilian woman threatened by Amazon loggers wins global human rights award
In an oil spill’s aftermath in Peru, new voices lead an Indigenous fight for justice
Environmentalists seek to block Bahamas oil drilling bid near US coast
Land inequality is worsening and fueling other social ills
When invaders moved into their land, Brazil’s Karipuna people pushed back
Two newly discovered species of fungi species turn flies into zombies
New tree-spider crab species with purple patches described from Kerala mangroves
New bee discovered after fire in Great Smoky Mountains
10,800 years ago, early humans planted forest islands in Amazonia’s grasslands
New Mexico Rancher who pleaded guilty to bludgeoning endangered wolf admitted trapping, beating others
Camera traps document wildfire’s return to Gorongosa National Park
Windfarms in Great Britain break record for clean power generation
Elephant decline revealed by shipwreck cargo
IUCN report documents additional 31 species extinct, all freshwater threatened
Action plan launched to conserve giraffe in Tanzania
160 years later, study shows Charles Darwin was right about why insects are losing the ability to fly
Rare sighting of bobcat in the Bronx River, a sign of a healthier waterway
Scientists plan mission to biggest iceberg as it drifts towards island
An unusual meteorite, more valuable than gold, may hold the building blocks of life
As smaller wolves die huge wolves from Ontario establish on Isle Royale National Park
Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes call to rename Colorado’s Mt. Evans and reckon with its namesake’s violent legacy
A coal plant in India has found a way to turn almost all its CO2 emissions into baking powder
The Rockefeller Foundation, a $5billion foundation literally founded on oil money is saying goodbye to fossil fuels
State Supreme Court blocks proposed gold mine near Yellowstone
Peruvian court absolves cacoa company of illegal Amazon deforestation
For the first time in more than 80 years, salmon spawning in the upper Columbian River
Chinese companies and Namibian elites make million illegally logging the last rosewoods
Mayor of Freetown, Sierra Leone is on a mission to plant a million trees in two years
Giant Aztec skull tower unearthed in Mexico
Illegal Russian lumber flooded Europe despite timber laws
Research breakthrough could transform clean energy technology
Lloyd’s market to quit fossil fuel insurance by 2030
New Princeton says the US can go carbon neutral by 2050
Devastating skin disease covering up to 70% of a dolphin’s body tied to climate change
Long Beach’s Aquarium of the Pacific turns to public to keep animals fed
Biden to nominate Brenda Mallory to run council on environmental quality
Indonesia allows use of destructive seine and trawl nets in its waters again
Biden to pick North Carolina Regulator Michale Regan to lead EPA
New catalytic process turns plastic bags into adhesives
Biden selects Deb Haaland as Interior secretary
Report finds litany of labor abuses on RSPO-certified oil palm plantations
On plantations and in protected areas, Sumatran elephants keep turning up dead
Victorian woman charged with animal cruelty after almost 130 wedge-tailed eagles found dead
Plastic cleanup brings crocodiles back to Indian river
The Uk is sending robot submarine to watch the world’s largest iceberg crash into an island
In rare event, 90k turtles hatch on a beach in Brazil
Scientist left speechless after opening asteroid samples containing seemingly organic matter
US Fish and Wildlife Service says Oregon’s Spotted Owls should be reclassified as an Endangered Species
Lasers reveal steep decline in ecosystem function of degraded Amazon forests
UN honours Young Champions of the Earth
White House weakens Endangered Species Act amidst biodiversity crisis
IUCN World Conservation Congress in Marseilles rescheduled to September 2021
Amphibian die-offs worsened malaria outbreaks in Central America

Conservation News ~ 18 December 2020

12/18/2020

Laser fusion reactor approaches ‘burning plasma’ milestone
Kinder Morgan Pipeline Spills up to 42,000 Gallons of Gasoline Into California Drainage Canal
20 new species found, lost wildlife rediscovered, in the Bolivian Andes
Peruvian Ministry of Environment asks Congress to drop bills that promote illegal mining
Pakistan won’t approve new coal power plants
Lawmakers in the US, UK, and Japan call for international agreement to prohibit eating of dogs
More than 61,000 koalas among 3 billion animals affected by bushfire crisis
Archaeologists find vast network of Amazon villages laid out like the cosmos
China, in nudge to US, makes a new promise to tackle global warming
Tasmanian devils claw their way back from extinction
Newly discovered mouse lemur species lives in an area of just 1,500 km2
No evidence protecting New England ocean gem harmed fishing
5 water protectors block Line 3 construction were detained and cited by state law enforcement
Second young elephant dies at Syracuse zoo
Sri Lanka activists decry downgrade of non-protected ‘other’ forests by government
Brazil beef companies JBS, Mafrig and Minerva linked to 42,000+ acres of illegal Amazon deforestation
Papua sawmill loses legal timber stamp over allegations of permit forgery
UK to halt subsidies for fossil fuel projects abroad
UN secretary general urges all countries to declare climate emergencies
Used masks polluting California coastal waters
NC has a new Sandhill Salamander species
Sunflower sea stars declared critically endangered on West Coast
Setting global targets would drive investment needed to scale up wetland recovery for climate action
Biden to pick Brenda Mallory to run White House environment office
Brazil scientists map forest regrowth keeping Amazon from collapse
Global rich must cut their carbon footprint by 97%, UN says
Lasers reveal steep decline in ecosystem function of degraded Amazon forests
In landmark ruling, air pollution recorded as a cause of death for British girl
Japan aims to be world’s no. 3 offshore win power producer in 2040
Dr. Drew Lanham named Center for Biological Diversity’s 2020 EO Wilson Biodiversity award recipient
Water futures set to join likes of gold and oil and trade on Wall Street for first time ever
Biden to pick North Carolina’s Michael Regan to lead EPA
A forest in Sumatra disappears for farms and roads
UK to support plans for new global treaty to ‘turn tide’ on plastic pollution
24 wildlife orgs sue White House for failing to protect wolverine after FOIed documents reveal politically motivation
Sunflower sea stars declared critically endangered on West Coast
12 elephants killed in Tanzania by poachers
Tyson Foods linked to largest toxic dead zone in US History

Conservation News ~ 11 December 2020

12/11/2020

New ‘sea dragon’ species discovered by an amateur fossil hunter off English coast
New species are more likely to evolve in areas where few already exist
Biden gets earful from progressives on environment jobs
NMFS extends East Coast vessel speed limits to protect right whales
Federal government looks to open up dunes sagebrush lizard habitat to oil and gas
Giant Manta becomes first Manta ray to be listed as an endangered species
Earth is still sailing into climate chaos but its course could shift
Herd opportunity: hundreds of elephants return to DRC’s Virunga
Artificial intelligence finds surprising patterns in Earth’s biological mass extinctions
Ecuador finds nest of huge, endangered sea turtle
Only 40% of world’s forest have high ecological integrity, a new index reveals
Court rejects White House Arctic drilling proposal in ‘Huge Victory for Polar Bears and our Climate’
Turkish fishermen offered bounty for silver-checked toadfish
Human-made materials now outweigh Earth’s entire biomass
Bauxite mining threatens India’s lone wolf sanctuary and an interstate river
The wild population of European Bison has grown to over 6,200
New study helps pinpoint when earth’s plate subduction began
New species of iridescent snake discovered in Vietnam
Trump’s Aberdeenshire golf resort dunes lose special environment status
Green Recovery from COVID can slow climate change
Endangered woodpecker species recovering two years after Hurricane Michael
Monarch butterfly endangered decision nears as numbers dwindle
Sea Shepherd discover new whale species in Mexico
Oregon land board moves forward on Elliot State research forest proposal
$14 million from the USAID to develop ecotourism in the Noubale-Ndoki park
Wetland stakeholders develop a management plan for the wise use and conservation of the Bang Pakong River
IUCN promotes resilience in the face of pandemic impacts in Mexico, Central America and Caribbean
IUCN launches the Global Standard for Nature-Based Solutions in Asia
Paul Sein Twa, co-founder of KESAN and Salween Peace Park in Myanmar, receives Goldman Environmental Prize
In China, public support grows to rein in the wild trade in the wake of the pandemic
Dogs in Brazil are being trained to sniff out COVID in humans
Deep=sea ‘gold rush’: secretive plans to carve up the seabird decried
New York’s $225 Billion Pension Fund is dropping fossil fuel stocks
Shift to a not-so-frozen north is well underway, scientists warn
Ahead of anticipated US climate treaty return, Norway boosts support for rainforest protection
Lizards and snakes bring halt to work on Tesla plant near Berlin
Coalition calls on Service to maintain endangered status for red-cockaded woodpecker
Bald eagles are no longer endangered in Vermont, experts say, after 30 years of recovery
First babies of endangered whale species born off Florida, Georgia
Reptiles smuggled from Mexico found at German airport stitched inside dolls
Deforestation wiped out 8% of Amazon in 18 years
Colombian environmental official assassinated in southern Meta department
Coca-cola, Pepsi and Nestle named top plastic polluters for third year in a row
Investors can now trade water futures
Money to burn – study finds fire-prevention incentives in Indonesia don’t work
Japan’s capsule with asteroid samples retrieved in Australia
New study finds Humboldt Bay is among the most important places in the entire hemisphere for migratory shorebirds
Loose DNA in seawater offers a new measure of marine populations
The curse of ‘white oil’: electric vehicles’ dirty secret
House passes bill to ban exploitation of Big Cats
EPA overrides scientists’ calls for tougher pollutant limit
Breakthrough material makes pathway to hydrogen use for fuel cells under hot, dry conditions
Scientists discover new species on seafloor
New plant species from Amazonia region named after Dresden botanist
Animals are using Utah’s largest wildlife overpass earlier than expected
International lawyers draft plan to criminalize ecosystem destruction
Mount Everest: China and Nepal agree on new, taller height
African ministers of the environment commit to support a greed COVID recovery plan
Gharials bounce back in Punjab but the real test is breeding
Rare Pygmy Possums just got rediscovered after fears that bushfires wiped them out
Natural selection plays major role in an organism’s capacity to evolve and adapt
EU renewables energy policy subsidizes surge in logging of Estonia’s protected area
Worker feared dead as landslide hits quake-prone dam in orangutan habitat
Earth spent 500 million years creating and eating dead continents
Biological diversity evokes happiness
French Guiana soy biofuel power plants risk massive Amazon deforestation
Sale of Arctic Refuge oil and gas leases in set for early January
Plants compete for underground real estate affects climate change and food production
New frog genus found in Andaman Islands
On the hunt for alternatives to shark squalene vaccines
Rare Nevada plant damaged by wild animals, not humans, feds say
Study shows promising material can store solar energy for months or years
17 sentenced to imprisonment for illegal trade in wildlife products
UKs first all-electric car charging forecourt opens in Essex
Address water scarcity ‘immediately and boldly’ urges UN agriculture agency chief
Climate crisis to triple flooding threat low-income US homes by 2050
A grassroots push to save disappearing birds and bees forces change in Germany
National Zoo’s panda cub takes first steps
Endangered Sea Turtles are recovering after ‘cold stunning’ event
Madagascar moves to reopen domestic trade in non-precious timber
LA began 2020 with a clean-air streak but ended with its worst smog in decades
Gorongosa National Park is being reforested via coffee and agroforestry
The Greenland Ice Sheet is fast losing mass and there may be no way to stop it
In rare show of solidarity, 14 key nations commit to protect oceans
Africa’s environment ministers pledge support for green COVID recovery
Cut fossil fuels production to ward off ‘catastrophic warming
Singapore approves sale of cell-based chicken meat
Layers of regulations to protect European seas not working, audit finds
Overfishing of sharks in the Red Sea sparks outcry
3 major UK retailers are banning glitter this Christmas
Nissan leaves White House’s fight against California car rules
Blue hydrogen use will boost fossil fuels industry. Ottawa warned
Endangered Vancouver Island marmots are making a comeback
Japan plans to join the pack and ban sales of new gasoline cars by 2030
Whale Sharks huge bodies mean they’ve never really been cold-blooded
US Army Corps reports a large oil spill into the Colombia River
Two centuries of Monarch butterflies show evolution of wing length
Endangered animals threatened by pandemic as ecotourists stay home
Every major bank has now ruled out funding Arctic drilling
Ecuador finds nest of huge endangered sea turtle
Vegan investment fund goes public in Canada
New species of Dancing springtail discovered in Krka
New species of bat has been found and it flapped around 16 million years ago
New marine protection zone will help endangered penguins and more
DNR announces wolf season after removal from endangered species list
US plans to protect thousands of mils of coral reefs in Pacific and Caribbean
California campgrounds to close when COVID stay at home order starts
Offshore drilling set to begin off Florida alarms environmentalists
Extremely rare white cougar highlights a quirk of the species
Washington whale research group buys ranch to help local orcas
White House appoints NOAA climate skeptic to panel selecting National Medal of Science winners
KwaZulu-Natal poaching increases since lockdown level 1
Atlas reveals birds pushed further north amid climate crisis
Ecuador’s palm oil law a boon for producers, but not people and planet
Colorado High School students post video pleading with local authorities to ban fracking
Satellites can see the pollution trails from individual ships
Crowds of Indian farmers gather for days to protest new agriculture laws
Hidden structure found in essential metabolic machinery
Norway bumps rate to protect rainforest amid anticipated US climate return
As Amazon deforestation hits 12 year high, France rejects Brazilian soy
Humanity’s construction footprint in the seas amounts to 32,000 square kilometers
Common tire chemical implicated in mysterious deaths of at-risk salmon
New York state assembly passes ban on toxic chemicals in food packaging
UN will build global coalition for carbon neutrality in 2021
Minnesota gives final green light to disputed oil pipeline
Researchers uncover key clues about the solar system’s history
Tiny treetop flowers foster incredible beetle biodiversity
A mining company is about to receive sacred Apache land
The Great Barrier Reef is now officially in critical condition
Epic study looks at what’s killing the rainforest’s trees
Up to 48 species saved from extinction by conservation efforts
Confiscated parrots fly free again over DR Congo forests
Researchers call for restoring human-forest connections in the Boundary Waters
China just powered up its artificial sun fusion reactor
Scientists just mapped 1 million new galaxies in 300 hours
World is doubling down on fossil fuels despite climate crisis

Conservation News ~ 4 December 2020

12/4/2020

Us Fish and Wildlife Service decides against listing hitch under Endangered Species Act
Endangered Species Protection sought for rare Oregon wildflower
Global soils underpin life future looks bleak, warns UN report
Another indigenous elder lost to COVID in the Amazon
Mystery of Siberian freshwater seal food choice solved
Canadian Liberals introduce bill to implement UN indigenous rights declaration
New agreement brings large-scale dam removal a step closer
US storage deployments shatter record in Q3, with 7.5 GW projected by 2025
27,000 acres gifted to UF for conservation, outdoor classroom, and laboratory
Study finds only 300 swift parrots could remain as Tasmanian court challenge heard
Denmark bans future offshore oil and gas licensing and ends all offshore production by 2050
Astronomers unveil most detailed 3d map yet of Milky Way
Planned road to bisect pristine, biodiverse Brazilian Amazon national park
Coronavirus risk grows as animals move through wildlife trade
Study finds fire-prevention incentives in Indonesia don’t work
French Guiana soy biofuel power plants risk massive Amazon deforestation
Exxon know of climate change in 1981 but it funded deniers for 27 more years
New Zealand declares climate emergency and has pledged to go carbon-neutral by 2025Pilihbit Tiger Reserve in India wins the inaugural TX2 award after doubling its tiger population
China vows to boost ‘weather modification’ capabailities
The crypto-creature from the deep: Researchers get rare video of bigfin squid
San Jose set to become largest U.S. city to ban natural gas in almost all new construction
India’s railways bring back tea in clay cups in bid to banish plastics
UK seeks site for world’s first fusion power station
UN Chief says humans are waging a suicidal war on nature
New tuberous species of begonia found in southern Yunnan
Mary Nichols is a contender for head of the EPA in a Biden administration
UK to become first country in Europe to ban live animal exports
Duff Reef declared a sanctuary
Officials rescue a 16-ft giraffe stranded on a flooding island in Kenya
COVID perfect storm threatens conservation in Africa
Indian government forms national panel to drive Paris Agreement goals
Namibia to auction 170 elephants over drought, increased population
Climate change is damaging more World Heritage sites
wildlflower meadows to line Engalnd’s new roads in boost for biodiversity
Auditors slam EU for marine protected areas that fail to protect ocean
Latest griffon vulture census demonstrated rewilding success in Rhodope Mountains
California Assembly expands rights for Native American tribes
World’s biggest iceberg is fraying at the edges
Scientists warn of the social and environmental risks tied to the energy transition
Hungary bans mink, fox, and ferret fur farming
Reforestation projects should include tree diversity targets
Hawaii’s fresh water leaks to the ocean through underground rivers
Stickleback study reveals ‘parallel’ evolution
Fear of predators shapes entire ecosystems
As the climate warms, leaves on some trees are dying earlier
Dolphins growing pressure as development eats into Borneo’s interior
Countries fall short on UN pledge to protect 10% of the ocean by 2020
The glaciers of the Greenland Ice Sheet are running away
Layers of regulations to protect European seas ‘not working’ audit finds
Unprecedented sightings of maned wolves in Amazon herald a changing landscape
Pulp producers pull of $168 million Indonesia tax twist
Alleged government linked land grabs threaten Cambodia’s Cardamom Mountains
Cigarette butts are the most littered item in the world
Global sustainable fishing initiative agreed by 14 countries
Fences have big effects on land and wildlife around the world that are rarely measured
The UN cancelled its 2020 climate summit and youth held one anyway
Elephants can lose two bathtubs full of water in a single day when it gets hot
New report offers clearest picture yet of pandemic impact on student learning
Lobster export policy that landed Indonesian minister in jail could resume
Europe plans space claw to capture orbiting junk
Piedmont halts north Greenville gas pipeline plans after outcry
Georgina Mace, who shaped list of endangered species, dies at 67
Automakers pledge to work with Biden to reduce emissions
Air monitors routinely miss pollution
More forests dies as warming cranks up fires, slows regrowth
Contaminants in New Jersey soil and water are toxic
Canada give BP okay to explore in Marine Conservation area
Border wall construction threatens survival of jaguars
Mountain pine trees that feed grizzlies is threatened
Senate approves two energy regulators, completing panel
New fish data reveal evolutionary bursts create species
In Japan aquaculture is deployed in the defense of endangered species
Glyphosate likely harms nearly all endangered species
Newly discovered 8-mile rock art in the Amazonian show the rainforest’s earliest inhabitants
27,000 acres gifted to UF for conservation, outdoor classroom and laboratory
Arecibo telescope, ending 57-year run
Bank of America says it won’t finance oil and gas exploration in the Arctic
Researchers note new Cretaceous species, by a nose
New snail subspecies with upside down shell found in Manila
Poaching cases drop in Namibia
Beavers build first dam in Exmoor in more than 400 years
Chinese submarine reaches the deepest place on Earth
Video shows the world’s rarest boa found in Sete Barras, Brazil
Amazon deforestation tops 11,000sq km in Brazil, reaching 12-year high
Scottish homes to be first in world to use 100% green hydrogen
International lawyers draft plan to criminalize ecosystem destruction
Decaying jellyfish blooms can cause temporary changes to water column food
Waorani peoples’ struggle to protect the Amazon honored with this year’s 2020 Goldman Prize
Amid tensions in Myanmar, an indigenous Park of Peace is born
Australia’s emissions fell 3% in year to June amid COVID shutdown
Celebrities to champion threatened wildlife for Day of Remembrance of Lost Species
Madagascan fossil turns bird evolutionary anatomy on its head
See the new primate species – Popa Langur – discovered in Myanmar
Environment to benefit from biggest farming shake-up in 50 years
Effort to rescue endangered turtles becomes a Thanksgiving odyssey
Bird napper on the lose after stealing endangered species from Fresno zoo
Beneficial and harmful fungi are a the root of forest diversity
World’s loneliest elephant heads to Cambodia after Cher campaign
European states ordered to respond to youth activists climate lawsuit
Rare whale skeleton discovered in Thailand
Climate apocalypse fears stopping people having children
Fireball over Germany most probably asteroid fragment
Research shows whipping horses doesn’t make them run faster, straighter or safer – let’s cut it out
Tribes halt major copper mine on ancestral lands in Amazon
Tasmania power becomes 100% renewables
New species of gecko found in the eastern ghats
Endangered sea turtles knocked off course find refuge at Tennessee Aquarium over holiday
Endangered Vancouver Island Marmots are making a comeback
New rule puts Indonesia’s protected forests up for grabs for agribusiness
Canada give BP okay to explore in marine conservation area
Rein in advertising to help tackle climate crisis
Algae can be made to photosynthesize hydrogen in step towards clean fuel
EPA’s final deregulatory rush runs into open staff resistance
New species of burrowing frog named after Bengaluru
COVID pandemic forces endangered species smugglers into using cargo shipments
Moth wings covered in sound-absorbing stealth material can avoid bats’ echolocation
Venezuela judge convicts 6 American oil executives, orders prison
Climate change drives plants to extinction in the Black Forest in Germany
Denmark could dig up and cremate mink killed in COVID cull
SWISS to vote on tougher responsibility proposal for companies
Chameleon last seen a century ago rediscovered in Madagascar
Groundbreaking study finds 13.3 quadrillion plastic fibers in California’s environment
Turns out, lots of Australia’s mammals glow under UV light
Climate change may make autumn leaves fall early and store less carbon
Medicinal plant may have evolved camouflage to evade humans
European Space Agency signs $102 million deal to bring space trash home
Bird flu fears grow after spate of mysterious UK swan deaths
Indonesian activists slam Jurassic Park plan for Komodo dragon habitat
Alex Trebek donated 62 acres of open space near Runyon Canyon
102 Species at risk of extinction in the Fraser River estuary in British Colombia
Large trees in the sub-Himalayan sal forests are important for foraging woodpeckers
EU to ban use of lead shot by wetlands bird hunters