Category: Conservation News - Practice Praxis

Conservation News ~ February 22 2019

2/22/2019

New species of Angolan Horned Spider: https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=https://www.siasat.com/news/new-species-angolan-horned-spider-unearthed-1468127/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTM0MzQ4Mjg3OTI2MjA1MzA2MTIyGmVjZTQ4ZDAxMjUwMzM4OTg6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNH4QcHAQBrYlqDhZxb80icTQfNNVw
Adani CEO denies that mine will threaten Endangered bird: https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/national/adani-ceo-denies-the-mine-will-threaten-an-endangered-bird-species/video/30367760924e218e7c63146a91273293
Texas Zoo welcomes new Ocelot cub: https://www.victoriaadvocate.com/news/the-texas-zoo-welcomes-a-new-ocelot-cub/article_19344dd0-323b-11e9-8b40-6f355a350564.html
Right Whale calves off Southeast give hope to nearly extinct animals: https://www.postandcourier.com/news/right-whale-calves-off-southeast-coast-give-hope-for-nearly/article_47d0b47a-2f0d-11e9-b428-b77dec1e7238.html?fbclid=IwAR1CGjYVCF7sThmwgSEdpsblpfKMpMgfEZapNIMRLTxWeqePlb_dM8fKIUM
Corruption-riddled caviar trade pushes fish closer to extinction: https://news.mongabay.com/2019/02/corruption-hampered-caviar-trade-pushes-fish-closer-to-extinction/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Mongabay+%28Mongabay+Environmental+News%29
Proposed bill would pay $75 for every coyote killed in SC: https://www.carolinasportsman.com/hunting/coyote/proposed-bill-would-pay-75-for-every-coyote-killed-in-s-c/?fbclid=IwAR21sEWsFqeZ16G7xooYhYVYcH6X0K0Z4scQr-Me0DVh65W0L30PUeENMdo
EPA Oks ‘Emergency’ to dump bee-killing pesticide on 16 million acres: https://www.ecowatch.com/trump-epa-pesticides--2629292283.html?fbclid=IwAR3pb5JZhGR4OHZu9GU_mzpCo7Z1KeGHfJbjnR6ckGkwfx8LgdVW9FEfQPA
Burrowing Owls nest at dunes near LAX: https://ktla.com/2019/02/17/lax-adjacent-ghost-town-now-priceless-coastal-real-estate-for-rare-owls/?fbclid=IwAR3LlesJgh48IfCL1aq0djbnZl3_hOJmtALeK-50u6035pZ0Ie4djUe_aW4
Queen of Ivory jailed in Tanzania for 15 years: https://edition.cnn.com/2019/02/19/africa/tanzania-jails-chinese-woman-intl/index.html?utm_term=link&utm_medium=social&utm_content=2019-02-19T17%3A00%3A07&utm_source=fbCNNi&fbclid=IwAR0niVmeRq0U8PPsHxEkhdGR2qTuEtIMdUyGl9aEaDZhALx-fh8endri0ZA
Scientists discover 2 new bat species in the mountains in Morocco: https://www.moroccoworldnews.com/2019/02/266323/bat-species-mountains-morocco/
A&M Galveston researchers discover rare organism: http://www.thebatt.com/science-technology/a-m-galveston-researchers-discover-rare-organism/article_39c6e30e-35a7-11e9-af9b-9702d386e7c0.html
Denmark’s Inger Anderson elected UN environment chief: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/africa/denmarks-inger-andersen-elected-un-environment-chief/2019/02/20/214fab36-356a-11e9-8375-e3dcf6b68558_story.html
Hogle Zoo will say goodbye to wolf Angel, welcome four rescued foxes: https://fox13now.com/2019/02/20/hogle-zoo-will-say-goodbye-to-wolf-angel-welcome-four-rescued-foxes/
UN passes first ever declaration for peasant rights: https://news.mongabay.com/2019/02/un-passes-first-ever-declaration-for-peasant-rights/
A mysterious new frog species with hidden spots and an insect like call: https://thewire.in/environment/a-mysterious-new-frog-species-with-hidden-spots-and-an-insect-like-call
Another butterfly colony discovered in Mexico state: https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/another-butterfly-colony-discovered/
Dickerson Park Zoo mourns death of Malayan tiger: https://www.ky3.com/content/news/Dickerson-Park-Zoo-announces-death-of-Malayan-tiger-506059151.html
Illegal gold mining destroys wetland forest in Madagascar park: https://news.mongabay.com/2019/02/illegal-gold-mining-destroys-wetland-forest-in-madagascar-park/
New spider species discovered in South Africa: https://www.jacarandafm.com/shows/breakfast-martin-bester/new-spider-species-discovered-south-africa/
New species of fruit fly found in Otara: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12205296
New species of Aloe discovered in Somaliland: http://www.sci-news.com/biology/aloe-sanguinalis-06915.html
Majority of European firms have no CO2 reduction targets: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/feb/19/majority-of-european-firms-have-no-co2-reduction-targets
Texas man arrested for stealing endangered tortoise from zoo: http://www.kxxv.com/story/39980990/texas-man-arrested-for-stealing-endangered-tortoise-from-zoo
Monsanto’s Roundup raises cancer risk 41%: https://www.rt.com/usa/451504-monsanto-roundup-cancer-study-risk/
New Titanosaurian dinosaur unearthed in Tanzania: http://www.sci-news.com/paleontology/mnyamawamtuka-moyowamkia-06910.html
Illegal corn farming menaces a Madagascar protected area: https://news.mongabay.com/2019/02/illegal-corn-farming-menaces-a-madagascar-protected-area/
Utah herb gets caught in Endangered Species Fight: https://www.kuer.org/post/little-herb-gets-caught-big-fight-over-endangered-species-act#stream/0
New species of tiny tyrannosaur foreshadows T. Rex: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/02/190221095038.htm

Conservation News ~ February 15 2019

2/15/2019

New Frog species: https://phys.org/news/2019-02-species-spider-unusual-social-skills.htmlphys.org/news/2019-02-species-spider-unusual-social-skills.html
Florida Court orders oil drilling in Everglades: https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidblackmon/2019/02/07/florida-court-orders-oil-drilling-in-floridas-everglades-to-move-ahead/?fbclid=IwAR3YSfVtsfcpwuvicbAL2PuiIZBxzq1mr5V0xL2M_ppbqp6rNZj31kly1E0#798a54ca2625
Michigan’s new governor puts climate change at heart of policy: https://insideclimatenews.org/news/05022019/michigan-whitmer-office-climate-change-energy-filnt-water-policies-climate-alliance?fbclid=IwAR3ofoMw39XBdlKoKgSUGoWyhiKAAU3aP4kUTro19r6J3lZ6Q3FDudyRttA
Massive Pangolin seizure in Borneo smuggling operation bust: https://news.mongabay.com/2019/02/massive-pangolin-seizure-in-borneo-smuggling-operation-bust/
Wisdom, world’s oldest known wild bird is a mother again at 68: https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/02/13/world/science-health-world/wisdom-68-worlds-oldest-known-wild-bird-hatches-chick-midway-atoll/
Colombia bans spot hunting: https://phys.org/news/2019-02-colombia-sport.html
Helicopter elevates feral hog removal at Mingo National Wildlife Refuge: www.kait8.com/2019/02/14/helicopter-elevates-feral-hog-removal-mingo-national-wildlife-refuge/&ct=ga&cd=CAAYADIaNWU0MjI4Y2E3OGZlOGI4OTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNHMjojEaRsOiUplsuuL9fx4zaWz-Q
Missouri Department of Conservation seeks information in poaching case of two adult elk: https://www.kttn.com/missouri-department-of-conservation-seeks-information-in-poaching-case-of-two-adult-elk/&ct=ga&cd=CAAYATIaNWU0MjI4Y2E3OGZlOGI4OTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNHzupY6tXSy-LDsgOCK512vMy0uIg
Queensland government rebukes Adani over endangered finch: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/feb/15/queensland-government-rebukes-adani-over-endangered-finch&ct=ga&cd=CAAYAzIaNGRkOTM1N2YyZTE1YzQyNzpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNEkANE5hzvR3x1T5WW0cy6yv_ozFA
Hong Kong seizes record 40kg of rhino horn at airport: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/02/hong-kong-seizes-record-40kg-rhino-horn-airport-190215030255992.html&ct=ga&cd=CAAYBDIaNGRkOTM1N2YyZTE1YzQyNzpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNFdibDtORjQb852jvJikCzj46cG_Q
Grizzly delisting resolution hits biological, legal queries in Montana legislature: https://helenair.com/news/state-and-regional/grizzly-delisting-resolution-hits-biological-legal-queries-in-montana-legislature/article_e818fac3-7b78-53a4-ab1a-3ef641ccd441.html&ct=ga&cd=CAAYBjIaNGRkOTM1N2YyZTE1YzQyNzpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNHj2kZs4fcCloxAKoOff7Os4C6NUQ
Rare Snail returns to Bermuda island: http://www.royalgazette.com/environment/article/20190211/rare-snail-returns-to-island&ct=ga&cd=CAAYATIaNGRkOTM1N2YyZTE1YzQyNzpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNGy8VE0cfXq-2AubO2p0sX0_peVwg
Rhino Deaths Plunge in South Africa After Anti-Poaching Effort: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-02-14/rhino-deaths-plunge-in-south-africa-on-anti-poaching-drive&ct=ga&cd=CAAYAzIaNGRkOTM1N2YyZTE1YzQyNzpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNFJKA5cq8RKfxyGRE9WOZr-rS9Kfw
Trophy hunter 'pays $110k' to kill and pose with rare mountain goat: https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/13/asia/pakistan-markhor-goat-trophy-hunter-scli-intl/index.html&ct=ga&cd=CAAYADIaNGRkOTM1N2YyZTE1YzQyNzpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNFiY0iGq1P7Uc-zeJXEGcP9eLdh_g
African black leopard photographed for the first time in over 100 years, scientist says: https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=https://wgntv.com/2019/02/13/african-black-leopard-photographed-for-the-first-time-in-over-100-years-scientist-says/&ct=ga&cd=CAAYATIaNGRkOTM1N2YyZTE1YzQyNzpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNHv5HXTOgA5FuPL_Zq2u5SMFPCveg
Endangered tiger mauled to death by two others at Longleat Safari park: https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=https://uk.news.yahoo.com/endangered-tiger-mauled-death-two-others-longleat-safari-111500269.html&ct=ga&cd=CAAYAjIaNGRkOTM1N2YyZTE1YzQyNzpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNH5Koa7Elmrd3ed3pyxNSo7rixhVw
Endangered rhino, lion, hippo and tigers part of more than 200 species found at illegal taxidermist: https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2019/02/13/endangered-rhino-lion-hippo-and-tigers-part-of-more-than-200-species-found-at-illegal-taxidermist-in-spain/&ct=ga&cd=CAAYBDIaNGRkOTM1N2YyZTE1YzQyNzpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNFzv96CJcrdb5mT92MFAr5WA28p7Q
Kenya joins rest of the world on fight to save endangered shark, rays species: https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/article/2001312909/kenya-joins-rest-of-the-world-on-fight-to-save-endangered-shark-rays-species&ct=ga&cd=CAAYBzIaNGRkOTM1N2YyZTE1YzQyNzpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNGVpcGea-upUsAAvra-qrIFeVGG0g
Rare Footage of Arizona Ocelot Shows What Could Be Lost by Border Wall: https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=https://www.ecowatch.com/arizona-ocelot-border-wall-2628729941.html&ct=ga&cd=CAAYADIaNGRkOTM1N2YyZTE1YzQyNzpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNEJK71C7yYSnQRo_f31EVqLsJgvwQ
UK aid helps stop 750 pieces of illegal ivory being smuggled from South Sudan into Uganda: https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.africanews.com/2019/02/12/uk-aid-helps-stop-750-pieces-of-illegal-ivory-being-smuggled-from-south-sudan-into-uganda/&ct=ga&cd=CAAYAzIaNGRkOTM1N2YyZTE1YzQyNzpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNFGskUMFQfOcEgvVZT09S_bgglOUQ
Russian town declares state of emergency over polar bear invasion: https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=https://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/Life/russian-town-declares-state-of-emergency-over-polar-bear-invasion-20190211&ct=ga&cd=CAAYBzIaNGRkOTM1N2YyZTE1YzQyNzpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNE0KLs3dFSxr4uH0CDrbG6gL5G_Hw
China to restore Qinling Mountains environment: https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-02/15/c_137824706.htm&ct=ga&cd=CAAYAjIaOTEyZmU3MzAxYzcxMGFiOTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNG3GkQlC9xs5Z8rkLAfiQ4DLHR6Jg
UK Climate change strike: Students to stage school walkout over environmental 'emergency': https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/02/15/climate-change-strike-students-stage-school-walkout-environmental/&ct=ga&cd=CAAYAzIaOTEyZmU3MzAxYzcxMGFiOTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNHwKcFb4GN3hh8atEfi6ptVJqBiX

Conservation News ~ February 8 2019

2/8/2019

AOC releases Green New Deal: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/feb/07/green-new-deal-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-plan?fbclid=IwAR0dqHPFGBfJ1nHqhAlEqEMI6xGR1i8cVMiCif-_0MhJFE0eIE9keUuoQrw
2018 was the fourth hottest year on record: https://www.npr.org/2019/02/06/692060375/2018-was-earths-fourth-hottest-year-on-record-scientists-say
Ancient spirituality guides a Maya town’s conservation effort: https://news.mongabay.com/2019/02/how-a-maya-town-restored-its-sacred-cloud-forest-and-water-supply/
Police charge Indo politician’s brother in deforestation case: https://news.mongabay.com/2019/02/police-charge-indonesian-politicians-brother-in-deforestation-case/
Asian banks give billions to firms linked to deforestation: https://news.mongabay.com/2019/02/asian-banks-give-billions-to-firms-linked-to-deforestation-study-finds/
Conservation groups press world leaders to protect 30% of the planet: https://news.mongabay.com/2019/02/conservation-groups-press-nations-to-protect-30-of-the-earth/
Zebra dies in Carroll County after being left out in the cold: https://fox59.com/2019/01/30/zebra-dies-in-carroll-county-after-being-left-out-in-the-cold/
Thai court dismisses case against poaching kingpin: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2019/02/thai-court-dismisses-case-against-suspected-poaching-kingpin/
Anti-grizzly fever grips Wyoming again: https://www.grizzlytimes.org/single-post/2019/01/31/Anti-grizzly-Fever-Grips-Wyoming-Again
Poachers attack Sea Shepherd in the Vaquita Refuge: https://seashepherd.org/2019/01/10/sea-shepherd-ship-attacked-inside-vaquita-refuge/
European genocide of indigenous peoples in the Americas cooled Earth’s climate: https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/bjqnqq/european-genocide-of-indigenous-peoples-in-the-americas-cooled-earths-climate
Kellogg’s ends animal testing after 65 years: https://vegnews.com/2019/2/kelloggs-ends-animal-testing-after-65-years
Conservation agreement to protect 1,600-hectare ranch along Castle River: https://calgaryherald.com/news/local-news/conservation-agreement-to-protect-1600-hectare-ranch-along-castle-river
Fourth dolphin dies at Dolphinaris Arizona: https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/scottsdale-breaking/2019/02/05/dolphinaris-temporarily-close-after-fourth-dolphins-death-kai-dolphin-quest/2783723002/
Barbie and National Geographic announce global licensing agreement: https://news.mattel.com/news/barbie-and-national-geographic-announce-global-licensing-agreement
Industrial fishing ushers the albatross closer to extinction: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/jan/31/industrial-fishing-ushers-albatross-closer-to-extinction-say-researchers
Hong Kong customs seize record haul of pangolin scales: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-hongkong-seizures/hong-kong-customs-seize-record-haul-of-pangolin-scales-bound-for-vietnam-idUSKCN1PQ3LU

Conservation News ~ February 1 2019

2/1/2019

New fossil spiders with glowing eyes found in South Korea: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2019/01/new-fossil-spiders-with-glowing-eyes-found-south-korea/
Monarch butterfly population wintering in Mexico increases 144%: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/jan/30/mexico-monarch-butterflies-wintering-population-increase
Brook the sea otter, an original inhabitant of Aquarium of the Pacific, dies at 21: https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-aquarium-of-the-pacific-brook-20190131-story.html
The contiguous United States just lost its last wild caribou: http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/01/contiguous-united-states-just-lost-its-last-wild-caribou
House Democrats just told the Pentagon to redo its climate change report: https://grist.org/article/house-democrats-just-told-the-pentagon-to-redo-its-climate-change-report/
More than half of US coal mines open in 2008 now closed: https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=38172
Federal government discloses it already shipped plutonium to Nevada: https://thenevadaindependent.com/article/federal-government-discloses-it-already-shipped-plutonium-to-nevada-without-states-knowledge-or-consent
STILA cancels oil and gas lease sale within original boundaries of Bears Ears: https://canyonechojournal.com/2019/01/29/sitla-cancels-oil-and-gas-lease-sale-within-original-boundaries-of-bears-ears-national-monument/
Threatened shark served to UK diners: https://nation.com.pk/01-Feb-2019/threatened-shark-served-to-uk-diners
Octopus farming unsustainable, unethical, and unnecessary: https://news.mongabay.com/2019/01/octopus-farming-unsustainable-unethical-and-unnecessary-scientists-warn/
Wildlife rangers in DRC park report waning motivation and job satisfaction: https://news.mongabay.com/2019/01/wildlife-rangers-in-drc-park-report-waning-motivation-job-satisfaction/
Deadly disease and warming ocean are wiping out a key starfish species: https://news.mongabay.com/2019/01/deadly-disease-and-warming-ocean-are-wiping-out-a-key-starfish-species/
Bill to ban snowmobile coyote whacking is run down: https://www.jhnewsandguide.com/news/environmental/article_4d30e8f4-4623-5d33-a9e5-3ba459b64563.html
Invasive species dying off because of cold snap: https://kbjr6.com/news/2019/01/30/invasive-species-dying-off-because-of-cold-snap-2/
Rights of Nature at stake as Ecuador’s high court to review the case of a Chinese vessel: https://seashepherdlegal.org/newsroom/blog/breaking-rights-of-nature-at-stake-as-ecuador-s-high-court-will-review-the-case-of-a-chinese-vessel-caught-in-galapagos-with-6-000-sharks-on-board
Namibian Desert lions spotted hunting and eating marine creatures: https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/namibian-desert-lions-spotted-hunting-and-eating-marine-creatures/
Environmental degradation exacerbates Indonesia flooding, landslides: https://news.mongabay.com/2019/01/environmental-degradation-exacerbates-indonesia-flooding-landslides/
Gordodon kraineri: fossil of reptile dating back 300 million years rewrites known evolution: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-11-24/new-mexico-reptile-fossil-rewrites-known-evolutionary-timeline/10551670
Indo wants to shut down Komodo for one year because the dragons are too scrawny: https://www.vice.com/en_asia/article/7xnpmy/indonesia-wants-to-shut-down-komodo-for-one-year-because-the-dragons-are-too-scrawny
Sonar makes beaked whales suicidal: https://news.sky.com/story/sonar-makes-beaked-whales-suicidal-and-now-we-know-why-11622201
Elephant Seals took over a Pt. Reyes beach during shutdown: https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Point-Reyes-Drakes-Beach-elephant-seals-13570578.php
California’s Gray Wolves still protected, Court rules: http://time.com/5515146/california-gray-wolves-protection-upheld/
Volvo develops 3D-printed living seawall to save the world’s oceans from plastic pollution: https://www.designboom.com/design/volvo-3d-printed-living-seawall-ocean-plastic-pollution-01-25-2019/
NZ ditching plastic packaging of fruit and vegetables in supermarkets: https://albertonrecord.co.za/198508/food-nude-nz-ditching-plastic-packaging-fruit-vegetables-supermarkets/
Legislators push for Bobcat hunting season in Indiana: https://www.centerforwildlifeethics.org/wildlife-advocacy-blog/2019/1/29/defying-strong-public-opposition-legislators-push-for-bobcat-hunting-season-in-indiana
Joshua Tree National Park fans rally, decry impact from shutdown: https://www.desertsun.com/story/news/environment/2019/01/26/joshua-tree-national-park-rally-against-shutdown-impact/2689866002/
Scientists thrilled to report Hawaii’s Coral Reefs have made a miraculous comeback: https://themindunleashed.com/2019/01/hawaii-coral-reefs-comeback.html
It’s now legal to kill sea lions that are threatening salmon in the Pacific Northwest: https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/28/us/sea-lions-killed-save-salmon-trnd/index.html
Some 85% of key fish species in Arabian Gulf are wiped out: https://www.thenational.ae/uae/environment/some-85-of-key-fish-species-in-arabian-gulf-wiped-out-uae-study-finds-1.818543
Hoopa Valley Tribe wins dam removal victory in Federal Court: https://nativenewsonline.net/currents/hoopa-valley-tribe-wins-dam-removal-victory-in-federal-court/
New Crayfish species named after West Virginia biology professor: http://www.wvpublic.org/post/new-crayfish-species-named-after-wva-biology-professor
Kayla the Killer Whale dies at SeaWorld Orlando: https://www.care2.com/causes/another-orca-has-died-at-seaworld-orlando.html
Ontario reverses course on bill that could have opened Greenbelt to development: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-ontario-reverses-course-on-bill-that-could-have-opened-greenbelt-for/
With just sickles and sticks, Adivsi women save a forest: https://dgrnewsservice.org/resistance/direct-action/violence/india-with-just-sickles-and-sticks-adivasi-women-save-a-forest/
Death Valley playas damaged by offroaders during shutdown: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/jan/25/death-valley-national-park-damage-offroaders-shutdown
Over 1,000 abandoned Flamingo chicks rescued in Kimberly, South Africa: https://www.sapeople.com/2019/01/25/over-1000-abandoned-flamingo-chicks-rescued-in-kimberley-south-africa/
Researchers discover record-breaking salamander: https://phys.org/news/2019-01-record-breaking-salamander.html
Former UN leader Ban Ki-moon just endorsed Democrats’ fight for a Green New Deal: https://grist.org/article/former-u-n-leader-ban-ki-moon-just-endorsed-democrats-fight-for-a-green-new-deal/
Rare sharks living off Wales: https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-46972070
Australia calls for emergency action plan as myrtle rust pushes plants to extinction: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/jan/24/calls-for-emergency-action-plan-as-myrtle-rust-pushes-plants-to-extinction
Egyptian authorities ban fishing in the Red Sea for the next 7 months: https://scoopempire.com/egyptian-authorities-ban-fishing-in-the-red-sea-for-the-next-7-months

Conservation News ~ January 18 2019

1/18/2019

Trade in extinct Moa bones threatens New Zealand’s history: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jan/16/moa-for-sale-trade-in-extinct-birds-bones-threatens-new-zealands-history
California’s most famous butterfly nearing death spiral: https://www.sfchronicle.com/news/article/California-s-most-famous-butterfly-nearing-13539657.php
Trilobite cousin adds new branch to tree of life: https://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/agnostid-burgess-shale-fossils-1.4980093
Barclay’s to reject most financing for Arctic drilling: https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/425252-barclays-to-reject-most-financing-for-drilling-in-arctic
Three Kruger Park rangers arrested for alleged rhino poaching: https://citizen.co.za/news/south-africa/environment/2064865/three-kruger-park-rangers-arrested-for-alleged-rhino-poaching/
Hilton hotel unveils its first all-vegan suite: https://vegnews.com/2019/1/hilton-hotel-unveils-its-first-all-vegan-suite
Most coffee species at risk of extinction: https://www.forbes.com/sites/trevornace/2019/01/17/most-coffee-species-at-risk-of-extinction-due-to-climate-change/
Biggest Great White Shark on record seen in Hawaii waters: http://www.wbtv.com/2019/01/18/biggest-great-white-shark-record-seen-hawaii-waters/
Antarctica ice melt has accelerated by 280% in the last four decades: https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/14/world/climate-change-antarctica-ice-melt-twin-studies/index.html
New Mexico bans coyote-killing contests on state land: https://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/animals/blogs/new-mexico-bans-coyote-killing-contests-on-state-land
Big genome found in tiny forest defoliator – Gypsy Moth genome sequenced: https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2019/gypsy-moths.html
Guyana signs on to forest management agreement with the EU: https://news.mongabay.com/2019/01/guyana-signs-on-to-forest-management-agreement-with-the-eu/
Undersea robot just delivered 100,000 baby corals to the Great Barrier Reef: https://www.nbcnews.com/mach/science/undersea-robot-just-delivered-100-000-baby-corals-great-barrier-ncna950821
Camera traps find rich community of carnivores in Apostle Islands: https://news.mongabay.com/2019/01/camera-traps-find-rich-community-of-carnivores-on-apostle-islands/
Brookfield Zoo establishing new endangered Mexican Wolf pack: https://news.wttw.com/2019/01/16/brookfield-zoo-establish-new-pack-endangered-mexican-wolves
Scientists drill one kilometer beneath Antarctica, find environment teeming with life: https://www.livescience.com/64501-buried-lake-antarctica-life.html
3 new species of salamanders discovered in Texas: http://www.kut.org/post/scientists-discover-three-new-species-salamander-central-texas
Bangkok faces prolonged air pollution crisis: https://asiancorrespondent.com/2019/01/bangkoks-faces-prolonged-air-pollution-crisis/
Idled farmland presents habitat restoration opportunities in San Joaquin Desert: https://news.ucsc.edu/2019/01/san-joaquin-desert.html
Cuomo wants statewide plastic bag ban: https://www.newsday.com/news/region-state/reusable-plastic-bags-cuomo-state-1.25914467
SD Safari Park’s baby giraffe Kumi euthanized after being gored: https://www.10news.com/news/local-news/baby-giraffe-euthanized-after-being-gored-at-san-diego-zoo-safari-park
Romeo the Water Frog has finally found his Juliet and it might save his species: https://www.livescience.com/64503-romeo-frog-finds-juliet.html
Hundreds rally across BC in solidarity with Wet’suwet’en pipeline blockades: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/wet-suwet-en-camp-anti-pipeline-rallies-bc-1.4970840
Dozens of injured sea turtles found washed up on Israel’s coast, 15 saved: https://www.timesofisrael.com/dozens-of-injured-sea-turtles-found-washed-up-on-coast-15-saved/
China busts major ivory trafficking gang following EIA investigation: https://news.mongabay.com/2019/01/china-busts-major-ivory-trafficking-gang-following-eia-investigation/
Oregon begins killing sea lions in bid to save fish population: https://www.usnews.com/news/national-news/articles/2019-01-10/oregon-begins-killing-sea-lions-in-bid-to-save-fish-population
Prolific bird smuggler jailed after being caught with 19 rare eggs at Heathrow airport: https://www.foxnews.com/world/former-soldier-turned-smuggler-jailed-after-being-caught-at-heathrow-with-19-rare-eggs-strapped-to-body
L124 baby orca is born: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/17/science/orca-calf-seattle.html
Standing Rock inspired Ocasio-Cortez to run: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/jan/14/standing-rock-ocasio-cortez-protest-climate-activism
Record number of countries sign on to protect sharks and rays: https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/articles/2019/01/11/record-number-of-countries-sign-on-to-protect-sharks-and-rays
World’s rarest duck released back into the wild: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/as-it-happens-friday-edition-1.4960554/world-s-rarest-birds-once-thought-extinct-get-a-new-home-in-madagascar-1.4960557
A scientist has been eaten alive by a crocodile: https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/a-scientist-has-been-eaten-alive-by-a-crocodile/
500 people attend the last rites of beloved 130-year-old crocodile in Chhattisgarh village: https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/500-people-attend-last-rites-of-beloved-130-years-old-crocodile-in-chhattisgarh-village/story-a99uY31NnoAgi4mEYx5NuN.html
The shutdown has halted important scientific research: https://www.hcn.org/articles/scientific-research-the-shutdown-has-halted-important-science-and-research
Upper-ocean warming is changing the global wave climate, making waves stronger: https://news.ucsc.edu/2019/01/wave-power.html
DNA of wolf extinct in wild lives on in Texas pack: https://www.apnews.com/41e2f719d14549f8b5b2d88149385a0e
White House expands oil drilling despite shutdown: https://www.usnews.com/news/national-news/articles/2019-01-17/interior-planning-to-expand-drilling-despite-shutdown-urged-to-halt-oil-and-gas-leases
White House to cut off FEMA money for California fires: https://www.cnbc.com/2019/01/09/trump-threatens-to-cut-off-federal-funding-for-california-wildfire-relief.html
Sniffer dog finds 116kg of rhino horn: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-46823797
Karen indigenous communities in Myanmar have officially launched the Salween Peace Park: https://news.mongabay.com/2019/01/karen-indigenous-communities-in-myanmar-have-officially-launched-the-salween-peace-park/
Discovery adapts natural membrane to make hydrogen fuel from water: https://www.anl.gov/article/discovery-adapts-natural-membrane-to-make-hydrogen-fuel-from-water
Australian sawfish close to dying out: https://www.sbs.com.au/news/experts-warn-australian-sawfish-close-to-dying-out
MIT is pouring resources into commercializing fusion power: https://futurism.com/the-byte/mit-commercializing-fusion-power
Man accidentally discovers how to grow coral 40 times faster: https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/man-postpones-retirement-to-save-reefs-after-he-accidentally-discovers-how-to-make-coral-grow-40-times-faster/
BLM supports drilling in pristine Alaskan refuge: https://www.nrdc.org/trump-watch/blm-supports-drilling-pristine-alaskan-refuge-despite-threats-wildlife
Previously unknown contaminants found in Polar Bears: http://wildlife.org/previously-unknown-contaminants-found-in-polar-bears/
Pro-polluter Andrew Wheeler gets tapped to head the EPA: https://www.nrdc.org/experts/nrdc/pro-polluter-andrew-wheeler-gets-tapped-head-epa
Extinct mammoths could be given protected status in bid to save elephants: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/jan/10/trade-in-ivory-from-extinct-mammoths-could-be-banned

Conservation News ~ January 11 2019

1/11/2019

Scientists issue dire warning in new study finding last year was likely the hottest on record: https://thinkprogress.org/study-2018-is-shaping-up-to-be-the-hottest-year-on-record-as-ocean-warming-speeds-up-a08a85c8438a/
United Nations instructs Canada to suspend Site C dam construction over indigenous rights: https://thenarwhal.ca/united-nations-instructs-canada-to-suspend-site-c-dam-construction-over-indigenous-rights-violations/
ESA workload slowdown draws lawsuit warning: https://missoulian.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/esa-workload-slowdown-draws-lawsuit-warning/article_9f27b9ea-a18a-5a26-a4dc-3b061e28b136.html
Scientists discovered a new way to stabilize fusion reactors: https://futurism.com/the-byte/fusion-reactions-stabilize
Hunter shoots son dead after mistaking him for moose: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/hunter-shoots-son-dead-moose-russia-siberia-nefteyugansk-charged-a8720421.html
She bragged to a man on a dating app about poaching deer. He was a game warden: https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/01/08/she-bragged-man-dating-app-about-poaching-deer-he-was-game-warden/
Sea Shepherd vessel falls under assault by poachers in Mexico: https://ftw.usatoday.com/2019/01/sea-shepherd-vessel-falls-under-assault-by-mexican-poachers
One million fish die in Australian river in ecological catastrophe: https://news.sky.com/story/one-million-fish-die-in-australian-river-in-ecological-catastrophe-11603317
Controversial European policy bans ships from throwing unwanted fish overboard: http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/01/controversial-european-policy-bans-ships-throwing-unwanted-fish-overboard
Matriarch of well-known orca family is starving to death: https://www.thespec.com/news-story/9114485-matriarch-of-well-known-orca-family-is-starving-to-death-b-c-researchers-fear/
Hunter shoots wolf near northeastern Montana’s Glasgow: https://www.greatfallstribune.com/story/news/2019/01/09/hunter-shoots-wolf-near-northeastern-montanas-glasgow/2526338002/
Most-fished shark in the world denied protection: https://maritime-executive.com/article/most-fished-shark-in-the-world-denied-protection?fb_ref=mpEwij6ZfX-Twitter
White House to auction off 900,000 acres for fracking Nevada: https://www.biologicaldiversity.org/news/press_releases/2018/nevada-fracking-12-03-2018.php
San Diego becomes largest CA city to ban Styrofoam: https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/San-Diego-Becomes-Largest-CA-City-to-Ban-Styrofoam-504060821.html
Rep. Cunningham to introduce legislation that would ban offshore drilling for 10 years: http://www.live5news.com/2019/01/08/rep-cunningham-introduce-legislation-that-would-ban-offshore-drilling-years/
Canadian First Nations camp violently raided: https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/01/08/shameful-day-canada-first-nations-encampment-violently-raided-land-protectors
US Supreme Court refuses to block Exxon climate fraud investigation: https://insideclimatenews.org/news/07012019/exxon-climate-fraud-investigation-supreme-court-ruling-massachusetts-attorney-general-healey
Birds overdose on prescription pills dumped in a California park: https://www.cnn.com/2018/12/22/us/intoxicated-birds-huntington-beach/index.html
Galapagos island gets its first iguanas since Darwin after mass-release: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jan/08/galapagos-island-gets-its-first-iguanas-since-darwin-after-mass-release
Joshua Tree National Park to close because of damage: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/joshua-tree-national-park-closes-due-damage-caused-shutdown-n956311
Sleeping seal harassed by so many people on Jersey Shore that it had to be rescued: https://www.nj.com/cape-may-county/2019/01/sleeping-seal-harassed-by-so-many-people-on-jersey-shore-that-it-had-to-be-rescued.html
New species of tree frog from Ecuador has a mysterious claw: https://news.mongabay.com/2019/01/new-species-of-tree-frog-from-ecuador-has-a-mysterious-claw/
Arizona starts research grant to limit Wolf and Cattle interactions: https://www.drovers.com/article/arizona-starts-research-grant-limit-wolf-and-cattle-interactions
Global warming of oceans equivalent to an atomic bomb per second: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/jan/07/global-warming-of-oceans-equivalent-to-an-atomic-bomb-per-second
Harley-Davidson electric motorcycle will go on sale in August: https://futurism.com/harley-davidsons-electric-motorcycle-august
Federal court rules that almond milk is milk: https://vegnews.com/2019/1/federal-court-rules-that-almond-milk-is-milk
Whales to leave Shanghai park for sanctuary in Iceland: https://www.shine.cn/news/metro/1901057700/
Reclusive Hawaiian snail and last of his kind dies at 14: https://www.npr.org/2019/01/07/682908544/george-reclusive-hawaiian-snail-and-last-of-his-kind-dies-at-14
California foie gras ban goes into effect after Supreme Court rejects challenge: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-court-foiegras/u-s-supreme-court-rejects-challenge-to-california-foie-gras-ban-idUSKCN1P11LD
Bat not seen since 1940s found in Connecticut: https://www.ctpost.com/local/article/Bat-not-seen-since-1940s-found-in-Connecticut-13513988.php
Arabian sharks may be the most threatened in the world: https://oceana.org/blog/arabian-sea-sharks-may-be-most-threatened-world
One of the world’s rarest birds has been reintroduced to the wild in Madagascar: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/one-worlds-rarest-birds-has-been-reintroduced-wild-madagascar-180971138/
Manatee deaths soar in Florida but drop in Volusia: https://www.news-journalonline.com/news/20190104/manatee-deaths-soar-in-florida-but-drop-in-volusia
Galapagos fireworks ban to save wildlife: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-46706515
Huge reserves protect underwater mountains, endangered sea life: https://www.nationalgeographic.com.au/nature/huge-reserves-protect-underwater-mountains-endangered-sea-life.aspx
Portugal: new whale watching licenses to be suspended on five islands: http://www.macaubusiness.com/portugal-new-whale-watching-licenses-to-be-suspended-on-five-islands/
Hawaiian monk seals had a record number of babies in 2018: https://www.staradvertiser.com/2019/01/02/hawaii-news/hawaiian-monk-seals-had-a-record-number-of-babies-born-in-2018/
Rolls Royce is building the world’s fastest electric plane: https://www.flyingmag.com/rolls-royce-is-building-worlds-fastest-electric-airplane
South Korea bans single-use plastic: https://www.cnn.com/2018/12/31/asia/south-korea-plastic-bag-ban-intl/index.html
Fisherman sue big oil for its role in climate change: https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2018/12/04/671996313/fishermen-sue-big-oil-for-its-role-in-climate-change
Meet the newly discovered shark species of 2019: https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/meet-the-first-newly-discovered-shark-species-of-2019/
Renewables overtake coal as Germany’s main energy source: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-germany-power-renewables/renewables-overtake-coal-as-germanys-main-energy-source-idUSKCN1OX0U2

Conservation News ~ December 28, 2018

12/28/2018

2018 was the 4th warmest year in recorded history: https://grist.org/article/its-nearly-official-2018-was-the-4th-warmest-year-in-recorded-history/
Elephant-sized Dicynodont from Triassic Period discovered: Lisowicia bojani: http://www.sci-news.com/paleontology/elephant-sized-dicynodont-triassic-period-lisowicia-bojani-06649.html
Maori community reconnects youth with their ancestral forests: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/12/maori-community-reconnects-youth-with-their-ancestral-forests/
Indigenous groups sues Exxon, Energy Majors over fracking waste contamination in Patagonia: https://www.ecowatch.com/argentina-fracking-indigenous-lawsuit-2623742584.html
Australia’s extreme heatwave spans five states with high of 49C forecast: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2018/dec/27/australias-extreme-heatwave-spans-five-states-with-high-of-49c-forecast
Hundreds of workers who cleaned up the country’s worst coal ash spill are now sick: https://www.nrdc.org/stories/hundreds-workers-who-cleaned-countrys-worst-coal-ash-spill-are-now-sick-and-dying
Federal program pays $1.4 million to pikeminnow anglers: https://www.apnews.com/9a5507cf44d04504b060b27c376df423
Wolf killing leads to criminal investigation: http://www.lassennews.com/wolf-killing-leads-to-criminal-investigation/
Deep-sea exploratory mission finds upside-down lakes and waterfalls off Mexico: https://www.iflscience.com/environment/deepsea-exploratory-mission-finds-upsidedown-lakes-and-waterfalls-off-mexico-coast/
660 species of bees live in newly shrunk national monument: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2018/12/bee-city-at-risk-after-grand-staircase-escalante-divided/
Factory farms no longer have to report their air emissions: https://grist.org/article/factory-farms-no-longer-have-to-report-their-air-emissions-thats-dangerous-for-their-neighbors/
Electricity prices forecast to fall 2.1% in two years due to wind and solar: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2018/dec/21/electricity-prices-forecast-to-fall-21-in-two-years-due-to-wind-and-solar
White House signs Executive Order for more logging: https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-executive-order-forest-management-wildfire_us_5c1d7c4ce4b05c88b6f8bde4
Baby sharks caught swimming between uteruses eating their unborn siblings: https://www.sciencealert.com/new-underwater-ultrasound-tool-discovers-the-lengths-baby-sharks-go-to-for-a-meal
Critically Endangered Phillippine Eagle hangs on despite horde of threats: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/12/critically-endangered-philippine-eagle-hangs-on-despite-horde-of-threats/
Tracking collars on new Isle Royale wolves show where there is 1 spot they won’t go: https://www.mlive.com/expo/life-and-culture/erry-2018/12/a5479ac5c62911/tracking-collars-on-new-isle-r.html
Montana Sen. Mike Phillips plans to draft bill to outlaw predator derbies: http://www.explorebigsky.com/the-new-west-montana-sen-mike-phillips-plans-to-draft-bill-to-outlaw-predator-derbies
There’s a huge and hidden migration in North America – of dragonflies: https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2018/12/21/theres-huge-hidden-migration-america-dragonflies/
New Jersey sets CO2 limit for power plants as it slowly returns to climate pact: https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/environment/2018/12/18/gov-phil-murphy-slowly-brings-nw-jersey-back-greenhouse-gas-reduction-pact-rggi-co-2-climate-change/2338826002/
Chestnut-killing wasp threatens major harvest: https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-43377056
In Venezuela, Russia pockets key energy assets in exchange for cash bailouts: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/in-venezuela-russia-pockets-key-energy-assets-in-exchange-for-cash-bailouts/2018/12/20/da458db6-f403-11e8-80d0-f7e1948d55f4_story.html
US hunter who boasted of gunning down animals faces criminal charges: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6526885/US-hunter-boasted-gunning-animals-trip-Scottish-island-faces-criminal-charges.html
Groups sue White House for harassing whales with seismic blasting: https://grist.org/article/groups-sue-trump-administration-for-harassing-whales-with-seismic-blasting/
Colorado’s largest battery comes online as the state pivots to cleaner energy: https://www.cpr.org/news/story/colorado-s-largest-battery-comes-online-as-the-state-pivots-to-cleaner-energy
Dracula ant sets new record or fastest animal movement: https://phys.org/news/2018-12-dracula-ants-fastest-animal-appendage.html
2nd camp set up to block pipeline company’s access to Wet’suwet’en land: https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/unist-ot-en-camp-injunction-coastal-gaslink-1.4954970
Copper mine destroying forests in Panama’s Mesoamerican Biological Corridor: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/12/copper-mine-destroying-forests-in-panamas-mesoamerican-biological-corridor/
Germany closes its last active coal mine, ending 200 year industry: http://fortune.com/2018/12/21/germany-closes-last-coal-mine/
Scotland considers continental wildcats to save native species from extinction: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/dec/24/scotland-considers-continental-wildcats-to-save-native-species-from-extinction
An illegal mining epidemic is spreading across the Amazon rainforest: https://psmag.com/environment/illegal-mining-epidemic-spreads-across-the-amazon
British pet shops to be banned from selling puppies and kittens: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/dec/23/pet-shops-to-be-banned-from-selling-puppies-and-kittens
New app allows those enjoying New Zealand’s great outdoors to report outbreaks of invasive species: https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/new-app-allows-those-enjoying-zealands-great-outdoors-report-outbreaks-invasive-wilding-conifers
Grizzles ranging far and wide across NW Montana into Idaho: https://kpax.com/news/montana-outdoors/2018/12/12/grizzlies-ranging-far-and-wide-across-nw-montana-into-idaho/
New research suggests forests, like humans, require a balanced diet: https://wvutoday.wvu.edu/stories/2018/12/18/new-research-suggests-forests-like-humans-require-a-balanced-diet
Dolphins discovered ‘timesharing’ the sea for the first time: http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/12/dolphins-discovered-timesharing-sea-first-time
Pressure on Ethiopian wolves and wild coffee mounting: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/12/pressure-mounting-for-the-home-of-wild-coffee-and-ethiopian-wolves/
Extreme heat wipes out 23,000 flying foxes: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-12-19/heat-wipes-out-one-third-of-flying-fox-species/10632940
New snake species discovered in another snake’s belly: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2018/12/new-snake-species-found-in-serpents-stomach/
New manatee population estimate hits 7,000 to 10,000 but more than 700 have died this year: http://www.tampabay.com/environment/new-manatee-population-estimate-hits-7000-to-10000-but-more-than-700-have-died-this-year-20181218/
Juvenile wolf killed to protect sheep grazing on public lands: https://nywolf.org/juvenile-wolf-killed-to-protect-sheep-grazing-on-public-lands/
90.5% of plastic not recycled: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/years-scariest-statistic-90-5-for-share-of-plastic-not-recycled/
Another California Condor – the 3rd in the past two months – released near San Simeon: https://www.sanluisobispo.com/news/local/community/cambrian/article223286535.html
Previously unknown mushroom found in Cascade-Siskiyou Monument: https://www.ijpr.org/post/previously-unknown-mushroom-found-cascade-siskiyou-monument
PNG farmers use agroforestry to fight crop diseases and reduce labor: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/12/png-farmers-use-agroforestry-to-fight-crop-diseases-and-reduce-labor/
Female park rangers protect sea turtles from traffickers with great success in Nicaragua: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/12/the-female-park-rangers-protecting-turtles-from-traffickers-in-nicaragua/
Pa. man facing charges for crossbow hunting from car: https://www.wkbn.com/news/pennsylvania/pa-man-facing-charges-for-crossbow-hunting-from-car/1657245928
DNA test helps officials dodgy shark shipments: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/12/dna-test-helps-officials-spot-dodgy-shark-shipments/
Marine life worse off inside protected areas, analysis reveals: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/dec/20/marine-life-worse-off-inside-protected-areas-analysis-reveals
World’s first no-kill eggs go on sale in Berlin: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/dec/22/worlds-first-no-kill-eggs-go-on-sale-in-berlin
Scientists push to protect endangered porpoise: https://www.pressherald.com/2018/12/19/scientists-push-to-protect-endangered-porpoise/
Melting Arctic ice is now pouring 14,000tons of water per second into the ocean: https://www.washingtonpost.com/energy-environment/2018/12/21/melting-arctic-ice-is-now-pouring-tons-water-per-second-into-ocean-scientists-find/
Authorities baffled by young sea lion at Oakland Airport: https://www.sfgate.com/g00/bayarea/article/sea-lion-oakland-airport-alameda-marine-mammal-13481693.php?i10c.encReferrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8%3d&i10c.ua=1&i10c.dv=6
Indonesia attack shines a light on controversial road project: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/12/indonesia-attack-shines-a-light-on-controversial-road-project/
Global agreement on conserved areas marks new era of conservation: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/12/global-agreement-on-conserved-areas-marks-new-era-of-conservation-commentary/

Conservation News ~ December 15 2018

12/15/2018

Los Cerritos Wetlands restoration wins Coastal Commission approval: https://www.dailybreeze.com/2018/12/13/controversial-long-beach-wetlands-deal-approved-more-oil-drilling-expected/
White House to strip protections from up to two-thirds of California streams and wetlands: https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-clean-water-rollback-20181210-story.html
Madagascar auctioning a large swath of virgin waters for oil exploration: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/12/madagascar-auctioning-a-large-swath-of-virgin-waters-for-oil-exploration/
Argentina creates two new marine parks to protect penguins, sea lions: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/12/argentina-creates-two-new-marine-parks-to-protect-penguins-sea-lions/
Palm oil giant Wilmar promises to take harder line with errant suppliers: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/12/palm-oil-giant-wilmar-promises-to-take-a-harder-line-with-errant-suppliers/
Indonesian court throws out lawsuit against green expert’s testimony: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/12/indonesian-court-throws-out-lawsuit-against-green-experts-testimony/
Video shows wolves fishing in Voyageurs National Park: https://www.duluthnewstribune.com/news/science-and-nature/4542765-video-shows-wolves-fishing-voyageurs-national-park
15-Year-Old Calls for Global Climate Strike: https://www.ecowatch.com/greta-thunberg-climate-strike-2623294546.html
150 new species discovered in Southeast Asia last year: https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/meet-the-150-new-species-discovered-in-southeast-asia-last-year-including-the-skywalker-gibbon-/
Washington Governor Jay Inslee $1.1 billion to help save Puget Sound’s critically endangered orcas: https://weather.com/news/news/2018-12-14-governor-billion-dollar-plan-save-endangered-orcas
Unprecedented new map unveils illegal mining destroying Amazon: https://www.ecowatch.com/unprecedented-new-map-reveals-illegal-mining-destroying-amazon-2623200925.html
German government invest $780,000 to make vegan meat texture more ‘realistic’: https://www.livekindly.co/german-government-invests-780000-to-make-vegan-meat-texture-more-realistic/
Devastated by war, African Gorongosa park wildlife is now thriving: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2018/12/african-wildlife-is-rebounding-gorongosa-national-park/
A massive, never-before-seen cave has been found in Canada: https://www.sciencealert.com/gigantic-unexplored-cave-hidden-in-canada-may-never-have-been-seen-by-human-eyes
Vast Bitterroot ecosystem grows in importance as Grizzly Bear recovery unfolds: https://missoulacurrent.com/outdoors/2018/12/grizzly-bitterrroot/
Golden Eagles keep riding the current; numbers strong during annual survey: https://helenair.com/lifestyles/recreation/golden-eagles-keep-riding-the-current-numbers-strong-during-annual/article_788b55e2-fea1-5121-b7ba-75b6f710c6e2.html
Judge throws out Idaho predator control expansion: https://www.capitalpress.com/ag_sectors/livestock/judge-throws-out-idaho-predator-control-expansion/article_5044e3d8-fcae-11e8-9a0b-0b8297bd7c9c.html
Butterfly sanctuary to be bulldozed for border wall: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/dec/13/butterfly-sanctuary-border-wall-mission-texas
Nearly 150 climate activists arrested in mass demonstration for Green New Deal: https://sojo.net/interactive/nearly-150-climate-activists-arrested-mass-demonstration-green-new-deal
US accused of obstructing talks at UN climate change summit: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/dec/11/us-accused-of-obstructing-talks-at-un-climate-change-summit
Rapidly disintegrating Arctic sea ice leaves scientists ‘shocked’: https://thinkprogress.org/scientists-shocked-that-warming-has-wiped-out-oldest-thickest-arctic-sea-ice-febe927ab619/
Once thought extinct, bizarre horned frog reappears in Ecuador: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2018/12/lost-marsupial-frog-rediscovered-ecuador-choco-forest/
The Senate just passed an $867 billion farm bill: https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2018/12/11/congresss-billion-farm-bill-is-out-heres-whats-it/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.e27d0be16377
Brazilian regulators deny French oil giant total license to drill near Amazon Reef: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/12/brazilian-regulators-deny-french-oil-giant-total-license-to-drill-near-amazon-reef/
Arctic reindeer numbers crash by half: https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-46516033
Alaska moose poacher fined $100,000, sentenced to jail: https://www.apnews.com/6e1c6c84795b47fc9979fe11ee871ada
White House auctions off 150,000 acres of public lands for fracking near Utah National Parks: https://www.ecowatch.com/fracking-utah-national-parks-2623200218.html
An indigenous Guatemalan community rejects, then accepts, a protected area: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/12/guatemala-an-indigenous-community-rejects-then-accepts-a-protected-area/
New Cascales Municipal Conservation Area in Amazon: https://www.andesamazonfund.org/blog/
London mayor unveils plan to tackle ‘climate emergency’: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/dec/11/london-mayor-sadiq-khan-city-climate-emergency
California Condor chick successfully fledges for first time in Santa Barbara since 1982: https://ktla.com/2018/12/11/california-condor-chick-successfully-fledges-for-first-time-in-santa-barbara-county-since-1982/
Researchers suggest broiler chicken is the hallmark of the Anthropocene: https://phys.org/news/2018-12-broiler-chicken-hallmark-anthropocene.html
Thousands of unstudied plants may be at risk of extinction: https://www.wired.com/story/thousands-of-unstudied-plants-may-be-at-risk-of-extinction/
ExxonMobil launches environmental awareness: https://thepeninsulaqatar.com/article/09/12/2018/ExxonMobil-launches-environmental-awareness-campaign
Giraffes were just added to list of animals facing extinction: https://www.unilad.co.uk/animals/giraffes-were-just-added-to-list-of-animals-facing-extinction/
Taiwanese captain sentenced 20 years for shark finning in Tanzania: http://www.seashepherd.org.nz/news-and-commentary/news/taiwanese-captain-sentenced-20-years-for-shark-finning-in-tanzania.html
Ancient whale named for UW paleontologist Elizabeth Nesbitt: https://www.washington.edu/news/2018/12/10/ancient-whale-named-for-uw-paleontologist-elizabeth-nesbitt/
Ground-feeding birds in Southeast Asia may be going extinct outside protected areas: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/12/ground-feeding-birds-in-southeast-asia-may-be-going-extinct-outside-protected-areas/
Humpback whale freed after being trapped at fish farm near Tofino: https://www.pqbnews.com/news/trapped-humpback-whale-freed-from-salmon-farm-near-tofino/
Developers of Village at Wolf Creek take another hit in attempt to reinstate land swap: https://durangoherald.com/articles/254370
Increasing seal population will not harm largest fish stocks in the Baltic: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/12/181210072530.htm
Banned toxins passed from mother to young in European dolphins: https://phys.org/news/2018-12-toxins-mother-young-european-dolphins.html
Graphic video reveals brutality of pangolin poaching in northeast India: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/12/graphic-video-reveals-brutality-of-pangolin-poaching-in-northeast-india/
Kenya coins replace leaders with animals: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-46523670
CNN gave a platform to climate deniers, then debunked their lies: https://grist.org/article/cnn-gave-a-platform-to-climate-deniers-then-debunked-their-lies/
Illegal dog beach at the Santa Ana River mouth endangers rare birds: https://www.ocregister.com/2018/12/11/illegal-dog-beach-at-the-santa-ana-river-mouth-endangers-rare-birds-experts-say/
Gambia is selling Tuna for 136 Euro per ton to the EU: https://greenworldwarriors.com/2018/12/11/how-gambia-is-selling-its-tuna-for-136-euro-per-ton-to-the-eu/
The Arctic Ocean has lost 95 percent of its oldest ice: https://www.washingtonpost.com/energy-environment/2018/12/11/arctic-is-even-worse-shape-than-you-realize/
World’s largest sea turtle emerges from the sea and it is incredible: https://www.apost.com/en/blog/worlds-largest-sea-turtle-emerges-from-the-sea-and-it-is-incredible/11311/?rd=n
NOAA confirms 42 dead dolphins in Lee and Collier counties: https://www.nbc-2.com/story/39567473/noaa-confirms-42-dead-dolphins-in-lee-and-collier-counties
Youth activists busted up promotion of coal at UN climate talks: https://grist.org/article/team-trump-promoted-coal-at-the-u-n-climate-talks-youth-activists-busted-it-up/
UN conference sets agenda for biodiversity research: https://www.scidev.net/global/biodiversity/news/un-conference-sets-agenda-for-biodiversity-research.html
Interior Dept. officials downplayed federal wildlife experts’ concerns of border wall: https://www.washingtonpost.com/energy-environment/2018/12/11/interior-officials-downplayed-federal-wildlife-experts-concerns-about-trumps-border-wall-documents-show/
Life in deep Earth totals 15-23 billion tons of carbon of micro-organisms: https://deepcarbon.net/life-deep-earth-totals-15-23-billion-tonnes-carbon
196 countries agree to scale up investments in nature, people towards 2020 and beyond: https://www.thegef.org/news/196-governments-agree-scale-investments-nature-and-people-towards-2020-and-beyond
Billionaires are the leading cause of climate change: https://www.gq.com/story/billionaires-climate-change
A NASA prob just found evidence of water on a distant asteroid: https://futurism.com/osiris-rex-spacecraft-found-evidence-liquid-water-in-bennu-asteroids-past
100% of sea turtles in global study found with plastics in their bellies: https://www.ecowatch.com/sea-turtles-plastics-oceans-study-2622572557.html
Surging development dangers in Indonesian New Guinea: http://alert-conservation.org/issues-research-highlights/2018/12/4/surging-development-dangers-in-indonesian-new-guinea
Vegan Lewis Hamilton blasts meat industry for ‘animal torture’ to 9 million followers: https://www.plantbasednews.org/post/vegan-lewis-hamilton-meat-industry-animal-torture-9-million-followers
Tackle climate or face financial crash, say world’s biggest investors: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/dec/10/tackle-climate-or-face-financial-crash-say-worlds-biggest-investors
A botanist criticized Tejon Ranch. So he got kicked out – along with 10,000 of his friends: https://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-tejon-blacklist-20181210-story.html
Norway become first country to ban all palm oil based biofuel to protect rainforest: https://www.livekindly.co/norway-ban-palm-oil-biofuel/
The Supreme Court dismisses an environmental challenge to border wall: https://grist.org/article/the-supreme-court-dismisses-an-environmental-challenge-to-border-wall/
A ‘sun in a box’ could be the key to delivering renewable energy on demand: https://www.iflscience.com/technology/sun-in-a-box-could-help-renewables-deliver-energy-on-demand/
The White House eases emissions standards for new coal plants: https://www.washingtonpost.com/energy-environment/2018/12/06/epa-announces-plan-ease-carbon-emissions-rule-new-coal-plants/
The White House plans major rollback of Sage Grouse protections to spur oil exploration: https://www.washingtonpost.com/energy-environment/2018/12/06/epa-announces-plan-ease-carbon-emissions-rule-new-coal-plants/?utm_term=.2746bd823f85
Polar bears to turn to whale meat as their hunting grounds melt: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-06989-8
World’s oldest known bird to become a mother for the 37th time: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/dec/07/worlds-oldest-bird-lays-egg-wisdom-albatross
Scientists prepare for ‘the most detailed whale poo expedition ever’: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/nov/26/scientists-prepare-for-the-most-detailed-whale-poo-expedition-ever
Global warming today mirrors conditions leading to Earth’s largest extinction event: https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/environment/global-warming-today-mirrors-conditions-during-earths-largest-extinction-event-uw-study/
US and Russia ally with Saudi Arabia to water down climate pledge: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/dec/09/us-russia-ally-saudi-arabia-water-down-climate-pledges-un
COP24 fails to adopt key climate report: https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-46496967
EJF finds illegal shark finning, dolphin killing in Taiwan’s tuna export industry: https://www.undercurrentnews.com/2018/12/05/ejf-finds-illegal-shark-finning-dolphin-killing-in-taiwans-tuna-export-industry/
White House swaps academics for business executives on National Park Services: https://www.washingtonpost.com/energy-environment/2018/12/06/trump-administration-swaps-academics-businessmen-national-park-service-advisory-panel/
World Bank to invest $200 billion to combat climate change: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/dec/03/world-bank-invest-climate-change
Grey Wolf protections on track to survive the current Congress: http://www.timberwolfinformation.org/gray-wolf-protections-on-track-to-survive-the-current-congress/
Alberta planning eight new parks for land protection: https://theprovince.com/pmn/news-pmn/canada-news-pmn/alberta-planning-eight-new-parks-for-land-protection-and-recreation/wcm/0e506b07-2668-44d2-acf5-405143f1176c

Conservation News ~ December 7 2018

12/7/2018

A new giant salamander species was discovered in Florida and Alabama: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2018/12/new-species-of-giant-salamander-siren-discovered-florida/
Machine learning helps protect worldwide plant conservation priorities: https://news.osu.edu/machine-learning-helps-predict-worldwide-plant-conservation-priorities/
Amazon indigenous groups and truckers ally to oppose Brazil’s Grainrail: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/12/amazon-indigenous-groups-and-truckers-ally-to-oppose-brazils-grainrail/
Plants re re-sprouting in the burned areas of the Santa Monica Mountains: https://www.nps.gov/samo/learn/news/plants-are-re-sprouting-in-the-burned-areas-of-the-santa-monica-mountains.htm
Australia has cut its plastic bag use by 80 percent in just 3 months: https://www.iflscience.com/environment/australia-has-cut-its-plastic-bag-use-by-80-percent-in-just-3-months/
New butterfly named for pioneering 17th century entomologist: http://news.ufl.edu/articles/2018/12/new-butterfly-named-for-pioneering-17th-century-entomologist.php
Half of Canada’s Chinook Salmon endangered: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-half-of-canadas-chinook-salmon-populations-are-endangered-scientists/
For decades B.C. failed to address selenium pollution: https://thenarwhal.ca/for-decades-b-c-failed-to-address-selenium-pollution-in-the-elk-valley-now-no-one-knows-how-to-stop-it/
Extreme floods on the rise in the Amazon: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/12/extreme-floods-on-the-rise-in-the-amazon-study/
Culls push endangered bat closer to extinction in Mauritius: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/12/culls-push-endangered-fruit-bat-closer-to-extinction-in-mauritius/
7 convicted of killing Honduran indigenous activist Berta Caceres: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/12/7-convicted-of-killing-honduran-indigenous-activist-berta-caceres/
Deadly parrot virus found in native birds from Asia and Africa: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/12/deadly-parrot-virus-found-in-native-birds-from-asia-and-africa/
Congress considers changing law or pipeline crossing of Appalachian Trail: https://www.richmond.com/congress-considers-changing-law-for-pipeline-crossing-of-appalachian-trail/article_99c33695-eb87-57df-988a-55a0bb9430d9.html
Top US flooring retailer linked to Brazilian firm snagged in timber bust: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/12/top-us-flooring-shop-linked-to-firm-suspected-of-illegal-logging/
Indigenous people wnt to make Amazon rainforest world’s biggest protected area: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/amazon-rainforest-indigenous-people-biodiversity-united-nations-protected-area-a8645086.html
Shell to link carbon emissions targets to executive pay: https://www.wsj.com/articles/shell-to-link-carbon-emissions-targets-to-executives-pay-1543843441
New trout species found in species-rich loch: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-46411233
US refuses to ban wildlife-killing M-44 ‘cyanide bombs’: https://www.biologicaldiversity.org/news/press_releases/2018/cyanide-bombs-11-26-2018.php
Oreo cookie mker linked to orangutan habitat destruction for palm oil: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/11/oreo-maker-linked-to-destruction-of-orangutan-habitat-in-indonesia/
Bull moose poached north of Enterprise, Oregon: http://nwsportsmanmag.com/bull-moose-poached-north-of-enterprise/
Tokyo Olympics built with wood from threatened forests: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/nov/29/tokyo-olympics-venues-built-with-wood-from-threatened-rainforests
Guam’s invasive bird-destroying snake less unique than thought: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/12/guams-invasive-bird-destroying-snake-less-unique-than-thought/
Forest Service to cancel grazing permit of convicted wolf killer: https://nywolf.org/forest-service-to-cancel-grazing-permit-of-convicted-wolf-killer/
Provincial parks proposal released for Bighorn area of Rocky Mountains: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/alberta-bighorn-parks-rocky-mountains-1.4918209
Australia named as one of the world’s worst performers on biodiversity: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/nov/30/australia-named-as-one-of-the-worlds-worst-performers-on-biodiversity
Discovery of ancient reef off South Carolina is one more reason not to drill the Atlantic: https://www.nrdc.org/stories/discovery-ancient-reef-south-carolina-one-more-reason-not-drill-atlantic
Sea Shepherd’s flagship M/Y Steve Irwin retires: https://www.google.com/search?q=Sea+Shepherd%E2%80%99s+flagship+M%2FY+Steve+Irwin+retires%3A&oq=Sea+Shepherd%E2%80%99s+flagship+M%2FY+Steve+Irwin+retires%3A&aqs=chrome..69i57.294j0j4&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
Jaguars hunt endangered sea turtles in surprising new footage: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2018/11/jaguars-eating-sea-turtles-costa-rica-animals-news/

Conservation News ~ December 1 2018

12/1/2018

Famous Alpha Wolf’s daughter Spitfire is killed by a hunter: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/30/science/wolf-spitfire-killed.html
Feds approve harmful seismic blasting in Atlantic: https://usa.oceana.org/press-releases/feds-authorize-companies-harm-dolphins-and-whales-seismic-airgun-blasting-activities
Snow Leopard shot dead at Dudley Zoo after escaping its enclosure: https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/30/uk/snow-leopard-shot-dead-dudley-zoo-gbr-scli/index.html
Audi releasing electric car with recycled vegan interior: https://www.livekindly.co/audi-releasing-electric-car-recycled-vegan-interior/
Oil pipeline spills 8k barrels of crude in Peruvian Amazon: https://in.reuters.com/article/us-peru-oil-spill/vandals-cause-8000-barrels-of-oil-to-spill-in-peruvian-amazon-idINKCN1NX2LK
Brilliant iron molecule could provide cheaper solar energy: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/11/181130111640.htm
EL Paso to drink treated sewer water due to climate change: https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/30/health/water-climate-change-el-paso/index.html
Feds, state pay deer farmers $330k after wiping out herds: https://www.apnews.com/18fa74de420b438ebddd643746300541
Extinct Denisovan people may have lived on Earth’s highest plateau: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2186984-extinct-denisovan-people-may-have-lived-on-earths-highest-plateau/
USFWS extends red wolf review in North Carolina: https://www.fws.gov/southeast/news/2018/11/service-extends-red-wolf-review-in-north-carolina/
Oregon and California crabbers sue fossil fuel companies: https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Oregon-and-California-crabbers-sue-fossil-fuel-13422887.php
Siberian Unicorn walked Earth with humans: https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-46358789
Effort clarifies major brach of insect tree of life: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/11/181126154113.htm
Another 50 pilot whales die off NZ: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-46395410
Chinese environmental photographer Lu Guang disappears in Xinjiang: https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/28/asia/chinese-photographer-lu-guang-missing-intl/index.html
EU palm oil ban risks lucrative weapons deal with Malaysia: https://www.independent.co.uk/environment/palm-oil-malaysia-arms-deal-eurofighter-typhoon-biofuel-biodiesel-a8342211.html
Teacher and infant daughter dead in Grizzly Bear Attack in Yukon: https://www.vice.com/en_ca/article/zmdz95/teacher-and-her-infant-daughter-dead-in-grizzly-bear-attack-in-yukon
Salmon habitat improvements paying off on one California river: https://www.sfchronicle.com/science/article/Salmon-surge-Habitat-improvements-paying-off-on-13426484.php
Magistrate says no more court delays in alleged rhino poaching kingpin case: https://zululandobserver.co.za/182959/no-court-delays-magistrate-tells-alleged-rhino-poaching-kingpin-dumisani-gwala/
Snaring has become greatest threat to African lions: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2018/11/lions-snaring-threatens-wildlife-bushmeat-africa/
Amazon deforestation worst in 10 years: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-46327634
Antarctic Island Exploded 4k years ago: https://www.livescience.com/64195-antarctic-island-exploded-4000-years-ago.html
Guyana signs on to new roadmap to save the jaguar: https://dpi.gov.gy/guyana-signs-on-to-new-roadmap-to-save-the-jaguar/
Ecological grief among mental health effects of climate change in Canada: https://www.cpha.ca/ecological-grief-among-mental-health-effects-climate-change-canada-report
Scientists found a new species of wasp that turns spiders into zombies: https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/zmdzgx/scientists-found-a-new-species-of-wasp-that-turns-spiders-into-zombies
Brazil backs out of hosting 2019 climate change meeting: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/28/world/americas/brazil-climate-meeting.html
Critically low Monarch population in California: https://xerces.org/2018/11/29/critically-low-monarch-population-in-california/
Patagania’s CEO is donating company’s entire $10M tax cut to fight climate change: https://www.upworthy.com/patagonia-s-ceo-is-donating-company-s-entire-10-m-trump-tax-cut-to-fight-climate-change
First wild Sumatran rhino in Borneo captured for breeding campaign: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/11/first-wild-sumatran-rhino-in-borneo-captured-for-breeding-campaign/
Hopes of Connectivity as Grizzly expanding from habitat: http://www.wyomingpublicmedia.org/post/hopes-connectivity-grizzly-expanding-habitat
La Jolla gallery charged with selling $1.3M in illegal ivory: https://fox5sandiego.com/2018/11/28/la-jolla-gallery-charged-with-selling-1-3m-in-illegal-ivory/
The European Union announces plans to go carbon neutral: https://futurism.com/european-union-plan-end-carbon-emissions-2050
New research quantifies ecosystem services provided by Amazon rainforest: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/11/new-research-quantifies-ecosystem-services-provided-by-amazon-rainforest/
EPA plans to allow unlimited dumping of fracking wastewater in the Gulf of Mexico: http://www.greenmedinfo.com/blog/epa-plans-allow-unlimited-dumping-fracking-wastewater-gulf-mexico
Conservation group challenges Montana’s bighorn sheep management plan: http://montanauntamed.com/hunting/article_ccbb30a5-4253-5efc-acd0-35b50de557ea.html
Staff at LA Zoo work to save local frog from extinction: http://spectrumnews1.com/ca/san-fernando-valley-ventura/environment/2018/11/28/zoo-staff-work-to-save-endangered-frog-from-extinction
World must triple efforts or face catastrophic climate change: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/nov/27/world-triple-efforts-climate-change-un-global-warming
Court of Appeals upholds US ban on Mexican seafood imports to save Vaquita: https://www.nrdc.org/media/2018/181128
Twenty-eight whales dead in inexplicable beaching in Victoria: https://www.9news.com.au/2018/11/28/07/11/mass-whale-beaching-on-remote-gippsland-beach
Five wildlife conservationists held by Iran could face the death penalty: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/11/four-wildlife-conservationists-held-by-iran-could-face-the-death-penalty/
Oil prospecting may begin in Alaska refuge this winter: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/2018/11/oil-prospecting-may-begin-in-alaska-refuge-this-winter/
Old fashioned fieldwork puts new frog species on the map: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/11/181126142853.htm
A nuclear fusion reactor just set several world records: https://futurism.com/nuclear-fusion-reactor-wendelstein-7-x
Hundreds of flash-frozen turtles was ashore in New England: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/nov/25/flash-frozen-turtles-wash-ashore-new-england
Supreme Court limits habitats protected under the ESA: https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-court-endangered-20181127-story.html
Dead Sea Lions with gunshot wounds are washing up in Puget Sound: https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/26/us/sea-lions-shot-dead-trnd/index.html
End of an era as Ireland closes its peat bogs to fight climate change: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/nov/27/ireland-closes-peat-bogs-climate-change
Pirates are poaching Bengal Tigers: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2018/11/pirates-are-killing-tigers/
Norwegian billionaire funds deluxe deep ocean research ship: http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/11/norwegian-billionaire-funds-deluxe-deep-ocean-research-ship
Rhino horn auction cancelled after outcry from public: https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/article/2174611/bonhams-cancels-rhino-horn-auction-hong-kong-after-public
Chile fishers brace for fallout after massive mining port is approved: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/11/chile-fishers-brace-for-fallout-after-massive-mining-port-is-approved/
In Chesapeake Bay, shell mounds show a long history of sustainable oyster harvest: https://www.hakaimagazine.com/news/in-the-chesapeake-bay-shell-mounds-show-a-long-history-of-sustainable-oyster-harvests/
Illegal fishing practices responsible for 20 dead dugongs in Abu Dhabi: https://www.emirates247.com/news/emirates/illegal-fishing-practices-responsible-for-20-dead-dugongs-in-abu-dhabi-2018-11-26-1.676148
IUCN lists 15 new sites as world’s best protected areas: https://www.iucn.org/news/protected-areas/201811/iucn-lists-15-new-sites-worlds-best-protected-areas
Mass whale stranding on Stewart Island: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/108864894/mass-whale-stranding-on-stewart-island
Pharmaceuticals, illegal drugs showing up in Zebra and Quagga mussels: http://www.michiganradio.org/post/pharmaceuticals-illegal-drugs-showing-zebra-and-quagga-mussels
Finnish wolves suffering from culling and poaching caused by human fear: https://wilderness-society.org/finnish-wolves-suffering-from-culling-and-poaching-caused-by-human-fear/
CWD confirmed in Grand Tetons: https://wyomingwildlifeadvocates.org/breaking-news-cwd-confirmed-in-grand-teton/
Giraffes prefer to dine with friends: https://www.geek.com/news/study-giraffes-prefer-to-dine-with-friends-1762802/
Two iconic bird species make a striking comeback: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/11/two-iconic-birds-make-a-striking-comeback-but-much-work-remains/
Hawaiian residents successfully shut down 2k acre dairy farm: https://vegnews.com/2018/10/hawaii-residents-sue-dairy-farm-for-discharging-millions-of-gallons-of-toxic-waste
Ireland to become world’s first country to divest from fossil fuels: https://www.ecowatch.com/ireland-fossil-fuels-divestment-2621293680.html
Global warming is messing with the jet stream: https://insideclimatenews.org/news/31102018/jet-stream-climate-change-study-extreme-weather-arctic-amplification-temperature
South African community wins court battle over mining rights: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/nov/22/south-african-community-wins-court-battle-over-mining-rights
Carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases in the atmosphere hit another record: https://qz.com/1473125/carbon-dioxide-in-the-atmosphere-hit-another-record-high-un/
German fossil could be an entirely new species of Archaeopteryx: https://gizmodo.com/intriguing-german-fossil-could-be-an-entirely-new-speci-1829995985
Queensland coal mega-mine approval reckless: https://farmtable.com.au/queensland-coal-mega-mine-approval-reckless-conservationists-say/
Plan to control parakeet population draws anger in Spain: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/11/23/plans-use-snipers-control-parakeet-population-draws-anger-spain/
New Study calls for formal recognition of Himalayan Wolf: https://www.downtoearth.org.in/news/wildlife-biodiversity/new-study-adds-to-calls-for-formal-recognition-of-himalayan-wolf-62200
Scientists unveil ancient sea monsters found in Angola: https://www.npr.org/2018/11/08/659551721/scientists-unveil-ancient-sea-monsters-found-in-angola
US Climate report warns f damaged environment and shrinking economy: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/23/climate/us-climate-report.html
WWF says this is the last generation that can save nature: https://www.abcactionnews.com/news/national/this-is-the-last-generation-that-can-save-nature-wwf-says
Conservationists catch Javan rhino in mud wallow: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/11/jaw-dropping-footage-conservationists-catch-javan-rhino-in-mud-wallow/