Conservation News ~ January 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