The Unimaginable Cost of the Impending Mass Extinction

Courtney Bourgoin / OtherWords Jan 28, 2020 As climate change decimates our fauna, we must remember that the loss of our fellow species will harm us directly, too. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Endangered Species

Steve Sack / The Minneapolis Star-Tribune, MN Aug 18, 2019 Dig deeper

U.S. Plans to Lift Protections for Gray Wolves

MATTHEW BROWN and JOHN FLESHER / The Associated Press Mar 6, 2019 Wildlife advocates vow to challenge the proposal in court, but agriculture groups and lawmakers from Western states are likely to support it. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Extinction Rates Could Be 10 Times Worse Than We Thought

Tim Radford / Climate News Network Dec 27, 2018 Yet again, researchers confirm that climate change threatens the natural world with a soaring extinction toll. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

U.K. Scientists Risk Prison to Urge Climate Action

Alex Kirby / Climate News Network Nov 4, 2018 A group of British scientists and their supporters presses governments to tackle climate change and environmental crisis. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Warming Climate Is Driving Species Loss

Alex Kirby / Climate News Network Jul 29, 2018 British researchers study 481 species across the globe to find out how climate change and land-use change interact to affect mammals and birds. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

The Endangered Species Academy (Video)

Mark Fiore / Truthdig Jul 26, 2018 The Donald J. Trump “regime” is on track to gut the Endangered Species Act, a law that has been keeping plants and animals from going extinct for 45 years. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Federal Agencies Halt Reviews of Pesticides That Endanger Wildlife

Susie Neilson / Reveal Jul 21, 2018 The pesticide industry has spent years trying to fend off regulations designed to protect endangered species. Under Donald Trump, it is succeeding. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

U.S. Wildlife Protection Panel Stuffed With Trophy Hunters

MICHAEL BIESECKER, JAKE PEARSON and JEFF HORWITZ / The Associated Press Mar 15, 2018 The new advisory board was created to help rewrite federal rules for importing parts of elephants, lions and rhinos. Some of its members have ties to the Trump family. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

Senate Finally Approves Flint Aid at Expense of the Golden State

By Nadia Prupis / Common Dreams Dec 12, 2016 Michigan action shouldn't come at expense of endangered species protection in California, "but that is the result of the partisan games at play," according to the Natural Resources Defense Council. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Coral Reefs Are Dying as El Niño Heats Up

By Paul Brown, Climate News Network Oct 11, 2015 The third mass coral bleaching in recent history is underway as record ocean warmth creates a crisis in the tropics. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

America’s Birds Are Flying Into a Climate Danger Zone

By Tim Radford, Climate News Network Sep 5, 2015 A wide-ranging survey shows that many of North America’s bird species could be left with nowhere to go as climate change drastically affects their habitats. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )