Courtesy of the Center for Biological Diversity
90 Percent of Species are Recovering at the Rate Specified by their Federal Recovery Plan
A new Center for Biological Diversity analysis of 110 endangered species finds that 90 percent are on track to meet recovery goals set by federal scientists. The...
May
23
The story of the Mission Blue butterfly would seem to dispel the argument that size matters. These magnificent, tiny quarter-size creatures have inspired extraordinary efforts to protect their habitat and their future.
The beautiful and rare Mission Blue butterfly (icaricia icarioides missionensis)...
May
16
What Are You Doing to Help Endangered Species?
On the third Friday of May every year, thousands of people celebrate Endangered Species Day by visiting parks, wildlife refuges and zoos and attending events in support of nationwide conservation efforts underway protecting America’s threatened,...
May
16
Illegal Trafficking
In a federal court in Miami earlier this month, a 48 year-old taxidermist named Enrique Gomez De Molina was found guilty of illegal trafficking in endangered and protected wildlife and sentenced to 20 months in prison. Documents filed with the court allege that he imported the...
Mar
27
Known for its light colored spots, the West African giraffe once roamed in pockets across Nigeria, Chad, Cameroon and Benin; that is until drought and hunting decimated their numbers.
In 1996, with just 50 left in the wild, conservationists in Niger launched a campaign to protect them from...
Mar
22
Photo courtesy ©-Martin-Harvey--WWF
Good Rhino News
Not all rhino news out of South Africa is dire. Recently, the World Wildlife Fund helped to successfully establish a new black rhino population in a safer, more spacious location.
It might look a bit ungainly, but one of the safest and least...
Mar
07
On February 9, agents busted an illegal rhino horn smuggling ring – not in Namibia or South Africa, but in five US states.
Let’s hear it for the Transportation Security Administration – those unsmiling folks who make your life miserable at airport security checkpoints. It was two Long Beach...
Mar
01
“It’s been suggested that basking sharks would make fantastic indicators of climate change, because they’re basically continuous plankton recorders swimming around with their mouth open.”
Simon Berrow
In this entertaining TED talk by marine biologist Simon Berrow, once...
Feb
25
