Air/Climate
Western Hemisphere Monkeys Likely to Perish in Climate Squeeze
SEATTLE, Washington, May 15, 2012 (ENS) – As the climate heats up across the Western Hemisphere, many animals will not be able to move fast enough to find safe […]
Wildlife
Air/Climate
Climate Change Pushes Europe’s Alpine Plants Toward Extinction
GOTHENBURG, Sweden, May 9, 2012 (ENS) – As the climate warms, plant species that prefer a colder environment are disappearing from the mountain ranges of Southern Europe. Since many […]
Wildlife
Amur Tigers to Get Protected Area on China-Russia Border
HUNCHUN, China, August 31, 2010 (ENS) – China’s Jilin province and the neighboring Primorsky province in Russia have agreed to jointly establish the world’s first transboundary protected area for […]
Wildlife
Wildlife
U.S. Navy Sued Over Anti-Sub Training Range Where Rare Whales Calve
ATLANTA, Georgia, January 28, 2010 (ENS) – Conservation groups today filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Navy over its decision to build an Undersea Warfare Training Range next to […]
Wildlife
2010 Year of Biodiversity Tries to Rein in Runaway Extinctions
NEW YORK, New York, January 4, 2010 (ENS) – Due to human activities, the world’s animal and plant species are disappearing at a rate some experts put at 1,000 […]
Wildlife
Japanese Whalers Sink Sea Shepherd Anti-Whaling Vessel
SOUTHERN OCEAN, January 6, 2010 (ENS) – In an attack captured on film, the Japanese security ship Shonan Maru No. 2 today rammed and sank the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society’s […]
Food
Judge Revokes Approval of Pesticide That Could Harm Bees
NEW YORK, New York, January 4, 2010 (ENS) – A pesticide approved just 18 months ago must be taken off the market because it could be toxic to America’s […]
Wildlife
Imperiled Sacramento Splittail Gets a Fresh Chance at Survival
SAN FRANCISCO, California, January 26, 2010 (ENS) – The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has agreed to revisit the politically twisted 2003 Bush administration decision to strip a California […]
Wildlife
IG Report: Last U.S. Jaguar Captured, Killed Intentionally
WASHINGTON, DC, January 22, 2010 (ENS) – The last known wild jaguar in the United States captured and killed last year in Arizona, was intentionally caught by employees of […]
Wildlife
Feds Plan to Ban Import, Transport of Giant Constrictor Snakes
WASHINGTON, DC, January 20, 2010 (ENS) – The Burmese python and eight other large constrictor snakes that threaten the Everglades and other sensitive ecosystems could be classified as “injurious […]
Wildlife
Malignant Malaria Parasite Found in Gorillas
IRVINE, California, January 20, 2010 (ENS) – The parasite that causes malaria in humans has been found in gorillas, along with two new species of malaria parasites, reports a […]
Wildlife
USA and Argentina Sign Pact to Conserve Condors
WASHINGTON, DC, January 19, 2010 (ENS) – Two of the world’s largest and most endangered birds – the California condor and the Andean condor – are expected to benefit […]
Wildlife
Supreme Court Rejects Michigan’s Motion to Block Invasive Carp
CHICAGO, Illinois, January 19, 2010 (ENS) – Asian carp are closing in on Lake Michigan, but today the U.S. Supreme Court denied a request by the state of Michigan […]
Energy
Thirst for Oil Imperils South America’s Most Biodiverse Wilderness
QUITO, Ecuador, January 19, 2010 (ENS) – Yasuní National Park, located in the core of the Ecuadorian Amazon, is the most biodiverse area in all of South America, a […]
Food
Disaster Declared: Alaska’s Yukon River Chinook Salmon Run Fails
WASHINGTON, DC, January 18, 2010 (ENS) – There has been a commercial “fishery failure” for Alaska’s Yukon River Chinook salmon due to low salmon returns, Commerce Secretary Gary Locke […]
Wildlife
German Dealer Fined for Smuggling Endangered Corals
PORTLAND, Oregon, January 14, 2010 (ENS) – Gunther Wenzek, a German national, was sentenced today to serve three years on probation and pay a criminal penalty of over $35,000 […]
Wildlife
Ginseng Dealer Imprisoned for Interstate Exports Worth $109,000
ASHEVILLE, North Carolina, January 12, 2010 (ENS) – A Hayesville, North Carolina man was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Asheville to serve one year in prison for […]
Wildlife
Endangered U.S. Jaguars to Get Critical Habitat, Recovery Plan
TUCSON, Arizona, January 12, 2010 (ENS) – After years of neglect and indifference, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced today that it will designate critical habitat for endangered […]