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 […]
CAMBRIDGE, UK, December 22, 2009 (ENS) – Sea pigs, giant sea spiders, ice fish, octopus, rare rays and basket stars that live in the seas of Antarctica’s continental shelf […]
DETROIT, Michigan, December 21, 2009 (ENS) – The State of Michigan filed a petition to the U.S. Supreme Court today to close canals near Chicago to prevent invasive Asian […]
WASHINGTON, DC, December 16, 2009 (ENS) – Two conservation groups are suing the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for issuing a permit for a commercial marina in waters north […]
WASHINGTON, DC, December 14, 2009 (ENS) – The federal government will spend an additional $13 million to prevent invasive Asian carp from migrating further toward the Great Lakes. The […]
WASHINGTON, DC, December 9, 2009 (ENS) – In the first federal lawsuit challenging an industrial wind energy project on environmental grounds, a federal court ruled Tuesday that a wind […]
GENEVA, Switzerland, December 1, 2009 (ENS) – Rhino poaching in both Africa and Asia is increasing, finds a report issued today by the International Union for the Conservation of […]
WASHINGTON, DC, December 1, 2009 (ENS) Honeycreepers that sing in Hawaii’s mountain forests, the lynx that inhabit the snowy Rocky Mountains and New England, and the grizzly bears […]
NAIROBI, Kenya, November 30, 2009 (ENS) – More than two tons of illegal ivory have been seized and more than 100 people have been arrested in the largest international […]
WASHINGTON, DC, November 24, 2009 (ENS) – Plans for a massive roundup and removal of more than 2,700 wild horses from public lands in Nevada were challenged today in federal […]
CHICAGO, Illinois, November 23, 2009 (ENS) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is planning to close the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal for five days starting December 2 so […]
KATHMANDU, Nepal, November 23, 2009 (ENS) – Emotional appeals to Nepalese officials by animal advocates from around the world have not persuaded them to call a halt to the sacrifice […]
WASHINGTON, DC, November 23, 2009 (ENS) – “The deep sea is the Earth’s largest continuous ecosystem and largest habitat for life. It is also the least studied,” says Dr. […]
SAN FRANCISCO, California, November 19, 2009 (ENS) – National Park Service officials in California are about to decide how to kill non-native trout to save critically endangered native yellow-legged […]
WILMINGTON, North Carolina, November 17, 2009 (ENS) – With its gleaming red, blue and green feathers, the painted bunting is often described as the most beautiful migratory songbird in North […]
SAN FRANCISCO, California, November 13, 2009 (ENS) – The Center for Biological Diversity today filed two lawsuits against the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for failing to protect two […]
MISSOULA, Montana, November 13, 2009 (ENS) – A coalition of conservation groups, Native Americans, and Montana residents is suing the National Park Service and the U.S. Forest Service over […]
By Greg Harman MÉRIDA, Mexico, November 13, 2009 (ENS) – For the first time in decades, the eggs of endangered sea turtles buried on a small strip of Nicaraguan […]
TOKYO, Japan, November 12, 2009 (ENS) – A review of Japanese government spending now underway could put an end to Japanese whaling in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary, according […]
NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, November 11, 2009 (ENS) – The brown pelican, a species once nearly exterminated by hunting and the pesticide DDT, has recovered and is being removed from […]
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