Tuesday, October 13, 2026

Tag: endangered species

A chance to save the ‘rhinos of the sea’

Many scientists wait for their whole careers to see their predictions proven correct — and if that happens, it often causes for...

We ignore thousands of threatened plant species at our own peril

Kokia drynarioides is a small but significant flowering tree endemic to Hawaii’s dry forests. Native Hawaiians used its large, scarlet flowers to...

Killing as a government service

The USDA’s Wildlife Services program slaughters millions of wild animals every year — including endangered species. It doesn’t have to.

Last known female of endangered turtle species dies

The turtle lived at Suzhou Zoo in China, where researchers attempted to artificially inseminate her Friday, according to the Suzhou Daily.

Trump administration to remove gray wolves from the Endangered Species Act

"This attempt to eliminate crucial protections for gray wolves demonstrates an anti-predator bias that continues to influence wolf management decisions."

Endangered wildlife are getting dosed with rat poisons

Products marketed to kill rodents are instead threatening the lives of the wildlife that eat them as poisons travel up the food chain.

Tell the Norwegian government to halt all hunting on endangered wolves

Help us to tell the Norwegian government to end wolf hunts in Norway’s Wolf Zone and #SaveNorwegianWolves.

A Montana judge restores grizzly bears’ protection, overturns Trump administration’s policy

Judge Dana Christensen ruled that the Fish and Wildlife Service failed to consider the effects of the recovery of bears living throughout the country when it chose to remove protections for Yellowstone grizzly bears.

Lawsuit launched against Trump EPA for approving fracking waste dumping into...

At least 10 fracking chemicals routinely used in offshore fracking could kill or harm a broad variety of marine species, including marine mammals and fish.

While America focuses on tax bill, Congress quietly tries to open...

“The oil industry and its allies in Congress may think they can sneak this past the American people...”

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Fabrications, fraud and false accounting: how Deloitte helped Abramovich hide $10bn

The Big Four firm spent years fabricating corporate papers that helped the sanctioned oligarch conceal assets and dodge tax
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Analysis estimates up to 12.4 million fewer Americans enrolled in public health coverage since...

The figure is a net enrollment change through mid-2026, and the author says some of the underlying exchange data are estimates
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UN and The Hague Confront Impunity for War Crimes

As King Abdullah of Jordan reminded the General Assembly, the UN and the world's governments have the means to enforce international law, if and when they choose to do so
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Fain wins second term as UAW president in unofficial count

Partial results show the incumbent with more than two-thirds of the vote, while about one in 10 eligible members returned ballots