Tag: extinction
Pesticides cause 2024 mass die-off of Western monarch butterflies, new study...
The study was a result of researchers discovering the mass die-off of hundreds of monarch butterflies near the Pacific Grove Monarch Sanctuary in California, where the butterflies overwinter.
Cats are fueling a global eco-crisis, pushing birds and other species...
Free-roaming cats are an invasive species and one of the most significant sources of human-caused bird mortality.
Deforestation puts lizards in North America at risk, new report finds
Forest loss, along with climate change, is creating a lack of shelter for lizards from extreme temperatures and nearly one in five could face population decline in the next century.
More than 22 percent of migrating species at risk of extinction,...
In order to improve the status of migratory species, the report recommends mapping and protecting feeding, breeding and stopover locations.
Republicans spearhead Congress’s assault on endangered species with 2024 bill riders
Endangered wildlife faces a new threat as Congress's 2024 bill riders, largely driven by Republicans, push species closer to extinction.
‘Species extinction is a choice’: Groups urge strong global pact to...
"Please make 2022 the year in which the world chooses to stop extinction and commits the resources to do so," says a letter ahead of an international summit next week. "Life on Earth depends on it."
Six ways to talk about extinction
It's become more important than ever to talk about the crisis.
What we’ve lost: The species declared extinct in 2020
The causes of these extinctions range from diseases to invasive species to habitat loss, but most boil down to human behavior.
Bumblebees face extinction from the climate crisis
"Our results show that we face a future with many less bumble bees and much less diversity, both in the outdoors and on our plates."
Five things to watch at this month’s big wildlife trade treaty...
New wildlife trade rules being discussed at CITES could affect 550 species, including elephants, rhinos and giraffes.
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Judge dismisses the last January 6 case, writing that absolving the Oath Keepers is...
The Justice Department told the court a retrial would harass eight men whose sentences Trump had already commuted. Two Oath Keepers who pleaded guilty and cooperated keep their convictions.
He’s Eligible for Up to $480,000 After Being Wrongly Imprisoned for 42 Years. The...
Elvis Brooks’ case was an egregious example of a wrongful conviction, civil rights attorneys said. But Louisiana’s attorney general maintains that Brooks and other exonerees are guilty — and therefore don’t qualify for any money from the state.
US workers average 10 paid vacation days a year, and 33 million get none
Twenty-five OECD countries require employers to provide at least 20 days. The US legal minimum is zero, and 57 percent of the lowest-paid tenth of workers get no vacation at all.
Greg Abbott Blasted Corpus Christi for Its Water Crisis. A River Authority He Has...
The Nueces River Authority is working on a project that could expand the Corpus Christi region’s water supply. But the Texas governor has done little to address the agency’s financial problems, despite appointing every member of its board.
A Gnarly Situation: High-Elevation Discovery Raises New Questions About Which California Trees Will Survive...
Birds may have been burying Jeffrey pine seeds up high for thousands of years. But now that they’re sprouting, this new species of subalpine tree may change the playing field.