Tag: wildlife
Repeating mistakes: why the plan to protect the world’s wildlife falls...
If the plan goes ahead in its current form, it will fall short in safeguarding the wonder of our natural world.
Don’t hike so close to me: How the presence of humans...
As researchers who study conservation, wildlife and human impacts on wild places, we believe it’s important to know that you can have major effects on wildlife just by being nearby.
The big threat of fences across the West
The American West contains 620,000 miles of fencing, threatening the migration of pronghorn, mule deer and other species.
A Victorian logging company just won a controversial court appeal. Here’s...
The ruling means logging is set to resume, despite the threats it poses to wildlife.
Wildlife trafficking: 10 things everyone needs to know
These crimes threaten tens of thousands of species around the world, causing extinctions, hurting people and spreading disease.
20,000 ton oil spill in Russian Arctic has ‘catastrophic consequences’ for...
The Arctic is warming twice as fast as the rest of the world.
Kangaroos are victims of the world’s largest commercial slaughter of terrestrial...
Importing kangaroo meat and skins must be banned in the EU, but Americans can also help protect this iconic species.
More than one billion animals killed in Australia wildfires called a...
Chris Dickman of the University of Sydney said “without any doubt at all” the animal death toll has exceeded one billion.
Our vanishing world: Wildlife
The human assault on life on Earth will reach its inevitable conclusion: the extinction of Homo sapiens.
Trump’s reckless push to drill in the Arctic is meeting fierce...
The Arctic Refuge is one of the U.S.’s last wild places, and the coastal plain is its biological heart.
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Popular sugar substitute erythritol damages blood-brain barrier, elevating stroke risk
A new study shows how erythritol, a zero-calorie sugar alternative, directly damages human cells that comprise the blood-brain barrier.
Nearly all plant-based meat alternatives Contain mycotoxins
The researchers found that 100 percent of the plant-based meat substitutes contained at least one of 19 different types of mycotoxins, often showing high "co-occurrence" (multiple toxins in a single product).
Waterboarding for dollars in Cuba
The CBS Sunday Morning program, “Next: Cuba?” which aired on April 26, presented a discussion of the recent intensification of sanctions on...
California officials accuse Trump administration of targeting blue states after Medicaid funding freeze
Federal officials cite fraud concerns while California leaders warn millions could lose access to critical healthcare and in-home support services.
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The War Against Iran, Up Close and Personal (and All Too Far Away).