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    Honeybees Found to Be Less Effective Pollinators Than Native Species

    Honeybees Found to Be Less Effective Pollinators Than Native Species

    Originally native to Eurasia and Africa, honeybees were brought to North America in the 17th century, according to Phys.org. For centuries, they flourished, until colony collapse disorder, along with habitat loss, pesticide use, diseases, invasive species and climate change caused their numbers to decline. In a new study, Dillon J. Travis and Joshua R. Kohn, […]

    Stronger Endangered Species Act Protections Proposed by USFWS, NOAA

    Stronger Endangered Species Act Protections Proposed by USFWS, NOAA

    Three newly proposed regulations from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) would reverse rules made during Donald Trump’s presidency that removed protections under the Endangered Species Act. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has proposed a reinstatement of a regulation that gives protections to species classified as […]

    Newly Adopted UN High Seas Treaty Gives Ocean a ‘Fighting Chance’

    Newly Adopted UN High Seas Treaty Gives Ocean a ‘Fighting Chance’

    After almost two decades of negotiations, the 193 United Nations Member States have adopted a landmark legally binding marine biodiversity treaty for the high seas beyond national boundaries, covering two thirds of Earth’s oceans, UN Secretary-General António Guterres announced yesterday during the Intergovernmental Conference on Marine Biodiversity in New York. The purpose of the High […]