Environmentalists and ornithologists found a friend in a federal court on Tuesday when a judge struck down a Trump administration attempt to allow polluters to kill birds without repercussions through rewriting the Migratory Treaty Bird Act (MBTA). The issue at the heart of the case is that the Trump administration intended to change decades of […]
By John R. Platt A porcupine’s diet is wide, varied, and a little hard to digest. A lifetime of grasses, herbs, bark and other vegetation can leave little bits of indigestible matter behind in a porcupine’s digestive tract, where they occasionally congeal into a hard ball called a bezoar. That sounds uncomfortable, but a porcupine’s […]
By Sharon Guynup The Brazilian Amazon is hemorrhaging illegally traded wildlife according to a new report released Monday. Each year, thousands of silver-voiced saffron finches and other songbirds, along with rare macaws and parrots, are captured, trafficked and sold as pets. Some are auctioned as future contestants in songbird contests. Others are exported around the […]
A first-of-its kind theater currently under construction in Glasgow, Scotland is giving the phrase “in tune with nature” a whole new meaning. The 80-person performance space is the UK’s first permanent auditorium made entirely from recycled pianos, The Guardian reported Sunday. The innovative design is the fruit of a collaboration between Glasgow community organizer Alex […]
By Stuart Chapman The goal set 10 years ago to double the number of wild tigers by 2022 remains one of the most ambitious conservation goals ever for a single species. Currently home to the vast majority of the world’s remaining tigers, well-resourced protected areas are a cornerstone of this goal. Tigers are a conservation-dependent […]
By Shanna Hanbury With the Amazon rainforest predicted to be at, or very close to, its disastrous rainforest-to-savanna tipping point, deforestation escalating at a frightening pace, and governments often worsening the problem, the need for action to secure the future of the rainforest has never been more urgent. Now, a group of 150 leading scientific […]
By John R. Platt Raging, guttural vocals. Pounding snare drums. Blazing-fast guitar riffs. For Swedish death-metal musician Peter Hauschulz, these are the sounds and emotions of the extinction crisis. Hauschulz’s new solo grindcore project, Extinction, has just released an eight-track EP called “Smoldering Enfoulment.” The “eco-slam” songs tell the tales of recently extinct (or nearly […]
By Tara Lohan A logged forest is a changed forest, and for woodland caribou that could mean the difference between life and death. A recent study in the Journal of Wildlife Management tracked the survival rates and population growth of woodland caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou) across two areas of northern Ontario, Canada. In one area […]
It’s a rare bill that garners sweeping bipartisan support these days. Lawmakers, however, agree that one of the country’s treasures, the U.S. national parks, is worth preserving. On Wednesday, the House passed the Great American Outdoors Act, a sweeping and historic conservation and public lands bill that President Donald Trump has pledged to sign into […]
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