Scientists have been seeing mysterious green ice spread across the Arctic floor since 2011. Upon further inspection, they realized it was blooming phytoplankton, a very rare occurrence in this harsh environment. It was thought that this region was too dark for phytoplankton to bloom. The ice is usually so thick that it reflects incoming rays, […]
The Center for Biological Diversity joined the Borderlands Project and other organizations Tuesday in launching Embattled Borderlands, a new story map project that details the various places, people and wildlife put in harm’s way by border walls and militarization. The immersive web platform combines a decade of photo documentation and scientific data to highlight a […]
Cleanup efforts are underway after a failed Chevron Corporation pipeline released about 4,800 gallons of oil into an intermittent stream on public land in northwestern Colorado and killed some wildlife. The breach happened on Bureau of Land Management (BLM) land and was first detected on March 5 by a Chevron consultant. The pipeline was shut […]
China approved a new national park this month in northeast China in Jilin and Heilongjiang provinces to save two endangered species—the Siberian tiger and Amur leopard. Only nine wild Siberian tigers were estimated to be living in this area in 1998, increasing to 27 by 2015 thanks to conservation efforts including a logging ban. The […]
Despite a worldwide ban on the transportation of shark fins by major shipping carriers, a three-month investigation by Sea Shepherd Global—as part of their global shark defense campaign Operation Apex Harmony—has verified that large shipments of shark fin are still arriving in Hong Kong on airlines and shipping lines that have made “No Shark Fin” […]
By Suzanne Roy America has two long-standing symbols for freedom: the bald eagle and the wild mustang. Wild horses are protected by a special law, which was unanimously passed by Congress in 1971 and designates mustangs as “living symbols of the historic and pioneer spirit of the West” who “enrich the lives of the American […]
By Nadia Prupis On his first full day in office Thursday, newly-confirmed Interior Sec. Ryan Zinke rode a horse to work and proceeded to repeal a rule that protected plants and animals from lead poisoning. The former Montana congressman’s order overturned a policy put into place by former U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) Director […]
The Senate voted today to confirm Rep. Ryan Zinke as Secretary of the Department of the Interior. His confirmation will be followed by a rally today at noon outside the Department of the Interior in Washington, DC. The rally will demonstrate people’s love of the outdoors and the fierce expectation that Sec. Zinke stand firm […]
By Mike Gaworecki New research shows that more than 25,000 forest elephants were killed for their ivory in Gabon’s Minkébé National Park, one of the largest and most important wildlife preserves in Central Africa, between 2004 and 2014. That’s a decline of somewhere between 78 and 81 percent in the park’s forest elephant (Loxodonta cyclotis) […]
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