White nose in bats found in the West, a 1300 mile jump from its previous known location. The disease that’s wiped out at least 7 million bats in the East and Midwest has now jumped to the West. Hikers in Washington, 30 miles east of...
extinction
After humans finish with the Sixth Extinction, presumably ending in our own species going extinct, what will the planet look like? Probably filled with small creatures: From sharks to giraffes,.
This is a good piece on the problems facing the Andean condor, the world's second largest bird. Basically, even though condors, like other vultures, do the ecosystem a tremendous amount.
I think the Endangered Species Act is really quite underrated in the history of transformative American legislation. Everyone knows about it on a basic level, but it's role in saving entire ecosystems from industrial production is really quite remarkable. Take the marbled murrelet. People know...
It seems that the eastern North Pacific population of blue whales has recovered to its pre-hunting totals--about 2200. 2200 animals makes it pretty easy to drive an animal to extinction..
Have to give Yao Ming a lot of credit. He could have taken the Jordan/Kobe/(to a lesser extent) LeBron path of superstardom, but instead he has engaged in political causes..
The Chinese appetite for wild meat and medicinal products derived from wild animals is wiping basically every animal of size out of Asia and Africa, including something as small as the pangolin.
This is a useful graphic on habitat loss for charismatic mammals. And I know that big green groups rely on the shock and awe value of this kind of thing.
Are you having a good day? Well, you aren't anymore.
The situation for rhinos in southern Africa is grim indeed.
A rundown of animals officially declared extinct in 2013 and how they reached their end.
Good times in Hawaii: This "odd animal sighting" could be bad news for Hawaii's native wildlife: a five-foot long boa contrictor recently ended up as roadkill along Hawaii's Pali Highway..