This year marks the 50th anniversary of the passage of the Endangered Species Act. In an article for the liberal environmental think tank PERC, Jonathan Adler examines the poor results of five decades of so-called protection. The results are not for lack of effort, if trying means government action. Adler writes that the Endangered Species … Read more
A US biotech company specializing in the fight against extinction, behind efforts to bring back the Tasmanian tiger, woolly mammoth and dodo, is backing a project to save a small Australian dragon . Colossal Biosciences’ support for a project to restore the Victorian grassland earless dragon, which was feared extinct before being rediscovered in the … Read more
A rescued pangolin purchased from a wildlife seller is seen resting at the Green Finger Garden in Lagos, Nigeria July 29, 2020. REUTERS/Seun Sanni acquire licensing rights SHANGHAI/HONG KONG, Oct 23 (Reuters) – Three publicly listed Chinese pharmaceutical companies, whose investors include global banks such as UBS and HSBC, have used parts of endangered animals … Read more
A first-time mother rests and tenderly nurses her three bouncing babies this morning in their specially designed enclosure at the Nashville Zoo in Grassmere. The deliveries aren’t just adorably cute. They have global significance. Anne, a 7-year-old Sumatran tigress, and her cubs are part of a critically endangered species, decimated by deforestation and poaching. Fewer … Read more
Human interest By Brooke Kato Published October 17, 2023, 5:46 p.m. ET The Maui kepa (left) and Mariana fruit bat are among the species now listed as extinct. fws.org Nearly two dozen endangered species are now listed as extinct by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, in the latest conservation wake-up call. The agency announced … Read more
Unlike almost all other shark species, scalloped hammerhead sharks are very social. They gather in large groups, or aggregations, numbering in the hundreds. But why? We do not know. Thanks to drones, we now know a little more. In our new research, we describe finding a location in a marine park off the coast of … Read more
In a move cheered by conservationists, the Healey administration withdrew its proposal to remove the humpback whale from the state’s endangered species list after local experts warned against the move. Regina Asmutis-Silvia, executive director and senior biologist at Whale and Dolphin Conservation North America, praised the decision, calling it a testament to the fact that … Read more
An 81-year-old man has been fined for building a dam in a national park home to an endangered rock wallaby, found only in Queensland’s Whitsundays region. Key points: A Proserpine man has been fined $14,000 for building a dam in the habitat of an endangered wallaby. QPWS says the Proserpine rock wallaby only lives in … Read more
OhOne of the world’s most distinctive bird hunters, the northern spotted owl, is fitted with an identification band by conservationists in this stark black-and-white image taken by American photographer Morgan Heim. The photograph is one of six in a portfolio by Heim that will be unveiled this week at the Wildlife Photographer of the Year … Read more