Florida’s 7,444 recorded manatees deaths in the last dozen years nearly matches the number thought to be surviving today. In 2010, state officials tallied 766 mortalities, topping 500 in a year for the first time since records began nearly 50 years ago. Since then, most years have seen counts above 500, including last year’s record […]
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Supreme Court Ruling is Bad News for Birds and Everyone Else, Too
WASHINGTON – “This ruling by the Supreme Court directly threatens our ability to protect birds, people, and the places we need,” said Marshall Johnson, chief conservation officer, National Audubon Society. “Birds are telling us that the climate is changing and more action is needed. Stripping agencies like the EPA of their ability to respond to […]
Raiding otters are giving pond owners something to carp about
Resurgent otter populations are killing valuable pet fish, police in Wiltshire have warned, amid claims that wildlife groups are releasing them in inappropriate locations. Otter populations have had a resurgence since the middle of last century, when pollution nearly wiped them out. They are now a protected species found across the country after a reintroduction […]
Poisonous Dust Clouds Threaten Salt Lake City as the Great Salt Lake Continues to Lose Water
Climate change is causing lakes to dry up, leading to a number of unfortunate circumstances. The latest? As the Great Salt Lake’s water levels continue to decline, it could cause a toxic dust cloud to form around Salt Lake City. The Great Salt Lake has decreased by two-thirds of its size since the 1980s, and […]
How Urban Isolation Could Make Snakes More Vulnerable to Climate Change
Could urbanization make it harder for some animals to adapt to the climate crisis? A study published in the journal PLOS ONE last year found that the populations of Western tiger snakes (Notechis scutatus occidentalis) that were the most cut off from others due to urbanization in and around Perth, Australia, had reduced genetic diversity, making […]
Ukraine war may be causing rise in dolphin deaths, say scientists
A recent rise in dolphin deaths in the Black Sea may have been caused by the war in Ukraine, scientists have said. Researchers believe heightened noise pollution in the northern Black Sea, caused by about 20 Russian navy vessels and ongoing military activities, may have been driving cetaceans south to Turkish and Bulgarian shores, where […]
Cruel Science Experiments on Crabs and Lobsters Could Finally End After Animal Sentience Law Passes in the UK
Finally! Scientific experiments on crabs and lobsters could finally end when the animal sentience bill became a law in the United Kingdom. Welfare rules would finally be applied to crustaceans and decapods. Many people still wrongly believe that fish and other marine animals are not sentient beings, which is far from the truth. As opposed […]
Halt destruction of nature or risk ‘dead planet’, leading businesses warn
World leaders must do more to prevent the destruction of nature, business leaders have warned before a summit in China that aims to draw up a draft UN agreement for biodiversity. In an open letter, the chief executives of Unilever, H&M and nine other companies have called on governments to take meaningful action on mass […]