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Texas exotic hunts are dangerously unregulated
San Antonio Current· 3 days agoAddax antelope for $8,000, scimitar-horned oryx for $7,500 — both endangered species advertised as available to hunt at a private game reserve in Texas...
Endangered Species Act: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Finalizes Rule to Revise Criteria for...
JD Supra· 6 days agoOn Friday, April 5, 2024, the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (the “Service”) finalized a rule clarifying the procedures and criteria for listing, reclassifying, and delisting species& ...
Saving Native Hawaiian plant seeds for future generations
KITV Honolulu· 6 days agoWhile there are plants from all over the world, many local residents and visitors alike come...
How a Cloned Ferret Inspired a DNA Bank for Endangered Species
Scientific American· 7 days ago(FWS) announced Wednesday. All three come from the same cryogenically preserved cell line, obtained...
What is biodiversity and why is it important? Here's what to know.
CBS News via Yahoo News· 7 days agoThe Red List holds more than 157,100 species, including 44,000 the group says are threatened with...
The Giant ‘Grey Ghost’ Lizard Went Extinct 100 Years Ago–Or Did It?
Forbes· 24 hours agoStealthy, solitary and elusive–this lizard, endemic to the Tongan Islands of the South Pacific–was rumored to have special powers by native Tongans. The species was first ...
SOS: Reintroducing endangered species (Rebroadcast)
WLRN Miami· 5 days agoSince the passage of the Endangered Species Act in 1973, 11 species on that list have been declared extinct in the ...
SOS: 50 Years after the Endangered Species Act (Rebroadcast)
WLRN Miami· 7 days agoIt’s been 50 years since Congress passed the Endangered Species Act in 1973 to protect plants and...
California has officially listed the desert tortoise as endangered. Will it be enough to save them?
Salon via Yahoo News· 3 days agoIf their population continues to decline at this precipitous rate, the desert tortoise will soon go ...
Tortoise listed as endangered
Hi-Desert Star· 4 days agoThe desert tortoise is in critical danger, state Fish and Game commissioners said Thursday, as they voted to designate the species as endangered. Three...