8 Newly Endangered Species Added to IUCN Red List
The Rusty Patched Bumble Bee, African Antelope, Vaquita and Amur Leopard are among the wildlife species recently added to IUCN’s International Red List…
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Global Warming Evolution: Wildlife Shrinkage on the Rise
Scientists credit human-induced global warming with causing many wildlife species to become scrawnier with each successive generation…
Delisting the Yellowstone Grizzly: Good News or Bad?
Yellowstone’s grizzly bear population has bounced back since the mid-1970s, but environmentalists think the iconic predator still needs federal protection…
De-extinction Deja Vu: Is Bringing Back Extinct Species Possible Nowadays?
Advances in genetic sequencing and molecular biology transformed de-extinction from theory into something that we are all likely to see in our own lifetimes.
Is Grizzly Bear on the Ropes?
Dear EarthTalk: What is being done to safeguard grizzly bears now? I heard that their numbers are dwindling and they could vanish from the Lower 48 if we don’t protect them. —Jim Meth, Akron, OH Before European colonization of North America, upwards of 50,000 grizzly bears—also known as brown bears—roamed free across what is now […]
Crocodiles from the Crypt
A New Crocodile Species Inhabiting the Ancient Nile Is Discovered through DNA Sequencing
Closing off the Carp
Environmentalists argue that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers should take urgent action to prevent invasive Asian Carp from entering the Great Lakes…
Growing Rates for Species Extinction
I heard that species of flora and fauna are dying at a growing rate globally. How is this calculated and which types of species are dwindling faster?
Where’s the Shark Love?
Large sharks have trouble garnering sympathy & protection from overfishing is so poor that 1/3 of open ocean sharks are threatened with extinction…
Strange Sanctuary
Industrial Sites Turned to Thriving Wildlife Sanctuaries