Endangered Species

The Greatest Animal Comeback Stories Of The Decade (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post | Lindsay Armstrong | Posted 12.18.2009 | Green


There is nothing like a good comeback story to lift the spirits and renew your hope in the seemingly impossible. These eleven, amazing animals were al...

Salazar: the Grinch of Speciesville

Nicole Rosmarino | Posted 12.17.2009 | Denver


Nicole Rosmarino

Salazar's latest Grinchy move was when he agreed that lynx dispersing from Colorado's southern mountains into New Mexico deserve protection, but, so sorry, they can't have it just yet.

300 Clean Water Act Violations! Illinois Citizens File Notice to Sue Reckless Coal Strip Mine

Jeff Biggers | Posted 12.11.2009 | Chicago


Jeff Biggers

How did discharges of illegal levels of pollutants, including manganese, total suspended solids, sulfates, iron, and acidic water wind up in some of the last old growth forest in Illinois?

Attention Tuna Lovers: See Red When Thinking Blue

Wendy Gordon | Posted 12.10.2009 | Green


Wendy Gordon

The U.S. government must make greater efforts to ban the bluefin tuna trade entirely. Such an effort would finally give the tuna a chance to recover.

The American Worker: An Endangered Species

Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins | Posted 12.03.2009 | Green


Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins

American workers, and by extension, American families, are in a fight for survival -- one that requires as much of us as does the fight to protect any endangered species.

Pandas 'Chirp' To Get Pregnant

BBC | Posted 12.02.2009 | Green


For female giant pandas who can only conceive on a few days once a year, being able to say 'when' is vital. Now a report reveals that female giant pa...

Poaching Problems: Rhino Horn Now Worth More Than Gold

Treehugger | Posted 11.29.2009 | Green


The problem of rhino poaching continues to grow, with poaching levels at 15-year highs. Part of the reason according to WWF is rising demand in Asia, ...

Reviving Rainforests: Your Help is Needed

S. Jacob Scherr | Posted 11.24.2009 | Impact


S. Jacob Scherr

Last year, NRDC launched its Revive a Rainforest campaign to restore forests in Costa Rica. With the help and generosity of our many online supporters, the first stage of our Revive a Rainforest campaign was a true success.

Sushi DNA Tests Reveal Fish Fraud

wired.com | Aaron Rowe | Posted 11.23.2009 | Green


[A] team of researchers from Columbia University and the American Museum of Natural History ordered tuna from 31 sushi restaurants and then used genet...

Obama Worse Than Bush On Endangered Species Protection

The Examiner | Jean Williams | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics


Secretary of Interior, Ken Salazar's appointment by President Obama has been controversial from the beginning. His record on environmental and wildlif...

Bryant Austin's Stunning Whale Photography (PHOTOS, VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Eve Solomon | Posted 10.30.2009 | Green


Marine Mammal Conservation Through The Arts is producing a documentary about Bryant Austin, a photographer whose life-size photographs of endangered w...

Polar Bears Vs. Development In Alaska

nytimes.com | Stefan Milkowski | Posted 10.26.2009 | Green


Alaska Gov. Sean Parnell vowed last week to keep fighting the 2008 listing of the polar bear under the Endangered Species Act, even as federal manager...

Madagascar's Wildlife In Danger (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Posted 10.16.2009 | Green


Madagascar has one of the most unique and diverse ecosystems - and is the only place that lemurs live in the wild. Sadly, it has lost nearly 90% of it...

Montana Can Do Better With Its First Wolf Hunt

Matt Skoglund | Posted 10.14.2009 | Green


Matt Skoglund

Too many wolves from Yellowstone National Park and the wilderness area immediately north of the Park have already been killed in Montana's first public wolf hunt in decades.

Go Nuts To Help Save The Dormouse

BBC NEWS | Posted 10.09.2009 | Green


A conservation charity has urged the public to scour woodlands for half-eaten hazelnuts to help track down and record the whereabouts of the elusive, ...

Sea Otter Protection: Government Gives Alaskan Habitat Protection

AP | MARY PEMBERTON | Posted 10.08.2009 | Green


ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Four years after being placed on the Endangered Species List, the dwindling sea otters of southwest Alaska on Wednesday were...

Preble's Meadow Jumping Mouse Protection Creates Controversy On Front Range (PHOTOS)

Posted 10.08.2009 | Denver


The Fish and Wildlife Service proposed on Wednesday to nearly double the size of the protected habitat of the Preble's meadow jumping mouse, an endang...

Almost 10% Of World's Animals Are At-Risk Of Extinction

BBC NEWS | Posted 11.29.2009 | Green


It said that 20% of mammals were endangered, as were 12% percent of birds and 29% of amphibians. Almost 5% of reptiles were considered threatened, alo...

Bluefin Tuna Ban: EU Will Continue To Fish The Threatened Species

AP | RAF CASERT | Posted 11.22.2009 | Green


BRUSSELS — A sharply divided European Union failed Tuesday to protect the threatened bluefin tuna, as the bloc's Mediterranean nations refused t...

Alaska's Walruses High and Dry: (1st of 5)

Giles Slade | Posted 11.12.2009 | Green


Giles Slade

Pacific Walruses are a pagophilic (ice-loving) species whose livelihood and well-being depend on sea ice as a platform from which they dive to the ocean floor of the continental shelf to retrieve food.

That Glass is Pretty Full: Why Yesterday's Wolf Ruling is (Mostly) Good News

Andrew Wetzler | Posted 11.10.2009 | Green


Andrew Wetzler

Yesterday, a judge gave the Obama Administration a chance to start over in protecting wolves. I hope the president seizes it.

Green News Report - September 8, 2009 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 11.09.2009 | Green


Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

In today's report: the rising cost of fighting wildfires, and is Jaws back?

Green News Report - September 3, 2009 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 10.19.2009 | Green


Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

IN TODAY'S AUDIO REPORT: California burning; Killing wolves; Recycling the Great Pacific Garbage Patch... PLUS: A Fracture in the Clean Coal Coalit...

Wall Street Journal Op-Ed Pits The EPA Against Farmers

wsj.com | Posted 10.18.2009 | Green


California has a new endangered species on its hands in the San Joaquin Valley - farmers. Thanks to environmental regulations designed to protect the ...

The Pescatore's Dilemma

Cathy Erway | Posted 08.31.2009 | Green


Cathy Erway

Seafood has enjoyed a long history of acceptance among people who otherwise do not eat meat. Yet today's food gurus are placing pescatarianism at the height of ravenously irresponsible eating.