The Latest Breaking News from Endangered Species

One million gallons of crude oil have leaked into Gulf of Mexico

The spill, first detected on Friday by the US Coast Guard, threatens to harm endangered species that live there

The Independent UK · Nov 22, 2023

Could the good news story about the ecological crisis be the collective grief we are feeling?

A summer of wildfires across Canada sat alongside news of global deforestation, rapid loss of Antarctic ice mass and Swiss glacial ice depletion. Then in mid-October, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service delisted 21 species from the Endangered Species Act due to extinction.

The Conversation · Nov 20, 2023

The Endangered Species Act at 50

Why have so few species been taken off the endangered species list?

Reason · Nov 12, 2023

21 species removed from US Endangered Species Act after going extinct

Wildlife advocacy groups stress ‘permanent’ consequences of failing to address biodiversity and climate

The Guardian - US · Oct 17, 2023

Four men forced to pay $71,000 for killing four endangered species

They were hunting at Tom Steed Reservoir in Oklahoma when committing their wildlife crimes. They also forfeited guns and hunting privileges.

USA Today Sports Media Group · Oct 12, 2023

New national wildlife refuges in Tennessee, Wyoming created to protect toads, bats, salamanders

Federal officials say two newly established national wildlife refuges in Tennessee and Montana will help protect habitats for threatened and endangered species such as toads, bats, shrimp and salamanders

The Independent UK · Oct 11, 2023

Rare new jaguar spotted on wildlife camera prowling mountains of Arizona borderlands

Sighting suggests population of endangered species could be rebounding in US after near-extinction

The Independent UK · Oct 3, 2023

Battle for blue-collar votes: Biden, Trump court striking auto workers in Michigan

As France, Italy and others wonder if the working-class voters who now vote far right will ever return to the left, the sight of a US president walking a picket line in support of striking auto workers certainly grabbed headlines here. We ask about Joe Biden's embrace of his blue-collar…

France 24 · Sep 28, 2023

Biden vetoes two Republican-led bills to undo protections for prairie chicken and northern bat

President Joe Biden has vetoed Republican-sponsored bills intended to undo federal protections for two endangered species that have seen their populations plummet over the years

The Independent UK · Sep 27, 2023

Extremely rare silvery gibbon born at Isle of Man wildlife park

Silvery gibbons are classed as an endangered species, with as few as 2,000 adults left in the wild.

The Independent UK · Sep 27, 2023