Colombia, with its varied geography, has about 2,000 species of birds — more than any other country in the world. All those species of birds have become an important part of a growing ecotourism industry. It brings in millions of dollars to Colombia’s economy, and bird watchers — birders, as they’re known — are flocking … Read more
The emperor penguin has been declared an endangered species as climate change pushes the icon of Antarctica a step closer to extinction, the global authority on threatened wildlife announced Thursday. Its change of status from “near threatened” by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) underscores the existential threat to ice-dependent species as global … Read more
The Trump administration on Tuesday exempted oil and gas drilling in the Gulf of Mexico from the Endangered Species Act after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said environmentalists’ lawsuits threatened to hobble domestic energy supplies as the U.S. wages war against Iran. Critics said the move by the government’s Endangered Species Committee could doom a rare … Read more
Key committee votes to exempt oil and gas activity in Gulf of Mexico from Endangered Species Act – CBS News Watch CBS News The Endangered Species Committee voted Tuesday to exempt oil and gas activity in the Gulf of Mexico from the Endangered Species Act protections. CBS News’ Shanelle Kaul has more. Source link
A U.S. government panel was due to convene Tuesday for the first time since 1992 to consider exempting oil and gas drilling in the Gulf of Mexico from the Endangered Species Act due to unspecified national security concerns, a move critics say could doom a rare whale species and harm other marine life. Nicknamed the … Read more
The U.N. Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS) on Sunday approved the listing of 40 new species for international protection, including the snowy owl featured in the Harry Potter saga. The decision came at the conclusion of the COP15 summit on migratory species in Campo Verde, Brazil, which brought together … Read more
Researchers have discovered multiple rare and new species in previously unexplored caves in Cambodia, including a flying snake and a florescent-turquoise pit viper. Those creatures were found during a multi-year biodiversity study that surveyed more than 60 limestone caves in western Cambodia’s Battambang province. The project took researchers to 10 different hills across the region … Read more