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Extinction Countdown

This Month in Conservation Science: The Dead Whale and the Pediatricians

Other new research this month looked at snow leopards, wolves, wildlife crossings, newly discovered species, and … scorpion copulation?
January 29, 2025
by
John R. Platt
Other new research this month looked at snow leopards, wolves, wildlife crossings, newly discovered species, and … scorpion copulation?
A jaguarini sits in a patch of vegetation
Extinction Countdown

Is the Jaguarundi Extinct in the United States?

These weasel-like small cats haven’t been documented in the country since 1986. A new study suggests it’s time to reintroduce them.
August 15, 2022
by
John R. Platt
These weasel-like small cats haven’t been documented in the country since 1986. A new study suggests it’s time to reintroduce them.
Commentaries

Laws Must Adapt for Climate Refugees

As climate change pushes people and families across international borders, they’ll find few protections. That can be fixed.
June 16, 2021
by
The Conversation
As climate change pushes people and families across international borders, they’ll find few protections. That can be fixed.
Aerial view of dam and lake
Climate Change

12 Trump Attacks on the Environment Since the Election

In its final days, the administration is rushing to cement its destructive legacy with attacks on clean air, wildlife and public lands that could be difficult to undo.
December 14, 2020
by
Tara Lohan
In its final days, the administration is rushing to cement its destructive legacy with attacks on clean air, wildlife and public lands that could be difficult to undo.
Trump border wall
Public Lands & Protected Spaces

The Final Frontiers? A Call to Protect the Biodiversity on the Borders

President Trump’s notorious border wall is just one transboundary threat to the world’s wildlife.
April 30, 2020
by
John R. Platt
President Trump’s notorious border wall is just one transboundary threat to the world’s wildlife.
Trump
News

Trump Budget Proposal Reveals Regressive Environmental Priorities

The White House’s 2021 federal budget proposal eliminates several important programs and slashes funding for others — like the Endangered Species Act.
February 11, 2020
by
John R. Platt
The White House’s 2021 federal budget proposal eliminates several important programs and slashes funding for others — like the Endangered Species Act.
border wall
Editorials

The Revelator’s 12 Most Thought-provoking Essays and Op-eds of 2019

Expert contributors took us to the Arctic, the borderlands and everywhere in between.
December 23, 2019
by
Tara Lohan
Expert contributors took us to the Arctic, the borderlands and everywhere in between.
animals drinking water
Wildlife

Drought and Border Wall Endanger Arizona’s Wildlife

The public has long supported a state program to provide water for wildlife, but now human threats, including border-wall construction and climate change, are making a bad situation worse.
September 30, 2019
by
Erica Cirino
The public has long supported a state program to provide water for wildlife, but now human threats, including border-wall construction and climate change, are making a bad situation worse.
border wall
Commentaries

Trump’s Border Wall: Epitaph for an Endangered, Night-blooming Cactus?

The decline of a rare cactus in a national park epitomizes the Trump administration’s failure to protect endangered species along the border.
September 26, 2019
by
Gary Paul Nabhan
The decline of a rare cactus in a national park epitomizes the Trump administration’s failure to protect endangered species along the border.
El Jefe jaguar
Wildlife

Can Saving Jaguars Sustain Local Economies?

Residents of southern Arizona are protecting jaguar habitat and creating jobs in the hopes that a restoration economy can beat an extraction economy.
June 18, 2019
by
Amy Mathews Amos
Residents of southern Arizona are protecting jaguar habitat and creating jobs in the hopes that a restoration economy can beat an extraction economy.

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