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8 Newly Endangered Species Added to IUCN Red List

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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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UNESCO Makes Plea to Save Coral Reefs from Global Extinction

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A new study shows that the 29 coral reefs designated as World Heritage Sites will cease to exist by 2100 unless something is done about climate change.

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Stranded: Sea Turtles on the Edge at Cape Cod

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Dozens of Green, Loggerhead and Kemps Ridley sea turtles wash up on Cape Cod beaches every winter; and conservationists are doing their best to save them…

Air Shepherd is using drones to monitor poachers in Africa.

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Air Shepherd Uses Drones To Battle African Poachers

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The Lindbergh Foundation’s Air Shepherd program, developed to protect elephants & rhinos from poaching by using drones, is increasing patrols to look for poachers poisoning watering holes in Zimbabwe’s Hwange National Park.

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The Coming Bee-Pocalypse? Collateral Damage of Mosquito Spraying

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Our bees are an important natural resource, not just for beekeepers, but for farmers and for all Americans. Big agriculture’s chemical branch is a powerful political force, but if an entire continent like Europe can outlaw neonics, why can’t we?

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African Forest Elephants: Slow Reproduction + Fast Poaching = Big Trouble

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Slow reproduction and fast poaching are a bad combination for Africa’s iconic Forest Elephants…

Cetaceans in captivity suffer from a wide range of issues such as medical ailments, stress, separation from family and much more. If captivity has taught us anything its that these animals should not be confined to tanks. Credit: Jason Pier in DC, FlickrCC.

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End Cetacean Captivity? Empty the Tanks Thinks So

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Join Empty the Tanks, a non-profit dedicated to ending the capture and captivity of whales and dolphins around the world, on May 7 for Empty the Tanks Day…

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Peru Circus Tiger Rescued from by Animal Defenders

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After a lifetime of suffering in a Peruvian circus, Hoover the tiger will finally be flown to Miami International Airport (MIA) on Friday, April 22nd and transported to his forever home at Big Cat Rescue in Tampa. Wildlife officials in Peru and Animal Defenders International (ADI) seized Hoover in April 2015 to enforce Peru’s ban on wild animals in circuses…

Bear at Anan Creek, Tongass National Forest, Alaska. Credit: USFS.

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Saving the Tongass National Forest

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Although it often feels like environmentalists are purveyors of catastrophe, stories of saving precious wilderness abound. One of these is Alaska’s Tongass National Forest, the largest relatively intact rainforest in North America which makes up about 14 percent of the global temperate rainforest…

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Saving Australia’s Wild Koalas

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The wild koala population in Australia has been declining for more than 10 years, and conservationists are working with biologists and locals to try to save the iconic creatures.

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