species

The theme of Earth Day 2019 to be species protection to draw attention to the plight of the thousands of species we are letting slip away.

Podcast

Interview: Brooke Bessesen on the Vanishing Vaquita

Alex Wise Brooke Bessesen, endangered, podcast, species, Topher White, Vaquita, wildlife

Brooke Bessesen and Topher White think it would be splendid if humans could somehow find a way to truly co-exist with the rest of the planet’s creatures…

EarthTalk

Monarch Butterfly Flutters on the Edge of Extinction

Roddy Scheer butterfly, endangered, extinct, extinction, list, Milkweed, Monarch, nectar, pollen, pollination, species, wildlife

Environmentalists won a lawsuit forcing the federal government to decide by 2019 whether or not to list the once abundant Monarch butterfly as endangered.

EarthTalk

In Vitro Fertilization To The Rescue for Endangered Species Fertility

Doug Moss and Roddy Scheer Africa, African, animal, animals, artificial, chimpanzees, de-extinction, endangered, extinct, extinction, fertile, fertility, gorillas, In Vitro Fertilization, infertile, inseminate, insemination, IVF, Leibniz Institute, Mexican wolves, Mongolian wild horses, orangutans, research, rhino, Sherman Silber, South American bush dogs, species, Sudan, wildlife, zoo

Endangered Species Fertility: Researchers are now using fertility techniques developed for people — like In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) — to try to bring back endangered species like Africa’s Northern White Rhino.

EarthTalk

Endangered Species On The Ropes

Doug Moss and Roddy Scheer animal, elephant, endangered, endangered species, esa, hunting, protection, protections, species, threatened, trophy, wildlife

The Trump administration has virtually launched an assault on wildlife and endangered species protections in place in the United States for half a century…

Wild & Wooly

8 Newly Endangered Species Added to IUCN Red List

Kate Harveston African, amu, amur, antelope, avian, bat, bee, bees, bird, Bumble, bumblebee, Chinese, Chinese Giant Salamander, disc-nosed, endangered, extinct, extinction, Giant, Grasshoppers, insect, leopard, Madagascan, mammal, Millipede, Millipedes, Patched, Rusty, Rusty Patched Bumble Bee, Salamander, species, Thongaree's, threatened, Vaquita, wildlife

The Rusty Patched Bumble Bee, African Antelope, Vaquita and Amur Leopard are among the wildlife species recently added to IUCN’s International Red List…

EarthTalk

Global Warming Evolution: Wildlife Shrinkage on the Rise

Doug Moss and Roddy Scheer animal, animals, biology, endangered, evolution, Global Change Biology, global warming, marine, science, scientists, shrinkage, species, terrestrial

Scientists credit human-induced global warming with causing many wildlife species to become scrawnier with each successive generation…

EarthTalk

Delisting the Yellowstone Grizzly: Good News or Bad?

Doug Moss and Roddy Scheer act, bear, bears, Center for Biological Diversity, endangered, federal, grizzly, IUCN, Red List, Ryan Zinke, species, wildlife

Yellowstone’s grizzly bear population has bounced back since the mid-1970s, but environmentalists think the iconic predator still needs federal protection…