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Biodiversity

'One of Most Disturbing Articles I Have Ever Read' Scientist Says of Study Detailing Climate-Driven 'Bugpocalypse'

Humanity Chopping Down Tree of Life, Warns New Research, 'Including Branch We Are Sitting On'

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

red panda

"We're entering what could be an extinction on the scale of what killed the dinosaurs."

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To Prevent 'Major Extinction Crisis,' Scientist Call for Designating Half of Planet as Protected Areas by 2050

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

Young lionesses

They propose protecting 30 percent by 2030, and 50 percent by 2050

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In Win for Wildlife, Yellowstone Area Grizzlies Get 'Stay of Execution'

Andrea Germanos, staff writer

A grizzly bear

Federal judge grants temporary restraining order blocking planned trophy hunts...

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Nicolas Hulot

'I Don't Want to Lie to Myself Anymore': Calling Macron's Timid Steps on Climate Inadequate, French Environment Minister Resigns in Protest

"It's About Time": Canada Celebrated for Banning Bee-Killing Neonics While US Backslides

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'An Insult to Our National Wildlife': Trump Reverses Ban on GMOs and Bee-Killing Pesticides in Refuges

grizzly bears

Jane Goodall Among Creative Protesters Seeking to Stop Wyoming's First Grizzly Trophy Hunt in Four Decades

deepwater horizon

New Study Warns of Deepwater Horizon Disaster Long-Lasting Impact on Marine Life's "Building Blocks"

fire in Brazil

Terrifying Trends Collide as Surging Deforestation 'Making World a Hotter, Drier Place'

cows

Humans Less Than 1% of Life on Earth, But Have Destroyed Half of Its Plants, More Than 80% of All Mammals

BFF

Citing 'Common Good,' Nearly 1,500 Scientists Demand Congress Shield Endangered Species Act From GOP Attacks

Barrow Island

Report Shows 'Staggering' Failure to Protect Biodiversity as Humans Threaten Third of Nature Reserves

'Huge Win for Pollinators, People, and Planet': EU Bans Bee-Killing Pesticides

Puffin

In Decline "Invariably of Humanity's Making," 1 in 8 of World's Bird Species Threatened by Extinction

fisher

Without Urgent Action, Warn Wildlife Experts, One-Third of US Species at Risk of Extinction

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Center for Biological Diversity

Lawsuit Launched to Protect Critically Endangered Alabama Fish From Auto Plant

Center for Biological Diversity

Dozens of Small Business Owners, Religious Groups, Scientists Ask Supreme Court to Maintain Habitat Protections for Endangered Frogs

Center for Biological Diversity

Trump Administration Approves Land Swap to Bulldoze Alaska's Izembek National Wildlife Refuge...

Center for Biological Diversity

Supreme Court Rejects Oil Industry Challenge to Endangered Species Protection for Bearded Seals

Center for Biological Diversity

Lawsuit Challenges Trump Administration's Elephant, Lion Trophy Import Decisions...

Oceana

Renowned Surfers Rally to Support a U.S. Ban on Shark Fins

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Esteban Suárez

Biodiversity and the Society of Superlatives

Meena Miriam Yust

Why Treaty Protection Is Needed for Migratory Pollinators

David Korten

Three Questions to Lead Us Away from Self-Extinction

Elizabeth Hadly

Making America Great Again Requires Acting on Scientific Knowledge

Rebecca Kessler

Rewriting Biological History: Trump Border Wall Puts Wildlife at Risk

Rev. Billy Talen

Wild Cats Grab Back

Shreya Dasgupta

Top 10 Happy Environmental Stories of 2016

Nele Marien

Mainstreaming Biodiversity: A Real Solution to the Devastation of Nature?

Noah Greenwald

Taking A Stand For Washington's Wolves

Vandana Shiva

Avoid 'Miracle' Rice, Just Eat a Carrot!

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