Deep in the Everglades, a voracious invader with attractive spotted scales is taking over. The Argentine black-and-white tegu, a large lizard that can grow up to four feet in length, has already proliferated widely throughout South Florida. But it’s not stopping there. These invaders have started popping up throughout […]
U.S. corn production is booming as Midwestern farmers adopt new technologies and methods in agriculture that mitigate bad weather, destructive pests and weeds. But the long-term outlook isn’t good. New research published yesterday in Nature Food shows maize is becoming more vulnerable to drought, a finding with major implications for annual […]
Dozens of large fires are causing poor air quality, evacuations and severe damage across Washington, Oregon and California. The death toll is also rising as wildfires continue to rage. Vancouver in British Columbia had the worst air quality in the world last Saturday due to the winds changing, […]
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For the first time in more than 100 years, wolverines have returned to Mount Rainier National Park in Washington state, the National Park Service announced Thursday. The National Park Service and scientists with the conservation organization Cascades Carnivore Project spotted the female wolverine and her two offspring, also called […]
From time to time, the problems we all face can seem overwhelming. Headlines on environmental stories these days can be shocking, sometimes even terrifying, when they talk about collapse of biodiversity and loss of large wildlife species, massive insect die-offs, and pollution affecting large waterways and lands. But […]
Marine litter notoriously affects the ecosystems of our world’s waterways. As a result, industries such as fisheries and tourism, and even governments, continue to experience sustained economic impacts. To date, few studies have explored the topic of marine litter costs, which limits the ability of local governments to […]
The image above reflects the nearly Endangered Narwhal, the unicorn of the sea, which is now losing some of its protection by the USA. The Trump administration unveiled final regulations that weaken the Endangered Species Act (ESA) on in August, just three months after the United Nations warned of the […]
Six hundred twenty-six environmental groups have signed a letter calling on the US House of Representatives to “Address the Urgent Threat of Climate Change.” It is a radical proposal. As one signatory noted: “As the world teeters on the brink of climate catastrophe, we’re calling on Congress to take large-scale action,” […]
Sand tiger sharks, a species whose numbers declined by over 75 percent at the end of the last century and are currently classified as vulnerable by the International Union for Conservation of Nature, are have been discovered to hang around shipwrecks in the waters off the coast of […]
