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- Fact Checkers Defend Activist Scientists Because They Agree with Them Not Because They Are Right Wed, 16 Feb 22, 5:00pmThe so-called fact-checkers are out again trying to insist one side of a scientific debate is wrong and another is right because they happen to agree with one side...
- How are polar bears doing 15 years after the IUCN declared them ‘vulnerable’ to extinction? Fri, 14 May 21, 7:00pmWhat we’ve learned over the last 15 years is that polar bears only require sea ice until about mid-May or mid-June (depending on the latitude) and again in the late fall (November) through the winter...
- Peter Ridd: It’s the science that’s rotten, not the Great Barrier Reef Thu, 10 Dec 20, 5:00pmSixty years ago, when these cycles of death and destruction were first being discovered by scientists, it was legitimate to be concerned about whether they were unnatural...
- State of the Polar Bear Report 2019: Are polar bear researchers hiding good news? Sat, 29 Feb 20, 1:00pmFrom Dr. Susan Crockford’s Polar Bear Science Posted on February 27, 2020 | Comments Off on State of the Polar Bear Report 2019: Are polar bear researchers hiding good news? International Polar Bear Day is a good day...
- IUCN finds ocean oxygen levels dropping at record rates Fri, 13 Dec 19, 4:30amMarine life is in serious trouble if ocean oxygen levels continue to plummet. A new report by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) reveals that ocean oxygen levels have decreased by about 2 percent since...
- These 5 animals are being consumed into extinction Wed, 13 Mar 19, 6:30amHumans have a long history of wiping out animal populations, and we continue to do so even to this day. According to a new study published in the Royal Society Open Science journal, people around the world are eating hundreds...
- 60% of wild coffee species are now threatened with extinction Fri, 18 Jan 19, 9:30amWhen people think of threatened and endangered species, charismatic animals like tigers and giant pandas are usually top of mind. But climate change really hits home when it lands in your morning mug. Coffea arabica, the...
- Mass poaching in Botswana leaves behind 90 tuskless elephants Thu, 6 Sep 18, 7:00amNinety elephants have been poached in Botswana in what is being considered one of Africa's grimmest mass poaching sprees. The majority of the creatures poached for their valuable ivory were large bull elephants who carry...
- Bolivia creates a nature reserve for world's rarest macaw Wed, 22 Aug 18, 10:00amThe blue-throated macaw is one of the most critically endangered species on the planet - only about 300 remain in the wild. However, the birds are getting some much-needed good news. Bolivian conservation organization Asociación...
- Bornean orangutans are now 'critically endangered' Mon, 18 Jul 16, 7:59pmAccording to a new assessment by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), Bornean orangutans are now 'critically endangered.' Habitat destruction, illegal logging, and hunting are all to blame for the dwindling...
- World’s rarest cetacean could be extinct by 2018 due to illegal gillnetting Wed, 17 Dec 14, 2:00amThe vaquita is the rarest, smallest and most endangered cetacean in the world. It's estimated that fewer than 100 of the small porpoises remain in their wild habitat in Mexico's northern Gulf of California. To make matters...
- The Reef Abides … Or Not Mon, 7 Jul 14, 3:42pmGuest Post by Willis Eschenbach I’ve written a few times on the question of one of my favorite hangouts on the planet, underwater tropical coral reefs...
- IUCN Red List Identifies 21,000 Species at Risk of Extinction Wed, 3 Jul 13, 5:00amThe International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) just updated their Red List to identify three species as extinct, and nearly 21,000 at risk of disappearing forever...
- Africa’s Western Black Rhino is Now Officially Extinct Wed, 26 Jun 13, 10:20pmAfrica's Western black rhino is now officially extinct, according to the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN). The subspecies was last seen in 2006, and the Northern white rhino is also "teetering on...
- IUCN Finds Staggering Number of Species Threatened by Climate Change Thu, 20 Jun 13, 2:00amMost nature lovers are familiar with the concept of a threatened species, or organisms that are in danger due to habitat loss, poaching, disease, or environmental factors...