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Trump, Burgum Convene Extinction Committee for Gulf of Mexico Whales, Sea Turtles

The Trump administration announced last week that it will convene the Endangered Species Committee, also known as the ...

Feds agree to deadline for endangered species listing of rare NV toad

Having failed to meet a deadline and getting sued for it, a federal agency Wednesday agreed to decide whether to list a rare Nevada toad as a threatened or endangered species within the next two ...
Center for Biological Diversity

Migratory Eastern Monarch Butterflies Remain At Risk of Extinction

Monarch butterflies west of the Rocky Mountains overwinter mostly on the central coast of California. The western migratory population is down more than 95% since the 1980s and numbered less than ...
Courthouse News Service

Feds face lawsuit over ‘extinction’ meeting activists warn will eliminate Gulf of Mexico whales

Estimates suggest there are about 50 remaining Rice’s whales in the Gulf of Mexico, which the Center for Biological Diversity claims are at heightened risk from additional oil and gas activity.
The Santa Barbara Independent

Monarch Butterflies Are Getting Royally Screwed, Conservationists Contend

The Center for Biological Diversity and Center for Food Safety are suing U.S. Fish and Wildlife to fast-track protections for the dwindling butterflies.

Study: Monarch butterflies remain at risk of extinction

An annual count of monarch butterflies conducted by the United States and Mexico as the insects migrate back and forth over ...
Yahoo

Proposed rule change on endangered species triggers alarm for environmentalists

The Trump administration plans to eliminate habitat protections for endangered and threatened species in a move environmentalists say would lead to the extinction of critically endangered species ...
Morning Overview on MSN

Study suggests Earth’s first mass extinction may have been overlooked

A wave of new research is forcing paleontologists to reconsider a basic question about life on Earth: when did the first mass ...
insider.si.edu

Biological extinction new perspectives edited by Partha Dasgupta, University of Cambridge, Peter H. Raven, Missouri Botanical Garden, Anna L. McIvor, University of Cambridge

Introduction / Partha S. Dasgupta and Peter H. Raven -- Prologue. Extinction : what it means to us / Martin Rees -- 1. Extinction in deep time : lessons from the past? / Neil Shubin -- 2. Biodiversity ...
Forbes

A Biologist Explains The ‘Frozen Zoo’ — The 50-Year Project That Could Rewrite Extinction

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This ...
GeekWire

De-Extinction as a Catalyst: How Mammoth Research Drives Innovation in Conservation Biology

While headlines focus on bringing back the woolly mammoth, the most significant impact of this research lies in its immediate benefits for endangered elephants and other threatened species alive today ...
insider.si.edu

A primer of conservation biology / Richard B. Primack

Conservation and Biological Diversity -- Conservation Biology's Interdisciplinary Approach: A Case Study -- Why Is Conservation Biology Needed? -- The Philosophical Background of Conservation Biology ...