"Migrating Seabirds Are Bringing Forever Chemicals Into the Arctic"
"New research shows how toxic chemicals hitch a ride with seabirds flying from southern latitudes to the Arctic."
Source: Hakai, 10/07/2024
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Firefly May Blink Out As US Seeks To List It As Endangered For First Time
"Bethany Beach firefly, found in Delaware, Maryland and Virginia, faces dangers to habitat because of climate change"
Source: Guardian, 10/01/2024
"Newsom Signs Bill To Ban Octopus Farming In California"
"Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bipartisan bill Friday making it a crime to farm octopuses for human consumption in California."
Source: LA Times, 09/30/2024
"A Threatened Species Complicates Power Line Plans"
"The project, which could expand wind power, was supposed to be done by 2018. The holdup? The American burying beetle."
Source: E&E News, 09/25/2024
"At COP16, Colombia Seeks To Lead By Example On Biodiversity"
"As one of the world's most biodiverse countries, Colombia is determined to lead by example when it hosts an upcoming UN summit to save nature, Environment Minister Susana Muhamad told AFP on Monday."
Source: AFP, 09/24/2024
Federal Judge Throws Out Suit To Protect Dolphins From Spillway Openings
"A lawsuit filed by Mississippi Gulf Coast local governments, representatives of its tourism industry and Mississippi fishers against the Army Corps of Engineers to protect bottlenose dolphins from death or injury caused by openings of the Bonnet Carre Spillway has been thrown out by a federal judge in Gulfport."
Source: New Orleans Times-Picayune, 09/24/2024
Coequal Catastrophes — Quammen on Climate Change, Extinction and Epidemics
Biodiversity loss can seem like a remote and abstract problem that pales in comparison to climate worries. But award-winning author David Quammen sees them as coequal threats, along with emerging diseases, and encourages journalists to illuminate the relationships between them. His advice includes getting out of big cities to see the extinction crisis firsthand and weaving humor and hope into your writing.
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"Who’s the Dodo Now? A Famously Extinct Bird, Reconsidered."
"A comprehensive review of dodo science offers new insights into the biology and behavior of the much-ridiculed bird."
Source: NYTimes, 09/23/2024
A Renowned Birder Shatters the Audubon Myth
In his fascinating volume about John James Audubon, world-renowned naturalist-writer-illustrator Kenn Kaufman pays homage to the artist but meticulously dissects the man, writes BookShelf Editor Tom Henry. A review of “The Birds That Audubon Missed: Discovery and Desire in the American Wilderness” depicts how Audubon, driven by the rivalries of his time, marred his own legacy with factual errors and outright fraud.
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