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How 280,000 volunteer-planted trees transformed New Zealand's Tiritiri Matangi from a degraded island into a conservation sanctuary

Off the coast of Auckland, in New Zealand’s Hauraki Gulf, lies an island that looks like a slice of untouched wilderness. Dense native forest blankets its hills, rare birds call from the canopy and visitors walk along quiet tracks surrounded by ferns and flowering shrubs. Yet just a few decades…

The Times of India

India's Beloved Mahseer Fish Is Vanishing From Its Rivers and Conservation Is Running Out of Time

A Fish That Held Sacred Status for CenturiesThe golden mahseer, Tor putitora, can grow to over 2.5 metres in length and weigh upward of 54 kilograms, numbers that sound implausible until you see one held up in a black-and-white photograph from the Ramganga or the Cauvery, dwarfing the men around…

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Jeff Bezos and Leonardo DiCaprio accused of ‘greenwashing’ with launch of $200 million project to save endangered species

Pair have teamed up to ‘bring 100 of the world’s most threatened species back from the brink’

The Independent UK

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Trump vows roll back ‘radical’ policy protecting endangered species

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The Independent UK

Trump says he is rolling back protections for endangered species

President Donald Trump claims ‘Radical Climate Activists’ have held back the exploitation of U.S. natural resources by ‘drastically and unreasonably expanding the intended scope’ of 1973 act designed to safeguard wildlife

The Independent UK

Leonardo DiCaprio and Jeff Bezos launch $200 million project to save 100 of world's most threatened species, from salamanders and pangolins to rare pigs

A new $200 million Phoenix Species Project will support 100 critically endangered species. This initiative is a collaboration between Re:wild and the Bezos Earth Fund. The project aims to provide significant financial backing for long-term recovery programs. It will bolster existing conservation efforts and expand habitat protection initiatives. Local organizations…

The Times of India

Jeff Bezos and Leonardo DiCaprio put $200 million behind 100 endangered species across 30 countries. The list includes rare lemurs and pangolins to a ‘living fossil’ echidna

Jeff Bezos and Leonardo DiCaprio have launched a $200 million conservation project to help 100 critically endangered species across 30 countries, including rare lemurs, pangolins, salamanders, tortoises and echidnas. The Phoenix Species Project will fund habitat restoration, conservation breeding, disease management and invasive-species control with support from local communities and…

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In 1991, America listed the razorback sucker as endangered; 35 years later, it has been moved to threatened after one population reached about 36,000 adults

After more than 30 years of conservation work, the US Fish and Wildlife Service has reclassified the razorback sucker from endangered to threatened under the Endangered Species Act. The freshwater fish, found only in the Colorado River basin, has recovered through habitat restoration, fish stocking and control of invasive species.…

The Times of India

Paxton lawsuit prompts end of federal endangered species protection for Texas lizard

The state’s attorney general sued the Biden administration in 2024, citing incomplete data for the updated endangered status of the Permian Basin’s native dunes sagebrush lizard.

The Texas Tribune

In 1958, Hawaii introduced barn owls to control rats in sugarcane fields; the owls spread across the islands and began killing endangered seabirds

Barn owls were introduced to Hawaii in the late 1950s to control rats. These owls later began preying on native seabirds, including endangered species. Studies documented numerous predation cases involving eight different seabird species. DNA analysis suggests traditional monitoring methods underestimate owl predation on these birds. This biological control effort…

The Times of India

Florida Manatees Could Now Be Legally Killed Under Trump's New Endangered Species Rule

The US Fish and Wildlife Service's repeal of the Endangered Species Act's blanket rule could impact Florida manatees, sparking legal challenges and concerns over their future protection.

International Business Times UK

Trump Administration Weakens Endangered Species Protections by Rolling Back Habitat Rules

The US government has redefined 'harm' under the Endangered Species Act, excluding habitat destruction. This change, effective 14 September, has led to lawsuits from environmental groups citing legal precedent violations.

International Business Times UK

Trump cancels protections for animals threatened with extinction

There have been no species added to the endangered or threatened lists in Trump’s second term

The Independent UK

Why Trump’s move to gut the Endangered Species Act likely won’t hold up in court

The Trump administration has decided that destroying the habitat of endangered species is not harmful.

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The Times of India

Trump admin sued by 9 environmental groups over definition of 'harm'

Nine environmental organisations have filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration, challenging its decision to withdraw a long-standing interpretation of the Endangered Species Act that treated habitat destruction as a form of harm to protected wildlife, Reuters reported.

The Conversation

How redefining one word strips the Endangered Species Act’s ability to protect vital habitat

It wouldn’t make much sense to prohibit people from shooting a threatened woodpecker while allowing its forest to be cut down, or to bar killing endangered salmon while allowing a dam to dry out their habitat.

The Independent UK

Trump administration rolls back a key protection for imperiled wildlife

The Trump administration has finalized a rule that changes how agencies enforce the Endangered Species Act

The Guardian - US

‘Death sentence’: Trump administration to open habitats of endangered species to logging and mining

Habitat destruction strongest driver of species loss, with legislation keeping 99% of listed species from going extinct

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The Guardian - US

Pacific gray whales facing ‘catastrophic’ die-off as climate crisis hits food supply

Trump administration urged to relist a species in ‘very, very serious trouble’ under Endangered Species Act

Times Life

Why Vultures Are Irreplaceable Scavengers and What Their Extinction Means for India's Ecosystem

A stomach that kills anthraxVultures have gastric acid with a pH close to 1, among the most corrosive digestive environments measured in any vertebrate. A carcass infected with anthrax, botulinum toxin, or rabies virus passes through that acid and exits neutralised. No other scavenger in India's food web does this.…

Times Life

House Sparrows Are Disappearing From Indian Cities and What Their Decline Signals About Urban Life

A species built for human proximityPasser domesticus evolved alongside human settlements. For roughly 10,000 years, it has lived in the gaps we leave, roof eaves, wall cavities, the space behind a loose brick. Unlike migratory birds that pass through, the house sparrow is a resident. It does not leave a…

Reason

The American Bald Eagle Is Back - But Don't Credit the Endangered Species Act

Many things contributed to the rebound and recovery of the bald eagle, but the nation's foremost species conservation statute deserves little credit.

Reason

Conservation Commandeering Is Still Commandeering

Courts allow litigants to commandeer state and local governments under the Endangered Species Act.

Cinemablend

Outlast: The Jungle's Marshall Alleges Team Charlie Killed An Endangered Species On The Show

If true, this sounds serious.

International Business Times UK

Endangered Pangolins, Rhino Horn and Monkeys Sold Openly on Facebook, Investigation Finds

Investigations reveal Facebook as a major platform for illegal wildlife trade, with traffickers openly selling endangered species. Conservationists urge Meta to enforce stricter policies.

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