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10th Annual City Nature Challenge Begins April 25 
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles and California Academy of Sciences promote citizen science to learn about urban wildlife in all of its forms....
Posted: Mon, Apr 21, 2025 11:39am PDT
Analysis: Trump Plan to Sell Public Lands Targets Treasured Places, Protected Wildlife TUCSON, Ariz., April 7, 2025 — The Trump administration’s plan to sell federal public land for sprawl development could bulldoze endangered species habitat, canyons and forests across the West — from protected red cliffs in Utah and national monuments in New Mexico, according to a new map analysis from the Center for Biological Diversity....
Posted: Mon, Apr 7, 2025 1:18pm PDT
Study Finds That US Butterfly Populations Are Severely Declining PORTLAND, Ore.; March 6, 2025 — A new study published today in Science has found that populations of butterflies across the United States are declining. In addition to dramatic declines for individual species, the study concluded that total abundance of butterflies has declined by 22% from 2000 to 2020. That means that for every five butterflies seen 20 years ago, now there are only four....
Posted: Thu, Mar 13, 2025 11:40am PDT
Number of Monarchs Overwintering in Mexico Increases, Still Well Below Historic Norms MEXICO CITY, March 6, 2025 – The number of monarchs overwintering in central Mexico increased from last year’s low, according to the annual census released today by World Wildlife Fund-Mexico and partners. The butterflies were found covering an area of 4.42 acres, which means the eastern monarch population that migrates between Canada and Mexico each year shows an improvement from last year, which was the second worst year ever recorded at 2.22 acres. The annual survey measures the area of fo...
Posted: Fri, Mar 7, 2025 11:10am PST
Lawsuit Filed Against USDA for Approving Deceptive Chicken and Turkey Product Labeling 
Perdue Farms and others are alleged to use idyllic imagery on products despite the reality of animals suffering on factory farms...
Posted: Tue, Feb 25, 2025 12:38pm PST
California Bill Prioritizes Wildlife Connectivity in Regional Planning 
SACRAMENTO, Calif., February 19, 2025 — Assemblymember Nick Schultz (D-Burbank) introduced Assembly Bill 902 today that pushes regional planning and transportation agencies to prioritize wildlife connectivity and improve road safety in California....
Posted: Sat, Feb 22, 2025 12:38am PST
Cherish The Vegan in Your Life by Offering Them More Than a Salad this Holiday Season! 
A new vegan resource from vegan food justice organization, Food Empowerment Project...
Posted: Tue, Dec 10, 2024 9:04am PST
Analysis: Industrial Animal Ag Incompatible With Global Climate Agreements 
COP 29 Fails to Address Food System Emissions, Country NDCs Still Have Opportunity...
Posted: Fri, Nov 22, 2024 11:45am PST
Rykola Mink Farm Abandoned After ALF Raid 
Eleven years ago on October 3......
Posted: Thu, Oct 24, 2024 8:37pm PDT
9th Circuit Stops Oregon Logging to Protect Marbled Murrelets EUGENE, Ore., June 26, 2024 — The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals today affirmed a lower court ruling that prevents Scott Timber from clearcutting old growth trees within Oregon’s Elliott State Forest. The decision will protect marbled murrelets, which are a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act....
Posted: Mon, Jul 1, 2024 9:48am PDT
Schmuecker Fox Farm in Luzerne, Iowa Raided; Every Last Fox Liberated 
Fur Farm Liberations Begin, What Are You Doing This Summer?...
Posted: Fri, Jun 21, 2024 11:14pm PDT
Lawsuit Filed Over Police Shooting of Blind, Deaf Dog in Missouri 
The complaint argues the lethal force used violates the 4th Amendment and seeks compensation for the plaintiff...
Posted: Mon, Jun 17, 2024 7:50am PDT
California Assembly Passes First-of-Its-Kind Bill to Improve Wildlife Connectivity 
SACRAMENTO, May 20, 2024 — The California Assembly passed the Room to Roam Act today, bringing improved statewide wildlife connectivity closer to reality. Assembly Bill 1889 now awaits state Senate approval....
Posted: Wed, May 22, 2024 11:27am PDT
June is the Beginning of “Fur Farm Raiding Season” 
Historically, June is the beginning of “fur farm raiding season”, when mink born in March mature to a state where they can be liberated into the wild....
Posted: Mon, May 20, 2024 1:24pm PDT
Colorado to Reintroduce Wolverines 
DENVER, Colo., May 20, 2024 — Colorado Gov. Jared Polis will sign into law today a bill to reintroduce wolverines to the state and allocate $750,000 from the Species Conservation Trust Fund for the task. Wolverines are native to Colorado but they were wiped out in the state in the early 1900s by trapping and poisoning....
Posted: Mon, May 20, 2024 1:11pm PDT
Congress Urged to Spend $100 Million to Save Monarch Butterflies 
Population Declines 60% as Fish and Wildlife Service Weighs Protections...
Posted: Mon, May 13, 2024 7:53am PDT
Tohono O’odham Students, Elders Name Arizona’s Newest Wild Jaguar 
SAN XAVIER, Tohono O’odham Nation, May 9, 2024 — Students from schools on the Tohono O’odham Nation, as well as groups of elders and nearly 1,000 Tribal members, have voted to name the newest detected wild jaguar to enter the United States from Mexico. The name chosen is O:ṣhad Ñu:kudam, which means “Jaguar Protector” in the O’odham language. (O:ṣhad Ñu:kudam is pronounced OH-shahd NOO-KOO-dum.)...
Posted: Fri, May 10, 2024 7:27am PDT
Second Lawsuit Filed to Protect Hawaiian Petrels From Dangerous Lighting at Maui’s Grand Wailea 
HONOLULU, May 2, 2024 — A coalition of conservation groups today filed a second lawsuit to protect Hawaiian petrels (ʻuaʻu) from dangerous lights used by the Grand Wailea Resort on Maui. Hawaiian petrels are protected as an endangered species under the Endangered Species Act....
Posted: Fri, May 3, 2024 8:53am PDT
Gray Whale Severely Entangled in Gillnet Fishing Gear off California 
Oceana Urges State Legislature to Pass Assembly Bill 2220 to Address These Entanglements...
Posted: Thu, Apr 11, 2024 12:01am PDT
California Senate Declares ‘Year of the California Grizzly Bear’ 2024 Marks Centennial of Last Sighting of State’s Official Animal...
Posted: Wed, Apr 10, 2024 9:57am PDT