Tagged with Extinction 
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The shark of history bends toward justice
It’s time to end the practice of shark finning 5
Posted 3 months ago
Every half-second a shark is killed for its fins. “Finning," as the practice is known, is decimating shark populations world-wide. Every year up to 73 million sharks are caught, stripped of their fins, and left for dead in the ocean.
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Would you like frogs with that?
Frogs in the forest: the new canaries in the coal mine 4
Posted 4 months, 2 weeks ago
Today Grist devoured frogs for lunch -- well, not exactly. We sat down with conservation biologist Dr. Kerry Kriger of the newly minted nonprofit Save the Frogs! on his stop in Seattle during a country-wide speaking tour. As one of the lone voices raising the alarm for amphibians, Kriger dished about the worst disease ever to hit wildlife, why it's such a big deal that one-third of amphibians are threatened with extinction, and just how many people actually are having frogs for lunch.
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New research correlates mass extinctions with the rise and fall of oceans 9
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Slam Monk
Caribbean monk seal is extinct 2
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Owls are wimps 3
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Monday bummer blogging 17
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A non-technical piece on climate science 6
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Environment Day? Triage Day? The holiday needs more than a new name 1
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Heston on global warming 9
Posted 1 year, 7 months ago -
Notable quotable 2
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Bush administration ignoring environmental laws, building border wall anyway 27
Posted 1 year, 7 months ago -
Time in Memorial
Maya Lin’s latest memorial will pay tribute to the planet 0
Posted 1 year, 7 months ago -
NYT op-ed: pesticides wiping out songbirds 8
Posted 1 year, 7 months ago -
History Channel explores a world without humans 7
Posted 1 year, 9 months ago -
Newsweek‘s cover story deserves Pulitzer—and global action 5
Posted 2 years, 2 months ago -
Good News, Sad News 0
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Some good news and some bad news 9
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How wildlife biologists are becoming hospice workers 3
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So far, small-scale, local-minded beekeepers have dodged hive collapse. 19
Posted 2 years, 6 months ago -
Conservation plan nixed 4
Posted 2 years, 6 months ago