Tag: Wildlife
Study: Drought-breaking rains more erratic, rare in US West
BILLINGS, Mont. — Rainstorms grew more erratic and droughts much longer across most of the U.S. West over the past half-century as climate change...
Suit seeks to reverse Trump changes to sea turtle protection
NEW ORLEANS — Conservation groups sued on Tuesday to reverse changes made under former President Donald Trump to rules protecting sea turtles, even though...
Study: US pesticide use falls but harms pollinators more
<p>American farmers are using smaller amounts of better targeted pesticides, but these are harming pollinators, aquatic insects and some plants far more than decades...
Groups urge pressure on Mexico to save tiny vaquita porpoise
<p>MEXICO CITY — Environmental groups called Thursday for an international ban on trade in a range of Mexican seafood and wildlife, seeking to force...
Study: US pesticide use falls but harms pollinators more
American farmers are using smaller amounts of better targeted pesticides, but these are harming pollinators, aquatic insects and some plants far more than decades...
Groups urge pressure on Mexico to save tiny vaquita porpoise
MEXICO CITY — Environmental groups called Thursday for an international ban on trade in a range of Mexican seafood and wildlife, seeking to force...
Automakers BMW, Volvo back moratorium on deep seabed mining
<p>BERLIN — Automakers BMW and Volvo announced Wednesday that they support a moratorium on deep seabed mining for minerals used in electric vehicle batteries...
In quieter Mexico City, rare bats make an appearance
<p>MEXICO CITY — At a Mexico City university campus, researchers are stringing mesh nets between trees, hoping to capture evidence that a rare bat...
US judge blocks Nevada grazing; sage grouse totals dwindling
<p>RENO, Nev. — A federal judge has blocked a Nevada project that would expand livestock grazing across 400 squares miles (1,036 square kilometers), of...
Automakers BMW, Volvo back moratorium on deep seabed mining
BERLIN — Automakers BMW and Volvo announced Wednesday that they support a moratorium on deep seabed mining for minerals used in electric vehicle batteries...