Science Apr 06 Watch 5:26 Why the military is creating artificial reefs to protect U.S. shorelines Artificial, human-made reefs have been deployed around the country to enhance and protect coastlines. The Department of Defense is working to deploy them in waters off its coastal military bases with its “Reefense” project. Ali Rogin speaks with Catherine Campbell,… By Ali Rogin, Claire Mufson, Gerard Edic
Science Apr 06 Watch 2:54 Scientists work to restore wild ocelot populations with fertility treatments While ocelots are widespread in South and Central America, in the United States they are on the brink of extinction. They were once overhunted for their coats, and now they face shrinking habitats. Researchers hope that the key to restoring… By John Yang, Kaisha Young
Science Feb 28 UN biodiversity talks end with nations backing $200 billion per year plan to protect nature COP16’s successful conclusion is the first United Nations meeting in many months that ended on a positive note, as various meetings all through last year related to dealing with the global plastic pollution, climate change and the earlier biodiversity meeting… By Steven Grattan, Sibi Arasu, Associated Press
World Nov 02 COP16 delegates reach historic agreement to include Indigenous voices in conservation decisions Delegates on Saturday agreed at the United Nations conference on biodiversity to establish a subsidiary body that will include Indigenous peoples in future decisions on nature conservation, an important development that builds on a growing movement to recognize the role… By Steven Grattan, Associated Press
Oct 21 As UN conference nears, countries have made little progress toward biodiversity goals By Michael Casey, Christina Larson, Associated Press As of this week, around 46 percent of countries have submitted targets and less than 15 precent submitted plans for reaching them. Continue reading
Mar 16 Watch 5:56 Conservationists track surge in great white sharks off the coast of Cape Cod By David Wright, Barbara Dury and Justin Kenny, Rhode Island PBS Weekly Environmental efforts to protect sharks in recent years have resulted in a huge increase in the great white shark population off the New England coast. It’s a conservation success story, with potentially unnerving implications for beachgoers. Rhode Island PBS Weekly’s… Continue watching
Feb 03 Watch 8:39 Conservationists take drastic measures to save coral reefs from climate change By William Brangham, Winston Wilde, Sam Weber Coral reef ecosystems support a quarter of all marine life on Earth, but they are slowly dying under the relentless stresses of overfishing, pollution, disease and climate change. As part of our ongoing series “Saving Species,” William Brangham dives into… Continue watching
Feb 02 Feds won’t restore protections for gray wolves, propose national recovery plan By Matthew Brown, Todd Richmond, Associated Press The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service officials announced Friday that it has rejected petitions from environmental groups to add wolves in the northern Rockies and parts of the western U.S. to the Endangered Species List. Continue reading
Jan 28 Watch 5:09 How Montanans are banding together to preserve an iconic American landscape By Stan Parker, Montana PBS In Montana, an unlikely group of allies is working together to preserve a unique prairie ecosystem, and at the same time, help their own rural economies. Montana PBS’s Stan Parker reports from one of the planet’s last remaining intact grasslands. Continue watching