Science Dec 23 AI-assisted wildlife surveillance is ‘urgently needed,’ new paper shows AI-assisted wildlife surveillance is “urgently needed” as some 28 percent of all plant and animal species are now at risk of extinction, according to a paper published in the academic journal Science this summer. By Matt O'Brien, Associated Press
Science Dec 21 Watch 4:00 Conservation groups try to save tiny deer in the Florida Keys from a warming planet A type of white-tailed deer unique to the Florida Keys has been on the endangered species list for nearly 60 years. Only about 800 Key deer remain, and their habitat is under growing threat from rising sea levels. William Brangham… By William Brangham, Lorna Baldwin
Nation Nov 07 Florida’s iconic Key deer face an uncertain future as seas rise By 2050, sea rise is expected to overtake about 84% of the 1,988 remaining acres (805 hectares) of the preferred habitat on Big Pine Key — and “the deer will already be gone,” Silvy said. By Freida Frisaro, Lynne Sladky, Daniel Kozin, Associated Press
World Jul 03 These cacti are status symbols on social media. In the desert, they’re endangered According to a new report from the International Union for Conservation of Nature, 82 percent of copiapoa cacti species are now at risk of extinction — driven largely by an increase in poaching and illegal trade facilitated by social media. By Vivian Hoang
Apr 06 Watch 1:16 Dozens of endangered sea turtles released off the coast of Georgia By John Yang, Kaisha Young On Jekyll Island off the Georgia coast, some sea turtles and people who care about their survival marked a small victory on Thursday. The Georgia Sea Turtle Center teamed up with volunteers from Northeast aquariums and conservation groups to move… Continue watching
Mar 02 Watch 7:14 Can science save the northern white rhino from extinction and even bring back the dodo? By John Yang, Lorna Baldwin, Harry Zahn The northern white rhinoceros is one of the world’s biggest animals, and one of the most endangered. Only two are known to be alive, both female. But scientific breakthroughs are raising hopes for saving the rhino and perhaps even bringing… 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
Dec 10 Watch 9:45 How the black-footed ferret is making a comeback from the brink of extinction By John Yang, Lorna Baldwin, Claire Mufson When President Nixon signed the Endangered Species Act into law 50 years ago, one of the first on the endangered list was the black-footed ferret, North America’s rarest animal. Once thought to be extinct, they are making their way back… Continue watching
Nov 25 ‘Adopt an axolotl’ campaign in Mexico aims to help save critically endangered species By Daniel Shailer, Associated Press Ecologists from Mexico's National Autonomous university on Friday relaunched a fundraising campaign to bolster conservation efforts for axolotls, an iconic, endangered fish-like type of salamander. Continue reading