May 10 Watch 5:53 The brutal ‘industrial enterprise’ of black-market tiger trafficking It’s estimated that there are fewer than 4,000 tigers remaining in the wild today, compared to roughly 100,000 in the early 1900s. More tigers now live in captivity than in the wild, and many of those live in so-called “tiger… Continue watching
May 10 Koalas may be ‘functionally extinct’ — but what does that mean? By Christine Adams-Hosking, The Conversation Koalas are facing serious threats in the wild. Continue reading
May 06 Watch 7:06 Humans pushing 1 million species to brink of extinction, says UN report A new UN report reveals the extent to which mankind is changing life on Earth. Written by an international panel of experts, it concludes that nearly a quarter of animal and plant groups are at risk of extinction, some within… Continue watching
Mar 19 Delicious and nearly extinct, can white abalone be saved? By Lindsey Hoshaw, KQED On the brink of extinction, white abalone get another chance inside a Northern California science lab. Continue reading
Apr 28 Watch 6:29 How to save life on Earth, according to E.O. Wilson By Frank Carlson Biologist and Pulitzer winner E.O. Wilson has spent his life studying animals and fighting for their conservation. As species go extinct at 1,000 times the normal rate thanks to human interference, Wilson’s new book “Half Earth” holds a bold plan… Continue watching
Aug 31 Watch 54:26 PBS NewsHour full episode August 31, 2015 By PBS News Hour Monday on the NewsHour, why some presidential frontrunners are struggling to appeal to voters. Also: a trash epidemic triggers protests in Lebanon, major data hacks are used by China and Russia to reveal U.S spies, President Obama visits Alaska, chemical… Continue watching
Jan 23 Say what? Half the world’s languages will vanish by the end of the century By Frank Carlson There are over 6,000 languages spoken around the world today. But by the end of this century, fewer than half of them will remain. That's the driving concern of the new documentary "Language Matters," from poet Bob Holman and filmmaker… Continue reading
Jul 14 Scans of preserved mammoth babies thaw details into ancient animals’ development By Justin Scuiletti First of their kind scans of preserved infant woolly mammoths have made insight into the early stages of development for the 40,000 year-old prehistoric animals less fuzzy. Continue reading
May 29 Humans increased species extinction rate by 1,000 times, new study says By Justin Scuiletti Plant and animal extinctions are occurring at a rate of at least 1,000 times faster than the time before humans, a new study says. Continue reading
Apr 22 On Earth Day, how we play a role in extinction By Elizabeth Shell There are more than 40,000 endangered species in the world -- plants, animals, mollusks, reptiles, etc. -- according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources's Red List. How much of that is due to us?… Continue reading