by Beth Holmes | Dec 13, 2023 | Climate Change, Conservation, Uncategorized
Cheetahs are beginning to hunt at night more as daytime temperatures in their biome soar, putting them in conflict with other cats. In a recent study published in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B, researchers uncovered a shift in the hunting behavior of...
by Beth Holmes | Oct 1, 2023 | Conservation, Uncategorized
Logging old-growth forests in Oregon and Washington under Trump-era rules violates several other laws, according to a federal judge. On Thursday, U.S. Magistrate Judge Andrew Hallman ruled that the U.S. Forest Service violated many other laws when it amended...
by Beth Holmes | Jan 11, 2023 | Conservation, Profiles, Sustainability
Marina Silva, Amazon activist, is President-elect Lula’s choice for Brazil’s new minister of environment. Marina Silva grew up in the Amazon, working as child labor on a rubber plantation. As an adult, she has worked hard to undo the damage of the kind of...
by Beth Holmes | Nov 21, 2022 | Conservation, Environmental hazards
An Okefenokee mine in Georgia is the center of a lawsuit against the Army Corps of Engineers over lax oversight. Twin Pines Minerals intends to move ahead with mining titanium dioxide near the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, a large nature refuge in Georgia. The...
by Beth Holmes | Oct 10, 2022 | Conservation, Environmental hazards
Australia intends to set aside nearly a million square miles of land to protect endangered species. This summer, an environmental report card by the Australian government showed the country as one of the worst for species decline. They’ve lost more mammal...