Nearly 600 manatees died in Florida waters in 2020
Newly written draft language for proposed boater safety legislation may help protect threatened manatees from being killed by boat strikes. Last year, 593 manatees were...
Mysterious Dolphin Deaths Linked To Climate Change In New Study
In 2007, scientists studying dolphins in the Gippsland Lakes of South Eastern Australia noticed something alarming. Dead dolphins were washing up on shore, covered in...
5 Environmental Stories That Could Dominate In 2021
As the climate crisis worsens, the coronavirus pandemic rages, and Joe Biden prepares to take office, a look at big environmental stories that could define...
Arctic Animals’ Movement Patterns are Shifting in Different Ways as the Climate Changes
For animals in the Arctic, life is a balancing act. Seasonal cues, such as warmer spring temperatures or cooler temperatures in the fall, tell animals...
At Sea and in Court, the Fight to Save Right Whales Intensifies
Artie Raslich has been volunteering for seven years with the conservation group Gotham Whale, working on the American Princess, a whale-watching boat based in Sheepshead...
Ocean warming spurs marine life to rapid migration
Far from the sunlight and even at the lowest temperatures, ocean warming is making marine life uncomfortable. The post Ocean warming spurs marine life to...
The International Space Station Just Became a Powerful Tool for Tracking Animal Migration
The so-called ‘internet of animals,’ powered by an antenna aboard the ISS, will track thousands of creatures across the entire planet.
Will Climate Change Push These Amphibians to the Brink?
Aerial photos of the Sierra Nevada — the long mountain range stretching down the spine of California — showed rust-colored swathes following the state's record-breaking...