She’s Starting a Blood Bank for Zoos
Captive animals sometimes need a transfusion, but the typical approach to blood banking isn’t practical for zoos and aquariums. One veterinarian is testing a solution.
Environment & Sustainability
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North Carolina Cattle Farmer to Pay $92,000 for Damaging Mountain Streams
Wildlife officials had to rescue, relocate brook trout after Bottomley Properties cleared hundreds of acres of mountain forest for grazing. By Lisa Sorg ALLEGHANY COUNTY, N.C.—One of the most prominent cattle farmers in North Carolina has reached a financial settlement…
Buffalo Tests its Status as a Climate Refuge
Politicians tout its mild summers. Its Puerto Rican population has grown since Hurricane Maria. But can Western New York retain its insulation from the worst outcomes of climate change in the future? By Finya Swai, Erin Drumm BUFFALO, N.Y.—At a…
Nominee for Top Federal Water Role Withdraws Amid Pushback from Some Colorado River States
Longtime Arizona water manager Ted Cooke’s nomination faced pushback from politicians and water officials in other states who feared he would bring bias to the agency’s oversight of the river. By Alex Hager, KUNC The Trump Administration’s nominee to run…
Rising seas won’t reduce ocean borders of small island nations, UN court rules
A landmark opinion from the United Nations International Court of Justice has ruled that rising sea levels caused by climate change do not require countries to redraw their maritime borders. Small island nations, among the most vulnerable to sea level…
Who pays for wildfire damage? In the West, utilities are shifting the risk to customers
Every spring, investors flock to Omaha, Nebraska, for Berkshire Hathaway’s annual shareholder meeting, where Warren Buffett holds court. Insiders call it Woodstock for Capitalists, and CNBC covers it with the fervor of Fox Sports on Super Bowl Sunday. Last year’s…
Sussan Ley says she ‘misspoke’ after comments that Coalition doesn’t believe in setting climate targets
Liberal leader later clarifies she doesn’t support setting targets while in opposition Liberal leader Sussan Ley has indicated the Coalition won’t set a 2030 or 2035 climate target unless they one day return to government, saying her colleagues didn’t back…
São Tomé and Príncipe commits to creating a marine protected area network
The island nation of São Tomé and Príncipe has taken a significant step in marine conservation, announcing that it will establish eight marine protected areas in its coastal waters. The declaration is the country’s first formal commitment to marine protection.…
Week in wildlife: a flying teddy, a fishy shipwreck and a globe-trotting sea slug
The best of this week’s wildlife photographs from around the world Continue reading…
Ten new wild swimming locations should be created in London, report says
London assembly committee says move will increase cleanliness of waterways and offer more access to outdoors Ten new wild swimming locations should be created in London, a report from the London assembly has said, to boost cleanliness of the capital’s…