"US Navy Banned From Using Sonar That Harms Dolphins And Walruses" [1]
"A federal appeals court ruled on Friday that the US Navy was wrongly allowed to use sonar in the nation’s oceans that could harm whales and other marine life."
"A federal appeals court ruled on Friday that the US Navy was wrongly allowed to use sonar in the nation’s oceans that could harm whales and other marine life."
"The US government is set to unleash drones that fire vaccine-covered M&Ms in a bid to save the endangered black-footed ferret, a species that is facing a plague epidemic across America’s great plains."
"Insect populations are declining dramatically in many parts of the world, recent studies show. Researchers say various factors, from monoculture farming to habitat loss, are to blame for the plight of insects, which are essential to agriculture and ecosystems."
"The Bornean orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) is now critically endangered according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). This change means that both species of orangutan now face an “extremely high risk of extinction in the wild.”"
"European commissions’ opposition to a proposed global ban will spell the beginning of a mass extinction of African elephants, warn officials from 29 African states".
"The Aleutian Islands National Wildlife Refuge, now part of the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge, turned 100 three years ago."
"As mosquito season heats up, bringing with it the threat of the West Nile and Zika viruses, one Long Island town is taking an unorthodox approach: bats."
"A new study says the population of Adelie penguins in the Antarctic could drop dramatically in population by 2099 due to climate change. Megan Cimino, who headed the study, explains why."
"As the EU member States meet today to discuss their position on whether to ban the ivory trade, a delegation of the African Elephant Coalition, representing 29 African countries, is calling urgently on the European Union and the European Commission to grasp a historic opportunity and follow through on their commitments to ban the ivory trade."
"A coalition of state wildlife regulators today announced that the population of lesser prairie chickens in the wild has fallen by more than 13 percent since the last annual aerial survey -- a troubling outcome the Obama administration predicted earlier this year."
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[1] https://www.sej.org/headlines/us-navy-banned-using-sonar-harms-dolphins-and-walruses
[2] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/laws
[3] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/military
[4] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/water
[5] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/wildlife
[6] https://www.sej.org/taxonomy/term/81
[7] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national
[8] https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/jul/16/us-navy-banned-from-using-sonar-that-harms-dolphins-and-walruses
[9] https://www.sej.org/headlines/drones-unleash-vaccine-laced-mms-bid-save-endangered-ferrets
[10] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/great-plains
[11] https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/jul/12/us-government-black-footed-ferret-mandm-vaccines
[12] https://www.sej.org/headlines/vanishing-act-why-insects-are-declining-and-why-it-matters
[13] https://www.sej.org/category/region/international
[14] http://e360.yale.edu/content/feature.msp?id=3012
[15] https://www.sej.org/headlines/bornean-orangutan-declared-%E2%80%98critically-endangered%E2%80%99-forests-shrink
[16] https://www.sej.org/category/region/international/australia-oceania
[17] https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/jul/07/bornean-orangutan-declared-critically-endangered-as-forests-shrink
[18] https://www.sej.org/headlines/african-officials-appalled-eu-opposes-total-ban-ivory-trade
[19] https://www.sej.org/category/region/international/africa
[20] https://www.sej.org/category/region/international/europe
[21] https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/jul/06/african-wildlife-officials-appalled-as-eu-opposes-a-total-ban-on-ivory-trade
[22] https://www.sej.org/headlines/fewer-foxes-and-rats-aleutians-again-birding-paradise
[23] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/alaska-and-hawaii
[24] http://www.adn.com/alaska-life/we-alaskans/2016/07/03/with-few-foxes-and-rats-aleutians-reclaim-status-as-a-birding-paradise/
[25] https://www.sej.org/headlines/devouring-mosquitoes-bats-are-now-welcome-guests-zika-fears-rise
[26] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-health
[27] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/northeast
[28] http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/05/nyregion/devouring-1000-mosquitoes-an-hour-bats-are-now-welcome-guests-as-zika-fears-rise.html
[29] https://www.sej.org/headlines/adelie-penguins-danger
[30] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/climate-change
[31] https://www.sej.org/category/region/international/antarctica-arctic
[32] http://www.npr.org/2016/07/03/484602936/adelie-penguins-in-danger
[33] https://www.sej.org/headlines/29-african-nations-urge-eu-halt-elephant-slaughter
[34] http://ens-newswire.com/2016/07/04/29-african-nations-urge-eu-to-halt-elephant-slaughter/
[35] https://www.sej.org/headlines/prairie-chicken-numbers-plunge
[36] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/agriculture
[37] http://www.eenews.net/stories/1060039739
[38] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/wildlife?page=150
[39] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/wildlife?page=147
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[41] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/wildlife?page=149
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[43] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/wildlife?page=153
[44] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/wildlife?page=154
[45] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/wildlife?page=155
[46] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/wildlife?page=236