Wildlife

"Penned in by freeways, LA’s big cats face extinction – but a new wildlife crossing might be the answer".

"The Path of the Pronghorn is a 170-mile migration route that the antelope-like creatures have traveled annually for 6,000 years. It is one of North America’s last remaining long-distance terrestrial migration corridors. And it is at risk."

"The Bureau of Land Management is hoping to revive controversial revisions to Obama-era greater sage grouse protection plans that a federal judge blocked last year."

"A decision by the Department of the Interior to open up comments on a scientific study looking at how polar bears are impacted by oil and gas activity is raising questions from observers who say the department may be looking to undermine any opposition to drilling in protected Alaskan wilderness."

"Bald eagles across the United States are dying from lead bullets -- but it's not because they're being shot. The Cape Fear Raptor Center, North Carolina's largest eagle rehab facility, has treated seven eagles in the past month for lead poisoning, executive director Dr. Joni Shimp told CNN."

"The Bureau of Land Management's proposal to remove more than 1,700 wild horses from a Nevada herd area complies with federal laws, a judge has ruled."

"The platypus is imperiled by habitat loss, predation by feral cats, and now drought and wildfires wrought by climate change."

"A controversial Interior Department pro-hunting panel has ended with a whimper instead of a bang. In a remarkably anti-climactic conclusion to a heated clash over the costs and benefits of trophy hunting, the Justice Department disclosed in a legal filing Friday that Interior had let the International Wildlife Conservation Council expire."