"Park Service Begs Visitors: Please Stop Licking These Psychedelic Toads"
"The National Park Service dropped an unusual warning recently, urging visitors to stop licking toads."
Source: HuffPost, 11/08/2022
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"Will CITES Finally Act To Protect Rosewood This Month? (Commentary)"
"CITES COP-19 starts in mid-November 2022 and is likely going to be a decisive meeting for the protection of species such as rosewood.
Both CITES and Madagascar have banned the export of rosewood and ebony, but there appears to be no end to the illegal trade, and the fate of nearly 40,000 illegally-exported rosewood logs seized in Singapore, Kenya and Sri Lanka in 2014 is still uncertain.
Source: Mongabay, 11/08/2022
Climate Change Threatening ‘Things Americans Value Most’ -- U.S. Report
"Climate change is unleashing “far-reaching and worsening” calamities in every region of the United States, and the economic and human toll will only increase unless humans move faster to slow the planet’s warming, according to a sprawling new federal report released Monday.
Source: Washington Post, 11/08/2022
Bird Migration Explorer Can Help Hatch Environmental Stories
A new data mapper that allows users to track bird migrations is a cache of ideas for journalists looking to illustrate the connections between birds, habitats and human activity. The latest Reporter’s Toolbox takes a (non-geeky) look at the Bird Migration Explorer, how to best use it and the range of story possibilities it may yield.
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"The Pinyon Jay’s Plight"
"Two culprits have pushed this keystone species to the brink in New Mexico."
Source: The Revelator, 11/03/2022
"Scientists Go To Bat For Halloween’s Iconic, At-Risk Species"
"Federal agencies and their allies are reinforcing the fight against the scary and, yes, tricky disease that’s been wiping out bat populations."
Source: E&E News, 11/01/2022
ESA Inaction Spells Trouble for an Iconic Grassland Bird
The lesser prairie-chicken is in dire need of protection, but a decision on listing it under the Endangered Species Act is months overdue. Environmental reporter Mike Smith looks at the causes and potential consequences of the bureaucratic delay and muses on whether this unique bird will go the way of its even more imperiled relative, the Attwater’s prairie-chicken.
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Could Biodiversity Be Bee’s Knees for Environmental Journalists This Fall?
While a global gathering on biodiversity this winter will be news in itself, enterprising reporters can also find many biodiversity stories in their own backyards. The latest TipSheet offers insight into the domestic U.S. battle over endangered species, with a tale of a Tennessee dam, and a better understanding of the biodiversity-habitat connection. Plus, story ideas and reporting resources.
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Humans Decimating Wildlife, Report Warns Ahead Of U.N. Biodiversity Talks
"Wildlife populations tracked by scientists shrank by nearly 70%, on average, between 1970 and 2018, a recent assessment has found."
Source: Mongabay, 10/31/2022
"Bar-Tailed Godwit Sets World Record With 13,560Km Continuous Flight"
"Satellite tag data suggests five-month-old migratory bird did not stop during voyage which took 11 days and one hour to reach Tasmania".
Source: Guardian, 10/27/2022
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