America's #publiclands are in peril. The Senate version of President Donald Trump's tax bill calls for selling up to 3 million acres of public lands & puts more than 250 million acres at risk for ultimate sell-off. Please tell your senators to oppose the sell-off. ➡️ biodiv.us/handsoffpubliclands

Nautilus-shell bolo ties. Taxidermized coyote paws and preserved bobcat hearts. Art and jewelry made from butterflies' wings. You can buy these things (and others) on Etsy or eBay. We are calling on these platforms to commit to ending these sales by the end of the year. Add your voice ⬇️

In 2023, 6,052 international visitors to South Africa shot 34,515 animals. More than half the international visitors hailed from the United States, at 3,783 hunters, while the remainder primarily visited from European countries. www.conservationaction.co.za/dead-wild-an...

New research on male #elephant group dynamics showing males have their own hierarchical social structure--and not just the mostly solitary lives long conjectured. These findings raise questions about elephant management--from fencing to trophy hunting. www.scientificamerican.com/article/male...

Kudos to Nigeria for its work to help save #pangolins www.nytimes.com/2025/04/10/w...

Here we go -- trying to unearth the records behind the Interior funding freeze. biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press...

Kudos on this bust, but sorry to see these magnificent lizards in trade. They deserve to remain in the wild and as the official notes, such trade (including illegal trade) threatens biodiversity. #StopExtinction www.vienna.at/smuggling-st...

Scientists are warning: Fossil fuels and the fossil fuel industry drive the climate crisis, harm public health, worsen environmental injustice, and accelerate wildlife extinction. Read the paper: scientistswarningonfossilfuels.org

West Papua’s Indigenous people have called for a boycott of KitKat, Smarties and Aero chocolate, Oreo biscuits and Ritz crackers, Pantene and Herbal Essences, over alleged ecocide in their territory

An unknown illness kills over 50 people in part of Congo with hours between symptoms and death

When the fascists come, what do we do? Stand up, fight back. Here are 10 things you can do to resist. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

China submitted a document to CITES, the global wildlife trade convention, outlining its conservation measures, including using 1 metric ton of pangolin scales annually, equivalent to about 2,000 pangolins. news.mongabay.com/2025/01/chin...

YIKES. 19 #rhinos found dead at Kruger National Park in South Africa. That's not good news for the new year. #StopExtinction www.sabcnews.com/sabcnews/pol...

New study by Monitor and WWF-Hong Kong highlights Hong Kong’s significant role in the trade in bear-based traditional medicines, uncovering critical insights into the market dynamics, availability, and legality of bear bile products and gall bladders. lnkd.in/g7PkHEyN #bears #wildlifetrade

Customs seizes 2,179kg of pangolin scales in Jigawa, Nigeria Congratulations to all involved in this enforcement action! www.thecable.ng/customs-seiz... #pangolin #wildlifetrade #Nigeria #crime

Experts agree bird flu has become so widespread in wild birds that it can’t be stamped out. But we can work to ensure that wildlife populations are healthy and resilient enough to survive it by tackling the other threats they’re facing. #PreventPandemics www.nytimes.com/2024/12/13/s...

Many experts, including those at the World Health Organization, have faulted the U.S. response to the bird flu outbreak. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/18/h...

The USFWS today proposed to protect the Eastern Hellbender as an endangered species from New York to georgia. @centerforbiodiv.bsky.social petitioned list it in 2010, then won a court order overturning the agency's 2021 denial, leading to today's proposal. Have you ever seen such a cute creature?

Few animals make it to old age, and the ones that do are vulnerable to being hunted or exploited by humans, because of their size, or large antlers, horns or tusks. Eliminating them can have significant consequences for culture and social structures. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Three beautiful butterflies from Brazil are #endangered. Threatened due to an outdated hobby that nets them because of their bright colors, kills, pins, and frames them behind glass. Demand from US customers for decoration & habitat loss are two key threats. au.news.yahoo.com/three-of-the...

Just because you can purchase #wildlife on social media, doesn't mean you should. #Exploitation is a leading driver of species' extinctions. If we halt demand, we can #StopExtinction www.theguardian.com/environment/...

“He’s not a lunatic. He’s not someone wholly inappropriate for the job. But I fear the way his extractive agenda will play out in public lands.” ~ Our Great Basin Director @bitterwaterblue.bsky.social on Trump's pick of Doug Burgum for secretary of the interior. ⬇️

Consider expressing humor in moderation and as a moment of relief amid a seemingly constant onslaught of grim headlines and hard feelings. Don't deny the trouble in the world, but do give yourself a break. www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-...

“I think the thing that we’re preparing for more is sort of the potential aggressiveness and disregard for the rule of law,” said @bretthartl.bsky.social, our government affairs director.

Alarming #AvianFlu news: “It’s not the time to panic. But this should serve as a warning: this virus has the capacity to switch very quickly into a form that can cause severe disease.” #StopPandemics www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Proposed #giraffe protections are good news, but it took 7 years to get here. US officials should be racing like a cheetah to fight the global #extinction crisis, but they’re actually moving at a snail’s pace to protect imperiled wildlife. #StopExtinction www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Did you know giraffes have been undergoing a "silent extinction?" “We actually realized that there are fewer giraffes in Africa than elephants,” said @ts4biodiversity.bsky.social. But good news - they may be added to the Endangered Species List. 🎉 www.nytimes.com/2024/11/20/c...

Amazing news! 🎉: In response to a petition and lawsuit by the Center + our allies, today the USFWS proposed listing four species of #giraffes under the #EndangeredSpeciesAct! Learn more about our ongoing work to protect these animals ➡️ bit.ly/40Vvqxu 📷: @ts4biodiversity.bsky.social

Mostly good news for #giraffes with the US proposed Endangered Species Act listing. This species was facing a silent #extinction but we're pulling out all the stops to prevent the world from losing everyone's favorite long-necked animal. #StopExtinction biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press...

I got quoted by John Oliver on Last Week Tonight!! Thanks to @beckyhammer.bsky.social for originally making this go viral.

Kudos to the scientists pulling together the survey data documenting that forest elephant numbers decreased by an astonishing 90% while savanna elephant populations fell by an average of 70%. We have work to do to #SaveElephants urls.grow.me/y1EdhctK8J