In 2025, scientists at the California Academy of Sciences officially named 72 new species — beetles, sea slugs, fish, flowering plants, and a bird that has been hiding in plain sight in one of the most famous biological laboratories on Earth.

RFK’s dietary guidelines will wreak havoc on the planet. Even a 25% increase in protein consumed would need 100m more acres of farm land each year, about the size of California — plus hundreds of millions of tons more pollution writes @olliemilman.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Coyotes are such fascinating, maligned animals. As generalists, they survive in every environment, from the wilds of Yellowstone and Yosemite to urban streets and suburban neighborhoods. Now they’re swimming to Bay Area islands. First it was Angel Island… now The Rock? www.sfgate.com/local/articl...

What would the federal Dietary Guidelines for Americans look like if uncompromised by industry & an anti-science disregard for health and sustainability? Read the Uncompromised Guidelines by @biologicaldiversity.org & Center for Science in the Public Interest www.cspi.org/sites/defaul...

Like other factory farms, farmed fish or “aquaculture” spreads disease & drives climate change — from the destruction of mangrove ecosystems that sequester carbon to on-farm emissions, fossil fuels & the undermining of local food sovereignty. www.biologicaldiversity.org/programs/pop...

This is amazing. Hope it brightens your day and inspires you to help us protect these endangered turtles!

Propublica’s investigation drew on a report from @biologicaldiversity.org that shows half of the 2,400 miles of Southwest streams surveyed showed significant damage from livestock grazing in land designated as critical habitat under the Endangered Species Act. www.propublica.org/article/graz...

Damn good journalism. Welfare ranching is the Walmart of public lands. Wealthy ranch owners graze our public lands for pennies at the taxpayer’s dime while destroying wildlife & wild places. They’re trying to take even more & hope we won’t notice. @highcountrynews.org www.hcn.org/issues/57-12...

The @biologicaldiversity.org & Brighter Green’s new report shows the media failure to fully address the problems/solutions of the climate crisis: nearly 99% of climate stories didn’t mention sustainable diets & 97% failed to mention animal ag broadly. www.biologicaldiversity.org/programs/pop...

Wild creatures have their own intrinsic value. Our destruction of landscapes leads to vanishing of wild species, including bees that fertilize crops, trees that store carbon, frogs that deter malaria, and bats 🦇 who are better at insect control than pesticides www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

1/3 of greenhouse gases come from food. Yet climate solutions often ignore food policy. The new Food Systems NDC Scorecard evaluates how national climate plans incorporate food systems as a diagnostic tool & a roadmap for policy improvement. #COP30 earth.org/why-cop30s-s... @earthorg.bsky.social

"We spend so much time focused on distant birds that we don’t always see the birds closest to us. Like the birds on our plates." -- @jyunker.bsky.social today on @therevelator.org #birding #birds #animalwelfare therevelator.org/birding-blin...

Yet more science showing that regenerative grazing is overblown as a climate solution. A better path? Cut back on beef production altogether, and return grazing lands to nature. iffs.earth/living-repor...

Gray, fin, blue & humpback whales are protected by the Endangered Species Act, yet getting hit by ships is a leading cause of death (also threatening sea turtles). 10 gray whales have been killed in the Bay Area this year. 80 whale deaths on the coast are likely from ships. Agencies need to do more.

One in 5 kids in the US doesn’t know when their next meal will come. Universal free school meals improve academic performance, dramatically decrease food insecurity, and cut the bureaucracy preventing access to healthier, climate-friendly food. coloradonewsline.com/2025/11/04/c...

Republicans want to turn the American West into a discount feedlot for special interests. Cattle ranching on public lands degrades these sacred wild places, pushing endangered species towards extinction. They’re handing out a blank check for more destruction westernwatersheds.org/2025/10/new-...

The nominee to lead the BLM *actively hates the BLM* — He’s a shill for ranching, logging and Big Oil, a rabid anti environmentalist and conspiracy nut. He’s featured in this list of Public Lands Enemies www.biologicaldiversity.org/programs/pub... Nominees can be blocked. Call your reps.

Just pleased as peas thinking about all the billionaires and climate demons absolutely losing their sh*t in New York tonight — and all the working people who feel a bit of hope, a moment of joy, and maybe a little more seen.

Wild on Purpose: New book arrived today hot off the presses from my fav publisher Torrey House. Looking forward to cracking this open today @kjallen4.bsky.social

30 artists spent a year documenting a #rewilding project in the UK with fine #biodiversity & #climate angles The land had been converted for crops during the World War II ‘Dig for Victory’ campaign & now is going back to the care of wild things:

Bycatch is the greatest conservation threat to marine mammal populations. But some “sustainable seafood” certifications allow it in supply chains. Is there such a thing as sustainable “seafood” aka wildlife? This month’s Food X @biologicaldiversity.org www.biologicaldiversity.org/programs/pop...

Mutual aid is resistance. Build community, share joy, feed kids, save lives.

SNAP isn't about "people who don't work." It's about people who don't get paid enough to live. Of the 40 or so million people who rely on food stamps: * Two-thirds are children, seniors, or disabled * Most working-age adults who receive SNAP are employed—but in jobs that pay poverty wages

None of this helps the industry btw. Conflict with wildlife is .02% of livestock loss. Public lands grazing is 2-3% of US beef & is disastrous for wildlife. The industry is already highly promoted, subsidized and powerful. It’s Trump creating problems then pretending to fix them w his agenda

Garbage plan from USDA rolling all bad beef policies they can into one: — expand public lands grazing — weaken ESA protections for wolves, coyotes, bears — increase US beef production & demand — push beef in Dietary Guidelines (influencing school food programs etc) www.usda.gov/sites/defaul...

Cattle production is the leading source of deforestation, species loss & ag related water use & emissions. USDA vow to “open up new lands, to make it easier to become a rancher” come with Trump’s historic assaults on western public lands that will destroy nature www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

For the first time in more than 100 years, Chinook salmon have been spotted at the confluence of the Sprague and Williamson rivers in Chiloquin, the government seat of the Klamath Tribes in Southern Oregon.

New climate report from @iatp.bsky.social @foeus.bsky.social and FoodRise quantified the climate impact of the top 45 Big Meat/Dairy producers that emit more methane emissions than the entire EU and UK combined. insideclimatenews.org/news/2110202...

This year’s Food Justice Film Festival has an incredible lineup of award-winning films: - Farming While Black - Tea Creek - LA Foodways - Feeding Change ⭐️ Watch free Oct 23-26🌎 Sign up: foodjusticefilmfestival.com And don’t forget the Food X newsletter: www.biologicaldiversity.org/programs/pop...

This surfing sea otter shot is pretty epic.. Shmuel Thaler/The Santa Cruz Sentinel, via Associated Press.

Fin whale eye, closeup. Fin whales are the second largest whale on the planet and their eyes are the size of a grapefruit. Amazing creatures.

The story of eels is bizarre, the human attempts to find eel gonads for thousands of years is crazy, our efforts to understand how they get from ponds to the sea is mind boggling, their ecological decline is a tragic warning, and this essay itself by @brookejarvis.bsky.social is incredible.

Cattle #grazing has become a controversial and often confusing topic that's tied up with issues like methane and the #ClimateCrisis, deforestation, and culture and colonialism. This site uses facts and science to cut through common myths about the impact of cattle on our planet ⬇️

Hanging onto every bit of good news The river has come alive in the Klamath with wild Chinook salmon. The wider ecosystem is healing. This most powerful story of Indigenous-led #rewilding after the largest dam removal in US history keeps getting better. lostcoastoutpost.com/2025/oct/9/o...

It’s come to my attention that you may not know I codesigned an entire website dedicated to cattle grazing. What it’s doing to wildlife, watersheds and whether grass-fed, regenerative beef is a climate solution. Separating fact from fiction with a new look at wild places we love grazingfacts.com

Wild sacred lands with no billboards, no new mining scars or paved roads. “National monuments go beyond protecting land; they are acts of memory, our acknowledgment that certain histories, species and landscapes hold stories too vital to be entered into a balance sheet.” Beautiful, by Josh Jackson

Hanging onto every bit of good news The river has come alive in the Klamath with wild Chinook salmon. The wider ecosystem is healing. This most powerful story of Indigenous-led #rewilding after the largest dam removal in US history keeps getting better. lostcoastoutpost.com/2025/oct/9/o...

Incredible

A rule lets livestock facilities not report ammonia & hydrogen sulfide pollution. Industry groups say the data is "of no particular value." But advocates say this data could help communities hold CAFOs responsible for brain & lung damage caused by these emissions. capitalpress.com/2025/10/07/a...

This month, we will be hosting the 6th annual free, virtual Food Justice Film Festival. This year featuring Black, Hawaiian and other Indigenous farmers, co ops, community gardens, and interviews with filmmakers and food activists. Sign up: www.biologicaldiversity.org/programs/pop...

super cool study found human artifacts in Bearded vulture nests, incl. "weaponry like a crossbow bolt and wooden lance, decorated sheep leather, and parts of a slingshot....a shoe made from twigs and grass is ~675-years-old." link to paper: doi.org/10.1002/ecy..... www.popsci.com/environment/... 🧪🌍🦉

A committee of tribal members named the place tooromakma hinse nii (pronounced toe row mock ma hēēn say knee), which, in the Mutsun language, means “bobcats wander here.”

What does a healthier diet look like for us and for the planet? The new EAT-Lancet report is out today. With less food waste, better farming shifting diets with 2/3 more fruit +veg+nuts & much less meat we can cut food emissions in half & protect water & wildlife. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

The drying of the Great Salt Lake in Utah is threatening the survival of a rare shorebird. @biologicaldiversity.org is preparing a lawsuit to protect the Wilson’s Phalarope and the lake #birds biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press...

At a time when we need more of her and less of the rest, it is our great loss. Eternally grateful for the kindness with which she lived by example, her revolutionary study of chimpanzees that shifted scientific understanding of animals and nature, and decades of advocating for a humane world.

We (@biologicaldiversity.org) filed a lawsuit today seeking public records about the USDA’s devastating cuts to programs that support farmers, local food, urban green spaces and conservation education for food producers that increase equitable access to land and markets for underserved producers.

A recipe for disaster. Looking to the last shutdown, petroglyphs were vandalized, off-roading tore up fragile ecosystems in Death Valley and Joshua Tree, and overflowing human waste and trash forced Sequoia and Kings Canyon to close.

At a time when we need more of her and less of the rest, it is our great loss. Eternally grateful for the kindness with which she lived by example, her revolutionary study of chimpanzees that shifted scientific understanding of animals and nature, and decades of advocating for a humane world.

Birds do it. Wildebeests do it. Sharks do it, too — migrate, that is. We have the latest science on their incredible (and unexpected) journeys. @melissagaskill.bsky.social reports: https://therevelator.org/migration-sharks/

Sounds wild. The first episode of an inspiring new podcast from @biologicaldiversity.org on fighting the extinction crisis. This episode features Tierra Curry, hellbenders, monarch butterflies, freshwater mussels and converting despair into hope. www.iheart.com/podcast/269-...