Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #threatenedspecies, aggregated by home.social.
Yakka skink numbers increase in Charleville after fences installed
When Stephen Peck visits yakka skink colonies scattered between Cape York and southern Queensland, he sees a species…
#NewsBeep #News #Australia #AU #Conservation #Ecology #outback #reptile #skink #threatenedspecies #vulnerablespecies
https://www.newsbeep.com/au/939765/
Yakka skink numbers increase in Charleville after fences installed
When Stephen Peck visits yakka skink colonies scattered between Cape York and southern Queensland, he sees a species…
#Australia #AU #Austrlia #Conservation #ecology #outback #reptile #skink #threatenedspecies #vulnerablespecies
https://www.europesays.com/australia/128798/
Celebrating a decade of WA’s Wheatbelt conservation on the silver screen
Ten yea…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Wildlife #animalrehabilitation #australianwildlifeconservancy #AWC #conservation #conservationsuccess #DOCO #documentary #Endangeredspecies #feralanimals #GoodNews #MtGibsonsanctuary #MtGibsonWildlifeSanctuary #Pests #predatorfreefence #Science #springloadedwoylie #threatenedspecies #wanews #whatisawoylie? #wheatbelt
https://www.newsbeep.com/us/886672/
Celebrating a decade of WA’s Wheatbelt conservation on the silver screen
Ten years of late-night stake-outs and…
#NewsBeep #News #Wildlife #animalrehabilitation #AU #Australia #AustralianWildlifeConservancy #AWC #Conservation #conservationsuccess #DOCO #documentary #Endangeredspecies #feralanimals #GoodNews #MtGibsonsanctuary #MtGibsonWildlifeSanctuary #pests #predatorfreefence #Science #springloadedwoylie #threatenedspecies #WANews #whatisawoylie? #wheatbelt
https://www.newsbeep.com/au/932201/
https://www.europesays.com/ie/739917/ Celebrating a decade of WA’s Wheatbelt conservation on the silver screen #AnimalRehabilitation #AustralianWildlifeConservancy #AWC #conservation #ConservationSuccess #doco #documentary #Éire #EndangeredSpecies #FeralAnimals #GoodNews #IE #Ireland #MtGibsonSanctuary #MtGibsonWildlifeSanctuary #pests #PredatorFreeFence #Science #SpringLoadedWoylie #ThreatenedSpecies #WANews #WhatIsAWoylie? #Wheatbelt #Wildlife
https://www.europesays.com/uk/1258367/ Flying fox starvation raises Lyssavirus warning as researchers raise concern for forests #Animals #Conservation #FlyingFoxDeaths #FlyingFoxesStarving #ForestSpecies #FruitBats #FruitBatsImpactOnForests #PollinatingForests #Science #ThreatenedSpecies #UK #UnitedKingdom #wildlife #WildlifeCarers
Flying fox starvation raises Lyssavirus warning as researchers raise concern for forests
A suspected flying fox mass starvation event along the east coast of Australia could disrupt the health of…
#NewsBeep #News #Wildlife #Animals #conservation #flyingfoxdeaths #flyingfoxesstarving #forestspecies #fruitbats #fruitbatsimpactonforests #pollinatingforests #Science #threatenedspecies #UK #UnitedKingdom #wildlifecarers
https://www.newsbeep.com/uk/805346/
Flying fox starvation raises Lyssavirus warning as researchers raise concern for forests
A suspected flying fox mass starvation event along the east coast of Australia could disrupt the health of…
#Australia #Animals #AU #Austrlia #Conservation #flyingfoxdeaths #flyingfoxesstarving #forestspecies #fruitbats #fruitbatsimpactonforests #pollinatingforests #threatenedspecies #wildlifecarers
https://www.europesays.com/australia/122888/
Flying fox starvation raises Lyssavirus warning as researchers raise concern for forests
A suspected flying fox mass starvation event along the east coast of Australia could disrupt the health of…
#NewsBeep #News #Wildlife #Animals #AU #Australia #Conservation #flyingfoxdeaths #flyingfoxesstarving #forestspecies #fruitbats #fruitbatsimpactonforests #pollinatingforests #Science #threatenedspecies #wildlifecarers
https://www.newsbeep.com/au/930810/
https://www.europesays.com/3314384/ Flying fox starvation raises Lyssavirus warning as researchers raise concern for forests #animals #australia #conservation #FlyingFoxDeaths #FlyingFoxesStarving #ForestSpecies #FruitBats #FruitBatsImpactOnForests #PollinatingForests #ThreatenedSpecies #WildlifeCarers
Critically endangered Norfolk Island morepork owl faces genetic bottleneck
Researchers are warning a rare owl descended from a single breeding pair on Norfolk Island could die out…
#NewsBeep #News #Wildlife #allieanderson #boopook #endangeredspeciesnorfolkisland #inbredowl #moreporkowl #moreporkowlnorfolkisland #norfolkisland #rohanclarke #Science #speciesconservation #threatenedspecies #UK #UnitedKingdom
https://www.newsbeep.com/uk/774579/
https://www.europesays.com/uk/1210523/ Critically endangered Norfolk Island morepork owl faces genetic bottleneck #AllieAnderson #boopook #EndangeredSpeciesNorfolkIsland #InbredOwl #MoreporkOwl #MoreporkOwlNorfolkIsland #NorfolkIsland #RohanClarke #Science #SpeciesConservation #ThreatenedSpecies #UK #UnitedKingdom #wildlife
Critically endangered Norfolk Island morepork owl faces genetic bottleneck
Researchers are warning a rare owl descended from a single breeding pair on Norfolk Island could die out…
#NewsBeep #News #Wildlife #allieanderson #AU #Australia #boopook #endangeredspeciesnorfolkisland #inbredowl #moreporkowl #moreporkowlnorfolkisland #norfolkisland #rohanclarke #Science #speciesconservation #threatenedspecies
https://www.newsbeep.com/au/896320/
https://www.europesays.com/ie/694242/ Critically endangered Norfolk Island Morepork owl faces genetic bottleneck #AllieAnderson #boopook #Éire #EndangeredSpeciesNorfolkIsland #IE #InbredOwl #Ireland #MoreporkOwl #MoreporkOwlNorfolkIsland #NorfolkIsland #RohanClarke #Science #SpeciesConservation #ThreatenedSpecies #Wildlife
https://www.europesays.com/people/190221/ Leonardo DiCaprio And Jeff Bezos Team Up On $200M Wildlife Project #Conservation #CriticallyEndangeredSpecies #EnglishPremierLeague #IUCN #JeffBezos #LeonardoDicaprio #LiverpoolFC #PhilanthropicInitiative #PhoenixSpeciesProject #ThreatenedSpecies
Rare cargo loaded onto Qantas plane for one-hour ‘nerve-wracking’ flight
Plastic tubs containing some of Australia’s most important reptiles were loaded onto a Qantas flight and flown to…
#Australia #AU #Austrlia #blue-tailedskink #christmasisland #endangeredspecies #HorsburghIsland #PuluBlanMadar #QantasFlight #ShaylaStefanetti #threatenedspecies
https://www.europesays.com/australia/72330/
https://www.europesays.com/people/182788/ Leonardo DiCaprio and Jeff Bezos lead $200M project to save 100 of globe’s most threatened species | Celebrities #Amazon #animals #biologist #ClimateChange #earth #Entertainment #environment #habitat #JeffBezos #LeonardoDecaprio #national #ThreatenedSpecies #WesSechrest #world
https://www.europesays.com/ie/625122/ Jeff Bezos and Leonardo DiCaprio accused of ‘greenwashing’ with launch of $200 million project to save endangered species #Amazon #CriticallyEndangeredSpecies #Éire #EndangeredSpecies #Environment #Greenwashing #IE #Ireland #JeffBezos #LeonardoDiCaprio #PhoenixSpeciesProject #Science #ThreatenedSpecies
https://www.europesays.com/people/180598/ Jeff Bezos and Leonardo DiCaprio accused of ‘greenwashing’ with launch of $200 million project to save endangered species #Amazon #CriticallyEndangeredSpecies #EndangeredSpecies #greenwashing #JeffBezos #LeonardoDicaprio #PhoenixSpeciesProject #ThreatenedSpecies
https://www.europesays.com/people/180299/ Jeff Bezos and Leonardo DiCaprio accused of ‘greenwashing’ with launch of $200 million project to save endangered species #Amazon #CriticallyEndangeredSpecies #EndangeredSpecies #greenwashing #JeffBezos #LeonardoDicaprio #PhoenixSpeciesProject #ThreatenedSpecies
In 1991, America listed the razorback sucker as endangered; 35 years later, it has been moved to threatened after one population reached about 36,000 adults
The razorback sucker was first listed as an endangered species in 1991. US Fish and Wildlife Service has…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Environment #ColoradoRiver #Endangeredspecies #razorbacksucker #Science #threatenedspecies #USFishandWildlifeService
https://www.newsbeep.com/us/795610/
⛏️ Aussie and UK scientists say mining is a threat to over 12k species across the globe, including close to 6k that are already listed as 'threatened'
✨Follow the link for more information on this story✨
https://www.scimex.org/newsfeed/mining-a-threat-to-over-12-000-species-globally
#science #sciencenews #research #stem #facts #knowledge #sciencefacts #mining #threatenedspecies
(Posting in my personal capacity.)
#SeaTurtle nesting season is underway in the #OBX, #NorthCarolina. @HatterasIslandOceanCenter Manager, Shirley Wicker, explained to me the #turtles’ life cycle and how to protect them. #endangeredspecies #threatenedspecies #oceans #science #environment
Winnipeg couple becomes unwitting hosts to ‘musical roommates’ as threatened chimney swifts move in
The mysterious metallic chittering noises started this spring. Nettie and Thomas Rempel-Ong began noticing whispered and rapid, insect-like…
#Canada #Winnipeg #brickchimney #chimneyswifts #MackenzieGlover #ManitobaChimneySwiftInitiative #swifts #ThomasRempel-Ong #threatenedspecies
https://www.europesays.com/canada/144292/
In 2015, two men bought live sea turtles from a Papua New Guinea food market and set them free instead of letting them become food | World News
In 2015, a simple act of compassion by two men in Papua New Guine…
#NewsBeep #News #Wildlife #CA #Canada #compassiontowardswildlife #customaryharvestingofseaturtles #individualactionsinconservation #MarineEcosystems #PapuaNewGuinea #Science #seaturtleimportance #seaturtlerescue #threatenedspecies #wildlifeconservation
https://www.newsbeep.com/ca/822151/
https://www.europesays.com/ie/600496/ In 2015, two men bought live sea turtles from a Papua New Guinea food market and set them free instead of letting them become food | World News #CompassionTowardsWildlife #CustomaryHarvestingOfSeaTurtles #Éire #IE #IndividualActionsInConservation #Ireland #MarineEcosystems #PapuaNewGuinea #Science #SeaTurtleImportance #SeaTurtleRescue #ThreatenedSpecies #Wildlife #WildlifeConservation
It’s no longer illegal to destroy the one thing #EndangeredSpecies need most to survive
The Trump administration’s twisted definition of one word is putting hundreds of rare animals at risk.
by Benji Jones
Jul 20, 2026
Excerpt: "It’s the meaning of one of those words — harm — that matters most here. Up until the recent rule, the government’s definition for harm included destroying an animal’s habitat if it impairs essential behaviors, such as breeding. That might include, say, building a hotel on top of a beach that endangered sea turtles use for nesting. Such a definition was important because destroying the habitat of an already imperiled species could push it over the edge, #wildlife advocates say.
"What’s more is that, according to the language of the law itself, the purpose of the #ESA includes conserving '#ecosystems upon which endangered species and #ThreatenedSpecies depend.'
"The Trump administration, however, just threw out that definition of harm and the unambiguous protection it has long afforded habitat. And while it didn’t offer a new definition, the administration said that it agrees with a much narrower interpretation of the term — articulated three decades ago in a dissent by the late conservative Justice #AntoninScalia — that only includes actions that directly and intentionally harm individual animals, such as capturing a sea turtle to eat or keep as a pet.
" 'For years, federal agencies abused the ESA to obstruct lawful land use and burden American families and businesses,' #DougBurgum, Secretary of the Interior Department, which oversees endangered species protections, said in a statement. 'That approach turned routine activity into a regulatory trap, drove up costs that impacted people’s lives, and expanded federal authority beyond what Congress intended. This action restores common sense, respects private property, provides much-needed certainty for landowners and follows the statute Congress actually passed.' (The Interior Department declined to provide a comment on our reporting, pointing us instead to its press release and the notice in the Federal Register.)
"Under the new rule, set to take effect in September, 'harm' no longer explicitly includes actions that may accidentally or indirectly doom a wildlife population to extinction. A company building luxury villas on a private beach that endangered sea turtles need for survival would not unambiguously be considered take — and thus be illegal — unless the company knew it’d crush turtle eggs or the turtles themselves in the process. Neither would logging #OldGrowthForests that #EndangeredBirds inhabit, building wind turbines that are known to kill endangered bats, or constructing a road that would likely get endangered snakes run over.
"The administration’s interpretation of take 'really completely blows up the #EndangeredSpeciesAct,' said J.B. Ruhl, a lawyer at Vanderbilt University and a leading expert on the ESA."
Read more:
https://www.vox.com/climate/496053/trump-endangered-species-act-harm-rule
#ProtectTheSacred #ProtectNature #TrumpSucks #USPol #Extinction
Trump Administration Weakens Endangered Species Act Protections: What the New Rules Mean
The Trump administration has finalized sweeping regulatory changes that weaken federal protections for animals and plants facing the threat of extinction.
According to reporting published by The Washington Post, the changes narrow how the federal government applies the Endangered Species Act, a landmark conservation law credited with helping save species such as the bald eagle, American alligator and peregrine falcon.
The administration says the revisions will reduce regulatory burdens, provide greater certainty for landowners and businesses, and ensure that environmental protections are balanced against economic concerns. Conservation organizations warn that the rules could accelerate habitat destruction and push vulnerable species closer to extinction.
Threatened species will lose automatic protections
One of the most consequential changes affects wildlife classified as “threatened.”
A threatened species is not yet considered endangered but is likely to become endangered in the foreseeable future. For decades, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service generally extended many of the same protections given to endangered species to newly listed threatened species.
Under the administration’s revised approach, threatened species will no longer receive those protections automatically. Federal officials must instead develop a species-specific rule explaining which activities are prohibited.
That process could leave newly listed species without broad safeguards against killing, capturing or other forms of “take” while individualized regulations are being developed.
Supporters argue that species-specific plans provide regulators with greater flexibility. Conservation advocates say the change creates dangerous gaps in protection when vulnerable wildlife may already be declining rapidly.
Habitat destruction will no longer automatically qualify as “harm”
The administration has also rescinded the federal regulatory definition of “harm” under the Endangered Species Act.
Since 1981, the Fish and Wildlife Service’s definition included certain forms of significant habitat destruction that actually killed or injured protected wildlife by interfering with essential behaviors such as breeding, feeding or sheltering.
The new rule removes that regulatory definition. Federal officials argue that the previous interpretation expanded the law beyond its intended meaning and created confusion for property owners, farmers, energy companies and developers.
Environmental groups contend that the distinction between killing wildlife and destroying the habitat wildlife needs to survive is unrealistic. Logging, mining, drilling, road construction and real estate development can eliminate nesting areas, food sources and migration routes even when animals are not killed directly at the project site.
The rule does not remove every federal protection for designated critical habitat. However, it could make it more difficult to prosecute or stop some private activities based on indirect injuries caused by habitat destruction.
Economic costs could influence habitat decisions
The revised regulations also direct the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to give greater consideration to the economic, national-security and other consequences of protecting critical habitat.
Critical habitat consists of areas considered essential to the survival and recovery of a protected species. Designations can affect federally authorized or funded projects, including energy development, transportation construction and other land-use activities.
The Endangered Species Act already permits agencies to consider economic effects when deciding whether to exclude particular areas from a critical-habitat designation. The administration’s revisions establish a more formal framework for weighing those costs.
Business and industry groups have long argued that habitat restrictions can delay construction, increase costs and limit the use of private and public land. Conservationists worry that giving economic costs more weight could result in smaller protected areas, even when scientists determine that the habitat is important for preventing extinction.
The administration’s argument
Interior Secretary Doug Burgum and other administration officials say the changes restore the Endangered Species Act to its original purpose.
The Interior Department says narrowing the definition of harm will reduce unnecessary permitting, cut compliance expenses and provide clearer rules for landowners, farmers, ranchers, energy producers, small businesses and local governments.
Administration officials maintain that endangered wildlife will still receive protection and that threatened species can be covered through individualized conservation rules.
Conservation groups promise legal challenges
Environmental organizations strongly oppose the regulatory rollback and are expected to challenge the changes in federal court.
Nine conservation groups have already filed a lawsuit over the administration’s decision to rescind the definition of harm. The organizations argue that the rule contradicts the Endangered Species Act and a 1995 U.S. Supreme Court decision that upheld the government’s authority to treat some habitat destruction as harm to protected wildlife.
Opponents also argue that habitat loss is one of the leading causes of species decline. They say excluding it from the regulatory definition could undermine decades of conservation work.
The legal disputes will likely determine how extensively federal agencies can enforce the new rules.
What could this mean for North Carolina?
North Carolina is home to federally protected wildlife and plants, including red wolves, sea turtles, freshwater mussels, woodpeckers and several rare coastal and mountain species.
Changes to federal habitat and threatened-species protections could affect decisions involving highways, housing developments, utility projects, forestry, coastal construction and energy infrastructure across the state.
The effects will depend on each species’ federal classification, whether critical habitat has been designated and what species-specific rules remain in place. Existing protections will not necessarily disappear immediately, but future listings and habitat decisions could be handled under the administration’s narrower standards.
The bigger picture
The Endangered Species Act was enacted in 1973 to prevent plants and animals from disappearing and to support the recovery of declining species.
The Trump administration describes its revisions as a necessary correction to decades of regulatory expansion. Environmental advocates describe them as one of the most significant rollbacks of American wildlife protections in years.
Regardless of how the administration characterizes the rules, they represent a major change in how the federal government balances species conservation, private property rights and economic development.
Legal challenges, implementation decisions and future species-specific regulations will determine the full impact.
This article summarizes reporting from The Washington Post and information published by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Federal Register.
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#conservation #criticalHabitat #endangeredSpecies #EndangeredSpeciesAct #environmentalPolicy #habitatDestruction #nationalNews #News #NorthCarolinaWildlife #RaleighNews #threatenedSpecies #TrumpAdministration #USFishAndWildlifeService #wildlifeProtection
• The "God Squad" decided that #oil & #gas companies don't need to abide by #EndangeredSpeciesAct in #GulfOfMexico
• Habitat destruction won't be considered a 'harm' to #EndangeredSpecies 👀
• It is now not prohibited to illegally kill, trap or harass #ThreatenedSpecies
#environment #EnvironmentalLaw
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Trump allows killing of species threatened w/ extinction ~
Regulatory changes demand the Fish and Wildlife Service "consider the economic toll of habitat protection"
Arizona gives 21 threatened snakes a new creekside home, achieving the 100th release
A May release at Canyon Creek introduced 21 threatened narrow-headed garter snakes into new habitat and pushed the…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Wildlife #arizona #CanyonCreek #gartersnakes #PhoenixZoo #Science #Snakes #threatenedspecies #TontoNationalForest #UnitedStatesGeologicalSurvey #UniversityofArizona
https://www.newsbeep.com/us/742070/
Today is the International Day for #BiologicalDiversity!
The #RedListIndex of #ThreatenedSpecies shows a continuous #decline from 0.805 in 1995 to 0.745 in 2025📉 (UN).
This negative #trend is not in line with the aim of @UN #SDG15 to “halt the #loss of #biodiversity”⛔.
#GlobalGoals #SDGs #2030Agenda #SDG #RedList #KMGBF #wildlife #nature #ForNature #BiodiversityDay
Data source: https://unstats.un.org/sdgs/dataportal/database - indicator 15.5.1
Platypuses need threatened species recognition in NSW, researcher says
"The species was only "hanging on, not thriving" in NSW and the Murray-Darling Basin."
"There's no state or national monitoring framework for platypuses...Dr Bino said platypuses had survived Australia's natural cycles for millions of years, but were now struggling to adapt to human-driven changes. We've been disrupting the natural flow regime and fragmenting and isolating platypus populations."
"Platypus are pretty much wiped out from the mainland in South Australia. They used to occur all along the Murray but that's no longer the case." >>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-27/platypuses-should-be-threatened-species-in-nsw-researcher-says/106520128
#platypuses #conservation #habitat #rivers #NSW #monotremes #MDB #ThreatenedSpecies #biodiversity #water #pollution #sprawl #ImperviousSurfaces #roads #runoff #drowning #WipeoutAU
The government's spending on harming nature
"For the first time, research published this year, identified 36 federal subsidies worth $26.3 billion annually that are potentially harmful to biodiversity. Fossil fuel subsidies alone account for $14.1 billion. It is extraordinary the Australian Government believes it can exclude fossil fuel subsidies on the basis of a technicality. Meanwhile, independent estimates place federal biodiversity conservation spending at below $1 billion annually. "
"The arithmetic is stark: the government spent more than $26 billion a year on harming nature, less than $1 billion conserving it. No government serious about halting biodiversity loss would preside over such an imbalance and say they were “on track”. >>
https://theconversation.com/australia-claims-it-is-on-track-to-save-nature-we-disagree-278081
Biodiversity-harmful subsidies in Australia
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14486563.2026.2623910
#FossilFuels #FossilFuelsSubsidies #biodiversity #harm #conservation #KMGBF #restoration #NoTake #fishing #ThreatenedSpecies #Australia #MarineLife #degradation #EPBCAct #war #climate #pollution #governance #values
Australia claims it is ‘on track’ to save nature. We disagree
"Ecosystems are being left to degrade, rare and precious species are sliding toward extinction, and billions of dollars are being used to quietly fund subsidies, including for fossil fuels, which contribute to the very destruction the government claims to be fixing."
"Australia already holds the world’s worst record for modern mammal extinctions – 38 species lost since colonisation, more than any other country. Against that grim inheritance, having no further extinctions (that we know about) is a remarkably low bar."
1. Restoration: not enough done, and the report knows it
2. Protected areas: national figures mask failures
3. Threatened species: declining, not recovering
4. Harmful fossil fuel subsidies hidden, conservation spending inflated
"This new report confirms those weaknesses extend to Australia’s self-assessment, which lacks the rigour and ambition the nature crisis demands.The reforms of Australia’s nature laws, passed in late 2025, are the most significant in a generation, and we welcome them. But legislation without implementation, adequate funding or a delivery plan is not enough."
"This important report – with its hidden subsidies, inflated spending figures, missing implementation plan, and a definition of “on track” that mistakes promises for progress – is not worthy of a nation with both the means and the obligation to lead." >>
https://theconversation.com/australia-claims-it-is-on-track-to-save-nature-we-disagree-278081
#biodiversity #conservation #KMGBF #restoration #NoTake #fishing #ThreatenedSpecies #FossilFuels #FossilFuelsSubsidies #Australia #MarineLife #degradation #EPBCAct
Bulldozing Australia’s great tropical savanna
"One of the largest intact and biodiverse savanna ecosystems left on Earth”.
"The environment minister, Murray Watt, has given the green light for the bulldozing of nearly 3,000 hectares of tropical savanna in the Northern Territory without an assessment under Australia’s nature laws."
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https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/feb/24/federal-green-light-bulldoze-tropical-savanna-northern-territory-threatened-species
#biodiversity #cotton #monoculture #ThreatenedSpecies #EPBCAct #LandClearing #NationalInterest #exemptions #laws #Australia #extractivism #water
Image: The Gouldian finch (Erythrura gouldiae)
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gouldian_Finch_(8952067299).jpg
California mountain lions, including those in the Santa Monica mountains, are now listed as threatened. Officials hope that protections will help populations under threat from inbreeding and other risks recover.
#california
#threatenedspecies
#mountainlions
https://www.vcstar.com/story/news/local/2026/02/12/california-mountain-lions-santa-monica-threatened/88543218007/
Flora and fauna artist Bing Famoso’s brush keeps Philippine nature alive
Flora and fauna artist Bing Famoso’s brush keeps Philippine nature alive
Australia has one of the highest rates of pet ownership in the world
It also has the highest loss of mammal species anywhere in the world
"Almost three-quarters of Australian households own a pet...In the 12 months to March, owners spent an estimated $21.3bn on their pets, with food representing almost half of that spend."
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https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/sep/18/most-popular-dog-breeds-names-animal-medicines-australia-2025-survey
What’s in the 2025-26 federal budget for nature?
"Australia's direct government spending on on-ground biodiversity programs was around $474 million in 2025-26, but this figure is forecast to drop significantly in subsequent years, making it a temporary election-year increase. While this is the specific government investment, experts argue it's far below the necessary amount, with figures like $1.69 billion annually needed to address threatened species recovery and around $2 billion annually needed for ecosystem restoration and management."
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https://biodiversitycouncil.org.au/news/what-s-in-the-2025-26-federal-budget-for-nature
"Australia needs to spend around $15.6 billion per year for 30 years to prevent the extinction of 99 priority species, a figure derived from a 2025 study, but current federal budget allocations fall significantly short of this amount. Studies show Australia currently spends far less, estimated at approximately $122 million per year, and environmental groups consider this insufficient to combat the extinction crisis."
https://biodiversitycouncil.org.au/admin/uploads/Factsheet_Spending_to_save_what_it_will_take_to_end_extinction_bd8b84d8c5.pdf
#biodiversity #conservation #values #care #pets #dogs #cats #canines #meat #nature #extinction #ThreatenedSpecies #EndemicSpecies #Australia #ExtinctionCrisis
Dahlia cultivar being pollinated by a threatened species American Bumble Bee (Bombus pensylvanicus) in Norman, Oklahoma, United States on August 6, 2025
Some of the camera settings I used to make this photo are at: https://www.rsok.com/~jrm/2025Aug31_birds_and_cats/2025aug06_bumblebee_IMG_4366c.html
Also: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/305295115
#bumblebee #pollinators #threatenedspecies #naturephotography #Oklahoma #photography
Dahlia cultivar being pollinated by a threatened species American Bumble Bee (Bombus pensylvanicus) in Norman, Oklahoma, United States on August 6, 2025
Some of the camera settings I used to make this photo are at: https://www.rsok.com/~jrm/2025Aug31_birds_and_cats/2025aug06_bumblebee_IMG_4365c.html
#bumblebee #pollinators #nativebee #naturephotography #threatenedspecies #Oklahoma #photography
Zinnia cultivar being pollinated by a threatened species American Bumble Bee (Bombus pensylvanicus) in Norman, Oklahoma, United States on July 28, 2025
Some of the camera settings I used to make this photo are at: https://www.rsok.com/~jrm/2025Jul30_birds_and_cats/2025jul28_bumblebee_IMG_4272c.html
#bumblebee #nativebee #threatenedspecies #naturephotography #pollinator #Oklahoma #photography #bloomscrolling
Dahlia cultivar being pollinated by a threatened species American Bumble Bee (Bombus pensylvanicus) in Norman, Oklahoma, United States on July 16, 2025
Some of the camera settings I used to make this photo are at: https://www.rsok.com/~jrm/2025Jul30_birds_and_cats/2025jul16_bumblebee_IMG_4179c.html
#bumblebee #pollinators #threatenedspecies #naturephotography #Oklahoma #photography
Coal cooks the climate
Logging wipes out endangered species
"Conservationists have called on the environment minister, Murray Watt, to intervene after satellite images appear to show clearing in threatened species habitat at the site of a proposed coalmine in Queensland."
"We need to preserve these sites because on our country already there are that many mines destroying country, why do we need one more?”
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https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/jul/22/murray-watt-urged-to-intervene-after-accusations-proposed-queensland-coalmine-clearing-land-in-greater-glider-habitat
#Biodiversity #conservation #FossilFuels #coal #ThreatenedSpecies #gliders #laws #LoggingAndLandclearing #destruction
‘Nature can do amazing things when we give her the right tools’
This threatened woodpecker found its way back home. Peachtree Rock, a nature preserve in Col…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Wildlife #Columbia #conservationefforts #Endangeredspecies #InternationalUnionforConservationofNature #NatureConservancy #PeachtreeRock #red-cockadedwoodpecker #Science #SouthCarolina #southeasternUnitedStates #Thewoodpecker #threatenedspecies
https://www.newsbeep.com/us/25680/
Rare pookila mouse rediscovered in Western NSW as species fights for survival
For the first time in almost three decades, conservationists have rediscovered an elusive native rodent in Western New…
#NewsBeep #News #Wildlife #AU #Australia #goobangnationalpark #newhollandmouse #pookila #pookilainnsw #pookilaintasmania #savingourspeciesprogram #Science #threatenedspecies #westernnewsouthwales #zoosvictoria
https://www.newsbeep.com/au/7586/
NSW "cowboys continue to knock down huge swathes of healthy forests."
"ACF says satellite evidence shows mass native habitat destruction by farmers."
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https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2025-06-21/acf-citizen-scientists-satellite-images-of-land-clearing/105436794
#biodiversity #LandClearing #ThreatenedSpecies #beef #meat #cattle #extractivism #EPBCAct #CitizenScientist #degradation #NSW
Sage was being pollinated by a threatened species Bombus pensylvanicus, the American bumblebee, in Norman, Oklahoma, United States on May 15, 2025
Some of the camera settings I used to make this photo are at: https://www.rsok.com/~jrm/2025May31_birds_and_cats/2025may15_bumblebee_IMG_3605c.html
#nativebee #pollinator #threatenedspecies #Bombus #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #Oklahoma #photography
The ACT threatened species site tells you where to find them. Supposedly the Gang-gang Cockatoo can be spotted at Black Mountain and Mount Ainslie, which are both beautiful spots in (long-ish) walking distance of the CBD (aka Civic). Let me know if you spot one!
https://www.act.gov.au/environment/animals-and-plants/act-threatened-species
#30DayChartChallenge #BirdsOfMastodon #birds #ThreatenedSpecies #Canberra
Blue Swallow
(Hirundo atrocaerulea)
Status: 🟡 Vulnerable
🔍 https://apiv3.iucnredlist.org/api/v3/taxonredirect/22712318
🌐 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_swallow
📷 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Blue%20Swallow%20-%20Hirundo%20atrocaerulea.jpg
#RedList #EndangeredSpecies #ThreatenedSpecies #Biodiversity