Trees and the insects that eat them wage constant war. Insects burrow and munch; trees deploy lethal and disruptive defenses in the form of chemicals.

Biology - Ecology

Dec 31, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 3 |

(AP)—A Puerto Rican frog about the size of a peanut received federal protection Wednesday, ending a long battle to list it as an endangered species.

Biology - Plants & Animals

Oct 03, 2012 not rated yet 0

(AP)—The Navy can build a $100 million offshore range for submarine warfare training, despite environmentalists' fears that war games would threaten endangered right whales, a federal judge ruled.

Biology - Ecology

Sep 10, 2012 not rated yet 2

(AP) -- To save the imperiled spotted owl, the Obama administration is moving forward with a controversial plan to shoot barred owls, a rival bird that has shoved its smaller cousin aside.

Biology - Ecology

Feb 28, 2012 not rated yet 4

Japanese conglomerate Mitsui will pay $90 million for its role in the Deepwater Horizon disaster, the worst oil spill in US history, authorities said Friday.

Space & Earth - Environment

Feb 17, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 0

NOAA's Fisheries Service today filed with the Federal Register a final rule that identifies black abalone critical habitat along the California coast. In February 2009, black abalone was listed as endangered ...

Biology - Ecology

Oct 26, 2011 4 / 5 (3) 1

The Philippines has created a protected area to save a species of endangered wild duck, with just 5,000 of the birds remaining, government documents released on Monday said.

Biology - Ecology

Sep 05, 2011 3 / 5 (2) 0

(AP) -- Alaska Native groups worried about losing tax revenues and royalties from oil development filed a lawsuit Friday challenging the federal government's designation of critical habitat for threatened polar bears on ...

Biology - Ecology

May 14, 2011 4 / 5 (3) 2

(AP) -- A federal judge has ruled that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service arbitrarily excluded "critical habitat" that could be occupied by the elusive Canada lynx.

Biology - Ecology

Jul 30, 2010 5 / 5 (1) 0

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Tuesday designated 1.6 million acres in California as critical habitat for the endangered red-legged frog, made famous by Mark Twain in his story "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras ...

Biology - Ecology

Mar 16, 2010 2.5 / 5 (2) 2

(AP) -- Wildlife officials lauded Washington's "holistic approach" to conservation in Hawaii after the Obama administration declared 48 species as endangered and announced plans to set aside more than 40 ...

Biology - Ecology

Mar 11, 2010 not rated yet 0

To the casual observer in the Gulf of Mexico, the seemingly sluggish red grouper is more of a couch potato than a busy beaver. But a new study led by researchers at The Florida State University reveals the ...

Biology - Ecology

Jan 20, 2010 5 / 5 (6) 1

(AP) -- A federal judge has ruled the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service can reconsider the critical habitat designation of two threatened fish species in New Mexico and Arizona after a probe found political interference likely ...

Biology - Ecology

May 07, 2009 5 / 5 (1) 0