(AP)—A group of Hawaii fishermen is asking the federal government to take northern Pacific humpback whales off the endangered species list.

Biology - Ecology

May 03, 2013 4 / 5 (4) 0

When determining the potential effects pesticides could pose to endangered or threatened species, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), and Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) should ...

Biology - Ecology

Apr 30, 2013 not rated yet 0

Trapped in a steel cage barely big enough to hold her, the large squirrel was not happy, pawing at the bars and trying them with her teeth. Matt Whitbeck and Cherry Keller of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service were glad to ...

Biology - Ecology

Apr 29, 2013 not rated yet 0

Since 1997, a shrubby perennial found only in East Texas has been on a waiting list to be officially declared by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service as threatened under the Endangered Species Act. A ruling on the fate of the ...

Biology - Ecology

Apr 23, 2013 not rated yet 0

It may be the most ambitious habitat restoration project ever conceived in the United States.

Space & Earth - Environment

Mar 26, 2013 5 / 5 (4) 0

(Phys.org) —In a world first study, researchers have developed a way for governments to balance the needs of society and industry with those of endangered wildlife and environments.

Biology - Ecology

Mar 26, 2013 3 / 5 (2) 0

The two endangered fish species, Squalius aradensis and S. torgalensis, most generally belong to the Cyprinidae, or the carp family. This is the largest fish, and vertebrate family, formed of freshwater ...

Biology - Ecology

Mar 21, 2013 not rated yet 0

An international agreement to protect sharks could spell trouble for one tsunami-wrecked port in Japan as it struggles back to its feet two years after being swept away, locals say.

Biology - Ecology

Mar 13, 2013 1 / 5 (1) 0

Japanese scientists have successfully bred a type of salmon using surrogate parents of a different species, in a breakthrough that could help preserve endangered creatures, the chief researcher said Tuesday.

Biology - Plants & Animals

Jan 15, 2013 5 / 5 (3) 2

A little more than 39 years ago, on December 28, 1973, the Endangered Species Act was enacted to conserve threatened and endangered species and their ecosystems. To honor this anniversary, Daphne Fautin of ...

Biology - Ecology

Jan 07, 2013 not rated yet 0

Fishing nations meet in Morocco this week to thrash out tuna quotas as experts urge maintaining bluefin catch limits amid promising signs of the decimated species making a comeback.

Biology - Ecology

Nov 12, 2012 not rated yet 0

(AP)—After defeating a proposal in 2010 to ban the export of an endangered fish that is a key ingredient of sushi, Japan and Asian nations argued it should be left to quota-setting international fisheries ...

Biology - Ecology

Nov 10, 2012 5 / 5 (3) 0

Pescadero Estuary, located an hour south of San Francisco, is a coastal habitat under intense pressure from several interest groups, some human, others wild. The 643 citizens of the nearby town of Pescadero ...

Space & Earth - Environment

Oct 10, 2012 5 / 5 (2) 0

(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

When it comes to protecting endangered species, the power of the people is key, an analysis of listings under the U.S. Endangered Species Act finds.

Biology - Ecology

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