Ontario further gutting protections for endangered species, environmentalists say

Ontario’s push to fast-track Ring of Fire mining may actually delay the development it seeks to speed up

As Ontario moves to fast-track mining in the Ring of Fire, legal experts and Indigenous leaders warn that the province's rush to cut red tape could cause environmental destruction and a wave of lawsuits — potentially slowing the very development…

FROM ZOO TO YOU: North American songbirds are on decline and facing crisis - Garden City Telegram

Many of our conversations are about critically endangered animals such as red ruffed lemurs from Madagascar, black rhinos from Africa, Amur leopards from Asia, and endangered animals such as East African crowned cranes from Africa and red pandas from Asia. The situations all seem far away.

Officials make disturbing discovery as online trend drives rare plants toward extinction: ‘We experienced a big increase in demand’

A biodiverse region in South Africa is experiencing a plant poaching crisis due to social media trends, driving some species to extinction and threatening the area's ecosystem.  What's happening? According to Yale Environment 360, ecologists call this region in South Africa the Succulent Karoo biome. It's a desert-like area rich with flora, especially minuscule succulents. There are roughly 6,400 native plant species, 2,500 of which exist nowher…

Endangered Species Act faces huge hurdle

WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) - Recovering animals that are nearing extinction, like the black-footed ferret, was the whole point of the 1973 Endangered Species Act but some lawmakers say it needs to be reformed. "Is the program working as designed 50 years ago?'" Rep. Doug LaMalfa (R-Calif.) asked. "No, it's been interpreted way beyond that, where it isn't just the species, but they want to have every ounce of possible habitat as they determine is criti…

Ontario’s new mining bill is a ‘vendetta’ against species at risk: environmentalists

Ontario is moving to gut protections for endangered plants and animals as part of a mining bill, environmental groups say.

Ontario's new mining bill is a 'vendetta' against species at risk: environmentalists

TORONTO — Ontario is moving to gut protections for endangered plants and animals as part of a mining bill, environmental groups say, with some calling it the most comprehensive attack on the province’s at-risk species legislation in nearly two decade