endangered species

Endangered Sea Turtles begin rebound in Cayman Islands

A study shows that, despite reaching critically low levels, nesting populations of green and loggerhead turtles have recovered significantly.

By Craig Rucker |2021-05-18T12:47:56-04:00May 13th, 2021|Comments Off

Bald Eagle numbers soar to high levels, FWS report finds

Bald eagle's low point came in 1963 when there were only 417 known pairs. Efforts to protect the eagles have seen their numbers claw back to healthy levels. Bald eagles were delisted as an “endangered” species in 2007 under President George W. Bush.

By Craig Rucker |2021-05-03T13:07:34-04:00May 3rd, 2021|Comments Off

Awoo, Gray Wolves of Denver!

The Gray Wolf is coming back to Colorado.

By CFACT Ed, Robert Knee |2020-11-11T23:54:25-05:00November 12th, 2020|Comments Off

Recovery success: Gray wolves removed from endangered list

The gray wolf population in the lower 48 states is estimated at more than 6,000, far exceeding the recovery goals of the two geographically separated and genetically diverse populations of wolves.

By CFACT Ed, Bonner Cohen, Ph. D. |2020-11-07T19:43:01-05:00November 10th, 2020|Comments Off

Return of the tiger: Wildlife conservation amidst rapid economic development

The success story of India—with its population of 1.3 billion—proves that conservation is possible in the midst of economic development, provided policy makers adopt a development-centric approach with due diligence to the needs of conservation.

By CFACT Ed, Vijay Raj Jayaraj |2020-09-17T08:22:09-04:00September 16th, 2020|Comments Off

Elephant shrew rediscovered after lost to science for 50 years

In 2019 scientists actually trapped one, and voila, the species re-appeared on conservationists’ radar.

By CFACT Ed, CFACT |2020-09-01T23:33:29-04:00September 2nd, 2020|Comments Off

CFACT submission on reform of regulations on migratory birds

The U.S. is ready to adopt consistent and more sensible standards on the incidental loss of migratory birds. Read CFACT's official submission in support of this reform.

By CFACT Ed, Bonner Cohen, Ph. D. |2020-07-21T23:37:07-04:00July 21st, 2020|Comments Off

Nearly everything you have read or heard about koalas is wrong

Since Europeans arrived Koalas have been booming and busting

By CFACT Ed, Joanne Nova |2020-07-04T14:19:35-04:00July 5th, 2020|Comments Off

Will biotechnology help save the American chestnut?

In 1904, a chestnut blight (Cryphonectria parasitica) was accidentally introduced to North America from the introduction of Japanese chestnut trees into the United States for commercial purposes. Since then they have become exceedingly rare.

By CFACT Ed, CFACT |2020-06-29T15:08:13-04:00June 30th, 2020|Comments Off

China’s illegal jaguar trade “spotted” by scientists

Some Chinese seek to obtain an animal's strength by eating or drinking products made from it. Watch out jaguars!

By CFACT Ed, CFACT |2020-06-21T07:35:30-04:00June 21st, 2020|Comments Off

Conservationists scurry to find why Muskrat numbers are dropping

Found throughout most of Canada and the United States, the muskrat is an animal, often resembling but not related to the beaver, that can be found swimming or scurrying along many marshes, lakes, rivers, ponds and streams.

By CFACT Ed, CFACT |2020-06-17T17:16:05-04:00June 17th, 2020|Comments Off

Imperiled Monarch Butterfly benefits from private conservation plan

Cooperation Instead of Coercion

By CFACT Ed, Bonner Cohen, Ph. D. |2020-04-22T19:39:29-04:00April 24th, 2020|Comments Off

Can conservation genomics rescue the vaquita?

What is causing the demise of the Vaquita? Conservationists pin the blame on two culprits.

By CFACT Ed, CFACT |2020-04-21T21:59:24-04:00April 21st, 2020|Comments Off

Humpback whales spout out slow, but steady recovery

Humpback whales are making a comeback south of the equator.

By CFACT Ed, CFACT |2020-03-29T17:02:16-04:00March 29th, 2020|Comments Off

Appeals court overturns Obama-era ESA designation of “critical habitat” for jaguars

The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals March 17 ruled that the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service’s (FWS) 2014 designation of 764,207 acres (about 115 square miles) of land in Arizona and New Mexico as “critical habitat” for the jaguar was “arbitrary and capricious” and declared FWS’s action illegal.

By CFACT Ed, Bonner Cohen, Ph. D. |2020-03-25T20:08:46-04:00March 26th, 2020|Comments Off