Endangered and extinct species

Andrea Cattabriga, President of the Association for Biodiversity and Conservation, walks amongst his homegrown rare cacti at his greenhouse in San Lazzaro di Savena, Italy, Saturday, June 5, 2021. Cattabriga, a top expect on rare cacti, was called by the Carabinieri Military Police in February 2020 as a consultant to examine thousands of cacti stolen from from the Atacama Desert in Chile, confiscated when police conducted a massive cactus bust at a greenhouse along the Adriatic Coast in Italy. (AP Photo/Trisha Thomas)

Rare poached cacti found in Italy sent home to native Chile

By Trisha Thomas Jun. 18, 2021 07:00 AM EDT

FILE - In this Sept. 12, 2019, file photo, California state Senate President Pro Tem Toni Atkins of San Diego speaks on the floor of the Senate in Sacramento, Calif. Democrats in the California Senate have proposed $3.4 billion in new spending to combat the state's drought. The proposal would equal all of the state's combined spending during the previous drought, according to the independent Legislative Analyst's Office. Atkins said the state needs to take advantage of a surprise state surplus and billions of dollars in new federal funding to prepare for drought. The most recent drought lasted about five years and ended in 2016. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

California Senate proposes to spend $3.4 billion on drought

By Adam Beam Apr. 29, 2021 03:02 PM EDT

Washington to manage wolves within borders after fed action

By Nicholas K. Geranios Nov. 02, 2020 11:30 AM EST
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — The state of Washington will take over management of most wolves within its borders early next year, after the U.S. government announced...

FILE - In this Sunday, Dec. 20, 2015 file photo, rhinos walk in the Hluhluwe Game Reserve in South Africa. South Africa’s anti-COVID-19 lockdown is credited with helping to achieve a dramatic drop in rhino killings, but as the country opens up experts warn there is a risk of a resurgence of poaching of one of Earth’s most endangered mammals. Redoubled efforts are critical to prevent a resurgence of killings of the country’s rhinoceros, South African officials and wildlife activists say, as World Rhino Day is marked Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2020. (AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam, File)

South Africa's rhino poaching drops during virus lockdown

By Andrew Meldrum Sep. 22, 2020 05:44 AM EDT

This undated photo provided by the Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust in July 2020 shows an adult male pygmy hog in India. Pygmy hogs - the world’s smallest and rarest wild pig - are under a lockdown because of the first outbreak of African Swine Fever in India. There is neither a vaccine nor cure for the highly contagious viral disease that has already killed over 16,000 domestic pigs, said Pradip Gogoi, an official at Assam’s animal husbandry wing. (Parag Deka/Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust via AP)

Virus lockdown for world’s smallest and rarest wild pigs

By Aniruddha Ghosal Aug. 06, 2020 01:10 AM EDT

FILE - In this March 23, 2018 file photo, a whooping crane, a critically endangered species, flies away from its nest with eggs, in a crawfish pond in St. Landry Parish, La. The sentence given Thursday, July 30, 2020 to Kaenon Constantin of Rayne is the toughest ever in Louisiana for a crime involving one of the endangered birds, the International Crane Foundation said in a news release. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)

Judge orders man to pay $85K in deaths of 2 whooping cranes

Jul. 31, 2020 06:13 PM EDT

FILE - In this Aug 25, 2019, file photo, a conservationist holds up a Central Vietnamese flowerback box turtle (Bourret's box turtle) at a sanctuary in Cuc Phuong national park in Ninh Binh province, Vietnam. Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on Thursday signed a directive to ban wildlife imports and closes illegal wildlife markets as a response to the thread of zoonotic diseases such as COVID-19. (AP Photo/Hau Dinh, File)

Vietnam bans wildlife imports, markets amid new health fears

By Hau Dinh Jul. 24, 2020 07:14 AM EDT

Conservation study shows lemurs, whales nearing extinction

Jamey Keaten And James Brooks Jul. 09, 2020 08:03 AM EDT
GENEVA (AP) — Nearly all of Madagascar's much-loved lemurs are under threat, and almost one-third are just one step away from extinction, largely due to...

FILE - In this May 21, 2020, file photo a fishing trawler arrives in Portland, Maine. The amount of commercial fishing taking place worldwide has dipped since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. The lack of fishing has also spurred questions about food security, ocean management and global trade around the world. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

Worldwide slowdown in fishing unlikely to save rare species

By Patrick Whittle And Christina Larson Jun. 29, 2020 01:12 PM EDT

This March 2011 photo provided by the Wildlife Trust of India shows a tiger skin which was seized when it was being delivered to a suspected buyer in a hotel in Nagpur, Maharashtra, India. Since the country announced its 2020 COVID-19 lockdown, at least four tigers and six leopards have been killed by poachers, Wildlife Protection Society of India said. (WTI via AP)

Coronavirus lockdowns increase poaching in Asia, Africa

By Aniruddha Ghosal And Michael Casey Jun. 22, 2020 12:27 AM EDT

In this photo taken June 11, 2020 and released by CBCGDF, Sophia Zhang, a staffer from China Biodiversity Conservation and Green Development Foundation or CBCGDF, watch as the Pangolin named Lijin curls up for a rest at the Jinhua wild animal rescue center in eastern China's Zhejiang province. (CBCGDF via AP)

Pangolin released into wild under China's new protections

By Sam Mcneil Jun. 12, 2020 05:27 AM EDT

This 2020 photo provided by Centre ValBio shows people working in a community-based conservation program in Madagascar to help regrow forests and protect the country's many species of lemurs that live only on the island. COVID-19 has drastically reduced global travel, cutting into conservation budgets that depend on eco-tourism. (Jessie Jordan/Centre ValBio via AP)

Coronavirus disrupts global fight to save endangered species

By Christina Larson Jun. 06, 2020 09:48 AM EDT

Market gains...Mask maker problems...JC Penney closures

Jun. 05, 2020 05:37 PM EDT
NEW YORK (AP) — The S&P jumped another 2.6% Friday after a report said the U.S. job market surprisingly strengthened last month, bolstering hopes that the...

In this photo taken Friday, May 1, 2020, a dining room sits empty and devoid of tourists at the Ol Pejeta conservancy, in Kenya. Wildlife tourism is a major source of revenue for countries like Kenya and with African wildlife parks hit hard by the disappearance of tourists due to travel restrictions and the new coronavirus, some operators are now sharing broadcasts of safaris on social media in the hope that attention to endangered and other species doesn't fade. (AP Photo/Khalil Senosi)

Virtual safaris keep wildlife in sight for absent tourists

By Joe Mwihia May. 20, 2020 05:05 AM EDT

In this drone photo provided by the Florida Keys News Bureau, Aldo Leopold, a 100-pound juvenile green sea turtle, swims away from a Florida Keys beach Wednesday, April 22, 2020, in Marathon, Fla. The turtle was rescued by the Florida Keys-based Turtle Hospital in late February after being discovered floating offshore, unable to dive. Wednesday's release coincided with the 50th anniversary of Earth Day. (Bob Care/Florida Keys News Bureau via AP)

Rehabilitated sea turtle released in Florida Keys

Apr. 23, 2020 02:53 AM EDT

Officials implore Tyson to close plant amid virus outbreak

By David Pitt Apr. 17, 2020 07:26 PM EDT
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — More than a dozen Iowa elected officials on Friday implored Tyson Fresh Meats to close their Waterloo pork processing plant, saying the...

FILE - In this March 28, 2018 file photo, a North Atlantic right whale feeds on the surface of Cape Cod bay off the coast of Plymouth, Mass. A judge ruled on Thursday, April 9, 2020, that the federal government had failed to adequately protect endangered whales from lobster fishing activities. Environmental groups had sued the U.S. government with a claim regulators' failure to prevent the North Atlantic right whale from harm was a violation of the Endangered Species Act. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File)

Judge: Failure to help whales skirts Endangered Species Act

By Patrick Whittle Apr. 10, 2020 11:04 AM EDT