Expert Blogs

Widespread neonic use is a leading cause of pollinator declines and linked with bird losses, ecosystem collapse, and risks to human health.

A judge has ruled that the U.S Fish and Wildlife Service once again violated the Endangered Species Act when removing protections from wolves nationally.

California once again has an opportunity to lead the country with visionary conservation efforts that put equity and access at the forefront of decision making.

The Biden administration has officially revoked Trump’s cuts to the Migratory Bird Treaty Act—and more promising actions are on the horizon.

While it may not have grabbed headlines, nestled inside the 2,000+ pages of the $1T bipartisan infrastructure bill President Biden signed into law last week are two programs that will boost bee and butterfly populations across all 50 states.

The law has been extremely effective in training anti-wildlife trafficking staff in trafficking hotspots, increasing prosecutions of traffickers, and harnessing U.S. resources to help countries better combat wildlife trafficking within their borders. 

U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) and Washington Governor Jay Inslee answered advocates’ calls to energize the decades-long push to save our iconic salmon from extinction.

The Biden Administration has proposed to reverse two Trump-era rules that undermined habitat protections for species listed under the Endangered Species Act. While this is a significant step in the right direction, there is more work to be done to…

The COVID-19 pandemic underscores the threat posed by nature deteriorating worldwide at a rate and scale unprecedented in human history. But if we reduce or remove high disease-risk species from wildlife trade—like wild birds and mammals—we can lessen the threat…

The Trump Administration’s biological opinions were the result of scientific misconduct, political interference, and bias. The end result is nothing short of a plan for extinction that is playing out before our eyes.

This Saturday is Orca Recovery Day and people are coming together for some healing—and to demand action.

The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification of the Gulf of Maine lobster fishery has been reinstated even though the fishery still poses a direct threat to the critically endangered North Atlantic right whale.

An airport expansion threatens to wipe out a population of the once-common, now endangered, rusty patched bumble bee. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's failure to protect the bee's habitat is partly to blame.