A recession would likely push conservation to the bottom of government priority lists for years to come, warns an expert who says environmentalists should be "really worried."
The 2008 Red List of Threatened Species details dismaying trends. A new "Dow Jones index" approach aims to stem the tide by tracking selected species like stocks.
Some bald eagles are turning to seabirds as their main food, and in a roundabout way, the new diet is traceable to a 1990s otter collapse, researchers say.
Truffle hunters in France believe global warming has led to an increase in parasitic attacks on wild truffles—spurring a boom in hothouse versions of the luxury fungus.
A newly announced ban on all parrot sales in Mexico may keep the country's exotic birds from dying during clandestine smuggling operations, conservationists say.
Growing acidity in the world's oceans may create an underwater racket that hinders whales and other animals that rely on sounds for survival, a new study says.
An Earth-spanning boundary separates the Northern Hemisphere's pollution from the more pristine atmosphere of the south, a finding that could help map future movements of harmful chemicals.
A temperature-driven trend toward more females and fewer males in Australia's spotted skink may increase populations in the short-term, a finding that contradicts previous studies.
Springer spaniels are training to do battle to save an Australian island from a rabbit boom. The rabbits are destroying vegetation, thereby threatening other species.
Amazon forests in Brazil are shrinking three times faster than in 2007, officials say. A key culprit is the national government itself, according to reports.
