Biodiversity

Things related to the web of life; ecology; wildlife; endangered species

"We Can Now Track Individual Monarch Butterflies. It’s a Revelation."

"For the first time, scientists are tracking the migration of monarch butterflies across much of North America, actively monitoring individual insects on journeys from as far away as Ontario all the way to their overwintering colonies in central Mexico."

Source: NYTimes, 11/25/2025

Texas ‘Ghost Deer’ Suspect Facility Tests Positive For Wasting Disease

"Two captive whitetails tied to the Texas “ghost deer” investigation tested positive for chronic wasting disease at a Tom Green County facility owned by breeder Ken Schlaudt, according to records obtained by Public Domain."

Source: Public Domain, 11/25/2025

"Bird Flu Patient Dies, Marking Second U.S. Fatality In 2025"

"A Washington resident who was the first human case of bird flu in the U.S. since February died on Friday, state health officials said. The person was an older adult with underlying conditions and had been hospitalized since early November with a strain that was previously reported in animals but never before in humans."

Source: Washington Post, 11/24/2025

"Trump Plans to Open More Than a Billion Acres of U.S. Waters to Drilling"

"The plan from the Interior Department is one of the president’s most significant steps yet to increase domestic fossil fuel production."

"The Trump administration on Thursday announced a plan to allow new oil and gas drilling across nearly 1.3 billion acres of U.S. coastal waters, including a remote region off Alaska in the northern Arctic where drilling has never before taken place.

The plan is one of President Trump’s most significant steps yet to increase the production of fossil fuels, the burning of which is dangerously heating the planet.

Source: NYTimes, 11/24/2025

Makah Tribe’s Treaty-Protected Whaling Rights Remain Blocked 2+ Decades Later

"Despite the Makah Tribe’s success in getting a waiver to carry out their exclusive treaty right for whaling, the permitting process that had dragged on for over 20 years has now been effectively delayed  another year and a half – because of bogged-down federal bureaucracy. The Makah Tribe is the only one in the Lower 48 that has an exclusive treaty right to whaling."

Source: ICT, 11/21/2025

Trump FWS Seeks To Roll Back Protections For Imperiled Species And Habitat

"President Donald Trump’s administration moved Wednesday to roll back protections for imperiled species and the places they live, reviving a suite of changes to Endangered Species Act regulations from the Republican’s first term that were blocked under former Democratic President Joe Biden."

Source: AP, 11/20/2025

"Trump Fracking Plan for Chaco Park Site Stokes Tribal Conflicts"

"The Trump administration’s expected rollback of an oil and gas drilling ban around New Mexico’s Chaco Canyon is pitting tribes and environmental groups against each other as they prepare for possible legal challenges."

Source: Bloomberg Environment, 11/18/2025

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