With jet black plumage 🖤 and bright green 💚 wattles, male Western Parotia #birds 🐦🦜🦚 of paradise gleam like scaly armour when they dance 🎶 Resist against their #extinction in #WestPapua when you #Boycottpalmoil 🌴🚫 #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetect.bsky.social palmoildetectives.com/2026/01/25/w...

If you're standing on a cliff and see someone walking toward the edge, you don't "choose" to be concerned. You are simply aware of the physics of the situation.

When people say you're "choosing" to carry that weight, they are often projecting their own desire to remain comfortably numb. #Extinction

Emperor penguin and Antarctic fur seal now Endangered due to climate change – IUCN Red List Gland, Switzerland, 9 April 2026 (IUCN) – The emperor penguin and Antarctic fur seal are now both Endangered, according to The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™. Climate change in Antarctica is...

#InTheNews re. #sustainable #travel #tourism & #development inc:
1/ #Climate/#Conservation: #Emperor #Penguin & #Antarctic #FurSeal now #Endangered + Southern #Elephant #Seal at risk of #extinction due to human-induced #ClimateChange on #IUCN #RedList of Threatened #Species iucn.org/press-releas...

#Antarctic #climatechange #penguins #seals #extinction 😭

Giant Otter Gives Birth to Triplets at Chester Zoo - A Rare Success for the Endangered Species Inside a den at Chester Zoo, three giant otter pups have spent their first weeks of life out of sight — a quiet beginning for a species with fewer than 5,000 individuals left in the wild. Now, they’re starting to emerge. The three pups, two males and one female, were born on February 9, 2026, to first-time parents Bonita and Manu, marking the first giant otter birth at the zoo in seven years. The arrival is part of a conservation breeding program aimed at supporting a species that is becoming increasingly rare across South America. “The arrival of these three giant otter pups is a hugely special moment,” said Rachael Boatwright, Assistant Team Manager of carnivores at the zoo, in a press release. Giant Otter Pups at Chester Zoo Spend First Weeks Hidden in Den For their first weeks, the pups remained inside the holt, where Bonita fed them as they grew. By the time keepers were able to examine them at two months old, the pups had already more than tripled in size — a reflection of how quickly they grow during this early stage. During that first check, each pup was weighed and assessed, with vets examining their...

Giant Otter Gives Birth to Triplets at Chester Zoo - A Rare Success for the Endangered Species
->Discover | More on "Giant otter triplets conservation breeding" at BigEarthData.ai | #Extinction #EndangeredSpecies #Biodiversity

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My illustration of the chicken-like Heath Hen. The Heath Hen was a subspecies of the Greater Prairie-Chicken that inhabited scrubland and grasslands across New England. Once abundant, habitat loss and hunting drove steep population decline. The last surviving population lived on Martha's Vineyard until 1932, when the final male, "Booming Ben," died, marking the subspecies' extinction.

Heath Hen (Tympanuchus cupido cupido, extinct). From my book "A Field Guide to Cape Cod," Yale University Press. a.co/d/eK4A0sd
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Legal Victory to Protect the Endangered Species Act

Legal Victory to Protect the Endangered Species Act
->Sierra Club | More on "Endangered Species Act legal protection" at BigEarthData.ai | #Extinction #EndangeredSpeciesAct #Biodiversity

Spend an evening with Dr. Laurie Marker, founder and executive director of CCF while she is in #WashingtonDC next week! 🐾 Join for us RACE AGAINST #EXTINCTION on April 14! Enjoy dinner and drinks while getting the latest #conservation updates!

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For more than five decades, the #EndangeredSpeciesAct has saved 99% of species under its care from #extinction.

But this bill, H.R. 1897, would unravel that success and put countless species — like sea turtles, wolverines, monarch butterflies, and manatees — at greater risk of disappearing forever.

Everybody comes to fight sparrows If you subdue the Earth, it'll subdue you back.

Bad judgement in governance and ignorance of ecology are not unique to 2026. A story from 1956.

Free newsletter on energy and the environment.

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I am sickened by this this morning 💔😔
And this tragedy will go largely unnoticed, as though it doesn’t matter - as though THEY don’t matter. But they are the little canaries in our staggeringly shortsighted & selfish coalmine. If we don’t change now - we choose never, we choose #extinction for all 😞

Commentary: 'God Squad' putting some species on brink of extinction Pope Francis wrote in “Laudato Si’,” his encyclical about humankind’s relationship with the natural world, “We must forcefully reject the notion that our being created in God’s image and given dominion over the earth justifies absolute domination over other creatures.” I wonder if members of the Endangered Species Committee have read the pope’s landmark document. The committee met March 31 to unanimously approve an exemption for the oil and gas industry to drill in the Gulf and knowingly placed the critically endangered Rice’s whale (and other species) at grave risk of extinction. It is because of fateful decisions like this that the committee is often referred to as the God Squad. “In our time, the Church does not simply state that other creatures are completely subordinated to the good of human beings, as if they have no worth in themselves,” Pope Francis taught. Yet this is what the God Squad did. Until it met, the Endangered Species Act required all federal agencies to ensure activities in the Gulf were not likely to jeopardize the continued existence of endangered species or destroy or adversely modify habitats critical to their survival. The committee — composed of the secretaries of the Interior and...

Commentary: 'God Squad' putting some species on brink of extinction
->Orlando Sentinel | More on "God Squad endangers Rice's whale" at BigEarthData.ai | #Extinction #Biodiversity #Species

Urgent action needed to protect emperor penguins from extinction, warns WWF A group of emperor penguin chicks with adults in the Snow Hill Island colony, Antarctica. © naturepl.com / Bryan and Cherry Alexander / WWF WWF-Australia Key facts: * The emperor penguin has now been listed as Endangered due to climate change * Climate change in Antarctica is leading to changes in sea-ice that are projected to cause the emperor penguin population to halve by the 2080s * WWF warns the species may be on a path towards extinction without urgent action WWF is warning that emperor penguins face population collapse and may be on a path towards extinction after the IUCN downgraded their status on its Red List by two places from ‘Near Threatened’ to ‘Endangered’, based upon the prediction that their population could collapse by about half over the next 50 years. With previous modelling suggesting further decline or even functional extinction by the end of the century, urgent action is required to halt climate change and protect emperor penguins and their habitat. Found only in Antarctica, emperor penguins are uniquely adapted for survival in this unforgiving environment. For nine months of the year, they are dependent on ‘fast’ ice – sea ice which is connected to land, seabed...

Urgent action needed to protect emperor penguins from extinction, warns WWF
->Eco News | More on "Emperor penguins endangered climate change" at BigEarthData.ai | #Extinction

If these whales go extinct, we’ll know who to blame Just 51 of these whales are left on Earth. Trump officials may have just doomed them.

If these whales go extinct, we’ll know who to blame

Just 51 of Rice’s whales are left on Earth. Trump officials may have just doomed them.
#Ecocide #Biocide #Extinction #politics #GreedyBastards #OilAndGas #NaziAmeriKK...
#democracy #usa #gop #fascists #fascism

👉 Vote 'em Out!

If these whales go extinct, we’ll know who to blame

Just 51 of Rice’s whales are left on Earth. Trump officials may have just doomed them.

#Ecocide #Biocide #Extinction #politics #GreedyBastards #OilAndGas #NaziAmeriKKKa #fascism #corporatocracy www.vox.com/climate/4844...

This week's Big Question is an emotive topic 🐼

🌿 Thanks to conservation efforts, Giant Pandas are no longer classified as an endangered species.

But why exactly is this important?

What do you think? 💭 👇

#philosophy #bigquestions #sustainability #ethics #environment #pandas #extinction

It is a shame that public funds earmarked for research are being slashed due to the current government. Some scientists are being forced to abandon projects they have been working on for years. #jpod #kpod #extinction

Emperor penguins and fur seals face extinction in devastating climate update Emperor penguins and Antarctic fur seals are facing the threat of extinction due to climate change, a new conservation assessment has revealed. Both populations have seen a dramatic decline in recent years, primarily driven by the loss of sea ice and dwindling food availability, according to the latest evaluation for the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s (IUCN) red list of threatened species. The findings have intensified calls for immediate action to curb planet-heating greenhouse gas emissions and to bolster Antarctica’s crucial role in stabilising the global climate and safeguarding its unique wildlife. Martin Harper, chief executive of BirdLife International, which spearheaded the emperor penguin assessment, said: "Climate change is accelerating the extinction crisis before our eyes. Governments must act now to urgently decarbonise our economies." The emperor penguin, found exclusively in Antarctica, has been reclassified from "near threatened" to "endangered" on the list. This change reflects how global warming is causing the premature break-up and disappearance of vital sea ice. The birds rely on sea ice that is "fastened" to the coastline, ocean floor, or grounded icebergs, using it as a habitat for their chicks and during their moulting season when they are not waterproof, making its loss potentially...

Emperor penguins and fur seals face extinction in devastating climate update
->The Independent | More on "Emperor penguins extinction climate threat" at BigEarthData.ai | #Extinction #Climate

Novethic (titre de presse) "Les 1% les plus riches émettent autant de gaz à effet de serre que les deux tiers des plus pauvres." 21 Novembre 2023.

The backside of the world economy : destroy a world together ! "Vous en avez marre de tous ces guignols ? Et bien cessez de faire les pitres !" Légion #thanatocène #dreamlands #suicides #civilisation

Un point de vue suffit et rien n'est plus autre que le semblable dont vous êtes l'unique sujet.

C'est très bien de changer ses habitudes mais insuffisant sans changement de la volonté politique.

#boycott #obéissance #extinction #biosphère #pollutions

Emperor penguins are marching toward extinction. Antarctica fur seals too Emperor penguins have braved cold, storms, starvation and predation to breed, ensuring their population survives. But climate change might defeat the iconic Antarctic birds. On April 9, the largest of all penguins (Aptenodytes forsteri) were officially moved from threatened to endangered status by the International Union for Conservation of Nature. The network of about 17,000 scientists and experts from over 160 countries maintains the IUCN Red List, a running tally of how threatened different species are in the wild. “Endangered” status means the birds are now considered to face “a very high risk of extinction in the wild.” It’s the breakup and loss of sea ice around Antarctica that is driving the birds toward the brink, scientists say. Over the last decade, Antarctica has seen record lows in the expanse of sea ice that fringes the continent, and the breakup of the ice is also occurring earlier in the year. That’s devastating for emperor penguins, which require “fast” ice — sea ice that is immobile for most of the year — to breed and raise their young. If the ice breaks apart too soon, it puts the chicks in grave danger of drowning or freezing to death, as the young...

Emperor penguins are marching toward extinction. Antarctica fur seals too
->Science News | More on "Emperor penguins endangered Antarctic sea ice" at BigEarthData.ai | #Extinction

Unilever In 2020, global retail giant Unilever unveiled a deforestation-free supply chain promise. By 2023 they would be deforestation free. This has been and gone and they are still causing deforestation. …

Did you know @Unilever is only "making a better world" for their investors NOT the planet? Their use of "sustainable" #palmoil destroys #rainforests causing #extinction. Fight back and #BoycottPalmOil 🌴🪔🔥☠️ #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetect.bsky.social palmoildetectives.com/2021/02/09/u...

Mass drowning of chicks puts emperor penguins at risk of extinction Record low levels of Antarctic sea ice are having grim consequences for penguins yet to grow waterproof feathers

Mass drowning of chicks puts emperor penguins at risk of #extinction

Record low levels of #Antarctic sea ice are having grim consequences for #penguins yet to grow waterproof feathers

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Mass drowning of chicks puts emperor penguins at risk of extinction Record low levels of Antarctic sea ice are having grim consequences for penguins yet to grow waterproof feathers

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

#Penguines #EmperorPenguines #Extinction
#XtinctionIsForever

If these whales go extinct, we’ll know who to blame Just 51 of these whales are left on Earth. Trump officials may have just doomed them.

www.vox.com/climate/4844...

#Cetaceans #Whales #Extinction #XtinctionIsForever #Rice’swhale #Mammals

New SEJournal highlights are here!

This week: a timely #SEJournalTipSheet on covering gas price spikes as an #environment and human story, plus a powerful reflection on why reporting on #extinction still matters.

@ejtodaynews.bsky.social Read at www.SEJ.org/SEJournal. New issues every Wednesday.

Mass drowning of chicks puts emperor penguins at risk of extinction Record low levels of Antarctic sea ice are having grim consequences for penguins yet to grow waterproof feathers

#Extinction is forever.

US citizens re-elected a guy who vowed to shut down renewable energy & go full on for fossil fuels. Today, Iran is charging $2 million per ship in the Strait. So this strategy is costing you as well as killing life on the planet.

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

#OceanHeat
#EarthsEnergyImbalance
#RateOfChange
#Cryosphere
#Currents
#Oscillations
#Storms
#RapidIntensification
#ExtremeWeather
#Acidification
#Hypoxia
#TippingPoints
#BiodiversityLoss
#Extinction
#ThermalExpansion
#SeaLevelRise
#HumanDisplacement
#FossilFuelPollution
#AnthropogenicGlobalWarming

The Cold Start Problem of New Cities & States There are not enough countries. Not enough cities or jurisdictions. Here's how we can grow new ones faster.

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You may - rightly - find these ideas quite fucked up because they are obsessions of #techbros

#booksky #books #climatefiction #climatecrisis #adaptation #migration #immigration #extinction #sciencefiction #mystery #thriller #detective

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Where do you think this cash is showing up? This is a ginormous wealth transfer to #US #oil #gas producers and #Russia - instead, use that cash for #solar #wind #batteries #EV #walk #bike #bus #train
#democracy #justice #climate #climatechange #climatecrisis #extinction