Environmental News Network

Red Light-Flashing Jellyfish Lures Prey
The first deep sea red-light district -- glowing appendages on a newly discovered jellyfish relative -- appear to flash their come-hither message to lure prey. The new find is a previously unreported species in the genus Erenna, which is a member of the group that includes coral and jellyfish. >> Read the Full Article
Biologists Say Condor Hatched in Arizona
Biologists confirmed that a California condor chick has hatched in Arizona, the fourth to hatch in the wild in the state since the endangered birds were reintroduced here nearly 10 years ago, officials said Thursday. >> Read the Full Article
Researchers Theorize on Animal Extinction
The extinction of most of Australia's large animals occurred around 45,000 years ago, shortly after the arrival of humans. A study suggests that human burning of the landscape forced dietary changes that killed off many of the animals. >> Read the Full Article
Environmental Activists Seek to Curb Raptor Deaths at California Wind Farm
When it comes to wind power, few places are more productive -- or more deadly to birds -- than this gusty stretch of rolling hills between California's San Francisco Bay area and the San Joaquin Valley. >> Read the Full Article
Draft Legislation Sides With Developers Over Majority of Americans: Defenders of Wildlife
Draft legislation prepared by Rep. Richard Pombo (R-Cal.) would severely undermine the Endangered Species Act (ESA) and punch loopholes in the law on behalf of oil companies, large-scale developers, timber companies, mining corporations, and other special interests. >> Read the Full Article
Officials Investigate Deaths of Sea Birds
Wildlife officials are trying to determine what is killing hundreds of sea birds that have washed ashore in Virginia Beach and other locations along the Atlantic coast in the past several weeks. >> Read the Full Article
Australia Scientists Find New Dolphin, the Snubfin
Australian researchers have identified a new species of dolphin which was once thought to have been the same as an extremely rare mammal predominantly found in Asian coastal waters and rivers. >> Read the Full Article
Wildfires Pose Danger to Desert Tortoise
Wildfires burning in the Southwest are threatening federally protected desert tortoises, further stressing a species that already has lost much of its population to drought. >> Read the Full Article
Amazon Officials Work to Protect Biological Riches in Brazil
Amazon nations must protect the region's riches and knowledge from "biopirates" seeking to patent the rainforest's biological riches, an Ecuadorean official said Friday. >> Read the Full Article
E-Tagging of Pygmy Elephants Helps Study
Crouched in the vine-tangled forest of Borneo, where the brightest part of the day seems like dusk, Elis Tambing finally got the elusive animal in his laser sight and fired. The pink-quilled dart found its mark: the rump of the female pygmy elephant, a unique and endangered animal found only in Malaysia's Sabah state on Borneo Island. >> Read the Full Article