On January 10, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) granted a waiver to a small aircraft designed to help a young flock of whooping cranes reach their wintering grounds. Since 2001, Operation Migration has been operating a program reintroducing the endangered Continue reading
As spring days are punctuated with the chirps and trills of bird song, a recent article in the Guardian seems especially timely. The northern German city of Bremen plans to take action to curtail its burgeoning population of free–roaming cats, Continue reading
Just last week, two Hawaiian bird species from the island of Kaua’i and their respective habitats were put on the endangered species list along with a Hawaiian fly and 45 types of Hawaiian plants. However, while the action signifies movement from the Obama Administration toward protecting at-risk species and their habitats, the listing does not come a second too soon: Recent research shows U.S. birds, especially in Hawaii, are in great peril. Continue reading
March 15: highlights from the latest ESA Policy News by ESA’s Science Policy Analyst, Piper Corp. Continue reading