Group seeks endangered listing for bumblebee (AP)

Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010

AP - A conservation group filed a petition Wednesday to add a bumblebee from Southern Oregon and Northern California to the endangered species list. Find more info about Group seeks endangered listing for bumblebee (AP) photos videos pictures. read more

Federal agency agrees to deadline on AZ, NM wolves (AP)

Saturday, May 15th, 2010

AP - A federal judge in Arizona has approved a settlement requiring the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to issue a finding by the end of July on a petition that seeks to list the Mexican gray wolf on the federal endangered species list separate from other North American gray ...

Earth Day turns 40: An animated tribute (Y! Green)

Wednesday, April 21st, 2010

Y! Green -     2010 marks the 40th celebration of Earth Day, a holiday that helped spark America's modern environmental movement when it was founded on April 22, 1970, by then-Senator Gaylord Nelson of Wisconsin.  Did you know that there are actually two Earth Days? The "first" Earth Day was founded ...

48 Hawaii-only species given endangered listing (AP)

Thursday, March 11th, 2010

AP - Honeycreeper birds, a fly and several ferns, trees and shrubs found only on a Hawaiian island were among 48 species added Wednesday to the endangered species list, boosting the number of such classifications by the Obama administration from two to 50. Find more info about 48 Hawaii-only species ...