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On June 20, China welcomed the first pair of panda twins of 2016 into the world. Their mother is a six-year-old giant panda named Ya Li, and the twins are her first offspring. The healthy female cubs were born at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding in Sichuan province in southern China.
My sister and I, like most sisters, share a lot in common. But we don’t always see eye to eye when it comes to politics. Yesterday, she told me that in this election year, environmental issues rank third on her list of concerns, behind that of building a strong nation and public safety.
On the day before Father’s Day 2016, President Obama visited Yosemite National Park.
It seems so simple. If there’s a sign warning you of danger and to “Keep Out,” you should.
With our warming climate, some plants are managing to hitch a ride to Antarctica. Will they colonize and thereby change the continent?
It’s the day after Memorial Day, the unofficial start of the summer season. While the summer solstice is still a ways to go—June 20—after Memorial Day, vacations start and movie production companies bring out what they hope will be their “summer blockbusters.”
We now have a national mammal, and it’s Bison bison. On Monday, May 9, 2016, President Obama signed the National Bison Legacy Act, honoring American bison with this first-ever designation.
Scarface is dead. Otherwise known as Bear No. 211, the Yellowstone National Park bruin was shot and killed just outside the park in Gallatin National Forest in November 2015. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service confirmed the death just two weeks ago, on April 25, 2016.
The image of a polar bear stranded on an ice floe. Herds of thousands of walruses hauled out on land, deprived of their sunning platforms of choice: sea ice. Videos from NASA simulating how carbon dioxide moves through the atmosphere and travels around the globe.
Although ostriches don’t really bury their heads in the sand, it appears that we humans do—at least when it comes to climate change.
“Frankly, I didn’t realize we still had an illegal wildlife trade problem here in the U.S.” This common misperception was shared more than once at the U.S. Wildlife Trafficking Alliance’s gathering at the White House earlier this week.
Cloud-gazing is, perhaps, a lost pastime. Before the Internet grabbed their attentions and took up most of their time, children would lie back on a summer day and try to find pictures in the clouds.
