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The book Our Stolen Future brought world-wide attention to scientific discoveries about endocrine disruption and the fact that common contaminants can interfere with the natural signals controlling development of the fetus. This website tracks the most recent developments.!

Scientists Put Shrimp on a Treadmill!

A Misguided Zap: Mosquitoes are the intended target. But would you care if you killed the world's last firefly?

The Real Green Revolution!!

Commentary: Commentator was wolf in sheep's clothing!!

Cows and chickens as endangered species? - Saving heirloom breeds of domestic livestock!!

Here is Lynne Stone's eyewitness account of both the wolf in Stanley and her confrontation with Ron Gillette. This article is accompanied by a number of Lynne's photos and is posted on Ralph Maughan's Wolf Report website!

In Surprise, Mice Get Trait Without Gene!!

Wetlands-replacement efforts fall short - Work often yields mediocre habitat, state study shows!!

Wetlands of Dhaka: Alarming depletion!!

Gregg Easterbrook accepts global warming!!

IRS Audited Greenpeace At Request of ExxonMobil-Funded Group!

Gail Norton's Parting Shot!

IRS Audited Greenpeace At Request of ExxonMobil-Funded Group!

Green Blogs: The Green revolution moves online!!

Bird flu and factory farming finally gets a media look see!!

US Navy Shock tactics to destroy torpedoes and Marine Mammals!!!

Logging to Control Insects: The Science and Myths Behind Managing Forest Insect "Pests"! This analysis of over 150 relevant studies demonstrates that industrial logging is not the solution to combatting outbreaks of bark beetles or defolitators, such as tussock moth or spruce budworm!!

Logging can't stop bugs, study finds!!

Family fights extinction of independent tree farmers!!

Forest Service Defends Firing of Pesticide "Whistleblower!!

LATEST NATIONAL PARK OUTRAGE: CAPITOL HILL PLAN PROPOSES TO SELL OFF THEODORE ROOSEVELT MEMORIAL IN D.C., 1 OUT OF EVERY 4 U.S. PARK ACRE!

LaHood, R-Peoria,opposes environmental changes!

Endangered species act: Opinion in state split over changes!

Good Place to Enter on the New Endangerd Species Bill - House Passed so Far!

Live giant squid caught on camera: A live, adult giant squid has been caught on camera in the wild for the very first time!!

Farmed Salmon: Marinated in Toxics, Stuffed with Profits!!

Lethal lizard invades Florida: The Nile monitor lizard !!

GM crop impact 'lasts two years'!!

California, New Mexico, Oregon Sue to Bring Back Roadless Rule!!

Lowering Gov't Regulation by Raising Doubt: Chemical pollution is a major menace to public health, but the industry is fighting back!!

Parasitic Hairworm Charms Grasshopper Into Taking It for a Swim!

Video of the Parasitic Hairworm at Work!

Forest Service and Industry Dishonesty and Fraud Exposed: The Space Shuttle Commander’s observation that they could see widespread environmental damage, echoes what can be seen in Native Forest Council’s aerial photographs of the extensive destruction of America’s national forests!

Flat-Earther Bush’s Style for Wild Salmon (Part II of III)!

Weed wears out its welcome!

At Clean Plants, It's Waste Not!

Chlorine Treatment Seen as Risky!!

Judge Tells U.S. to Revisit Wolves' Status!

Illegal Animal Trade Goes Online!

Time and money make a difference in endangered species recovery!!

Reclaiming Appalachia: A Mountain Takeover!!

Darwin and Design: The Evolution of a Flawed Debate!

Panel votes to cap catch of menhaden fish!!

Genetically Modified Maize Not Found In Southern Mexico!!

Darwin's NightMare - Story!

Darwin's NightMare - Site!

Ringing the alarm for Earth - Leading botanist Peter Raven calculates that species crucial to the survival of the human race are in steep decline!

Bringing a River Back to Life -- When Water Is More Than a Commodity!

Shuttle crew see damage on Earth - Eileen Collins says the Earth's atmosphere looks eggshell thin Discovery Commander Eileen Collins described on Thursday how widespread environmental destruction on Earth is visible from the shuttle !!

Congressional delegation urges Black Hills logging!!

Toadus Operandi - John G. Roberts' enviro record not so green, but also not provoking a lot of protest!!

Environmental Lawyers Uneasy Over Roberts' Supreme Court Nomination!!

Proposed legislation would void county biotech seed bans!!

Acid rain damage far worse than previously believed, USA!!

Stalagmite fuels climate debate!!

Salamander species has deformities!!

POMBO BILL WOULD REPEAL ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT, ELIMINATE RECOVERY GOALS AND REQUIREMENTS!

Oprah Not "The Only Mad Cow In America" - Texas Governor Perry failed to protect state's beef!

Millions Against Monsanto!

Universe 'too queer' to grasp!!

Australia - 'Fires wiped out' ancient mammals!

What Really Happened to the Roadless Rule!

Wheels vs. Wilderness!!

Fish Farm Documents Show Politics Trump Science, Say Critics - BC Fisheries Minister van Dongen: ‘We need to get moving’ Deleted facts flagged as 'Technically correct, but politically problematic.'!!

A wrapped glacier, orange butterflies, uneaten wood mice: what's the link?

Plight of tiny fairy shrimp is a symbol of crisis: Federal effort to save threatened species is hobbled by lawsuits!!

World-Renowned Scientists Caution Senate on Endangered Species Protection!

Conservationists team with Tongass on wildlife, timber - Collaboration will restore streams damaged by roads!

B.C. biologist launches private prosecution over fish farm sea lice!!

Fatally flawed - A few problems with Bush’s “ownership society!

Eat Them Or Lose Them: Food lovers are developing a taste for "heritage" breeds ignored by big farms and nearly extinct!!

Plant biotech goes open-source!

Jane Brody's article about GMOs incorrect!

FISH & WILDLIFE SCIENCE POLLUTED BY FLORIDA POLITICS: Survey Validates Concerns Raised by Panther Whistleblower!!

Shanklin Sets the Record Straight on the Ozone Hole!

BIOLOGISTS ORDERED TO IGNORE GENETICS OF ENDANGERED SPECIES — New Fish & Wildlife Service Edict Sparks Internal Protests Over Censoring Science!!

Wilderness Site May See Oil Drilling!

For Japan Whale study a ploy!!

Wharton: When the wolf is at the door!

Actor Eddie Albert dies!!

The Right Celebrates Keeping Endangered Species off the List!!!

Another attack on the Endangered Species Act!!

Remembering Mark Lappe!!

Recently leaked information showing that rats fed a Monsanto corn variety may have developed kidney and blood problems is sending ripples throughout the European community!!

Siskiyou Grandmothers Sustain Campaign for Trees!!

ENVIRONMENT-MEXICO: Yet More Casualties in War on Indigenous Activists!!

Predator in the Crosshairs - With the possible removal of federal protections later this year, what comes next for the embattled Great Bear in Idaho?

New Environmentalism, Or Backdoor to Nuclear Power?

The Rancher's Revenge - When environmentalists attacked, rancher Jim Chilton used the best ammunition he could find -- and it came from his enemy!

Rediscovery of Species Spurs More Questions!!

The Daily Debate: Wolves in Utah - Topic: Should wolves be introduced into Utah with comments!!

Judge throws out challenge to Fla. beach driving!!

Can you find the Joke here?!!

Wildlife chief: Lynx shouldn't be tool in land-use debates!

Pombo fires back at critics report on species act!!

Should Congress overhaul the Endangered Species Act? Yes!!

Should Congress overhaul the Endangered Species Act? No!!

Filipino Wins Top Award for Saving Mangroves!!

When Did 'Hobbit' Humans Die Out? Not So Long Ago, Villagers Say!!

Whales 'suffer from the bends'!

Birds May Be Behind Exploding German Toads!

THE CLIMATE OF MAN—I by ELIZABETH KOLBERT - Disappearing islands, thawing permafrost, melting polar ice. How the earth is changing!

Think Earth Day is fast becoming a corporate marketing tool? It's a sideshow to more sophisticated shareholder activism!

Study: Starvation caused Wyo. moose decline - Not Wolves!

Delhi Sands flower loving fly subject of misleading Congressional hearing!

Extinct plants, animals threaten loss of thousands more!

Forest Service Trying to Sell Property!

Cloning's promise unfulfilled in farming!

Another view on Internet Hunting and Killing!

Recorded Broadcasts on the Environment!

New Bug a Threat to Rice Fields in U.S.!!

Water Loss, seed destruction - Saving the World’s Seeds - Dr. Vandana Shiva!!

The battle over manatees is taking a significant twist in favor of the boating and marina industry!

Eco-porn: Great Sex For A Good Cause!

Endangered Species Act provisions appear to benefit imperiled organisms - Study affirms the effectiveness of legislation for conservation!

Endangered species: Good science!

Wind, Power and Wilderness - The price of making clean energy on Florida Mountain!

Bacteria spread beyond hospitals - Drug-resistant staph bacteria that cause skin and blood infections are appearing out in communities, a new study says!

Green Goo: The New Nano-Threat!

Extinction Forecast for One-Quarter of All Primates!

One plan fits all for periled fly!

Bees survived dino extinction!

How lizards walk on water!

Company probed for not reporting oil spill in wildlife refuge!

Politically reviewed science!

Soil food web found alive -- and so far well -- under modified corn!

Desert Plants May Help Treat Insidious Tropical Diseases!

Report: Energy Development Fragments Public Lands!

Another preble's Article!!

Right-Wing View on the Endangered Species Act - 1!

Right-Wing View on the Endangered Species Act - 2!

Promoting chaos in the desert!

Caged spirits: Rescuer says hybrid wolf dogs should not be pets!

Connection Between Whale Beachings and the Use of Sonar Gets Contentious!

Breeding success for rare kakapo!

Peak Oil - US: The fire is no longer on its way, it has begun!!

Rancher calls for Snake dam removal - Agriculture community could suffer because of salmon flow augmentation!

Plants defy Mendel's inheritance laws!

Fla. crocodiles on the rebound, will lose endangered species status!

Wisconsin OutDoor News - Wolf Views!!

Monkeys use tools to forage!!

Some churches keeping environment in prayers!!

NOAA Report Says Navy Sonar Likely Caused Orcas To Flee!!

State prairie dog plan becomes law - Kill um massively and say you are preserving dem!!

Article on the Historical Estimate of Whale Numbers!!

Stink Bugs in Southern US Devouring Genetically Engineered Cotton!

The Uncle Tom Award!!

CENTRAL AMERICA: Workers Left Sterile by Pesticide Seek Justice!!

Iraqi Government Urged to Revoke "Cynical and Wicked" Patent Law!!

Hominid inbreeding left humans vulnerable to disease!!

Pentagon to Jettison Environmental Responsibilities!!

Going underground - The Robber Baron Cave Restoration Project is transforming an ugly vacant lot into a history-filled neighborhood park!!

Beached Whales and Navy Sonar!!

Developer sues U.S. forest workers Government fails to represent trio of employees - On Racketeering Charges!!

Tasmanian devils face extinction!

Nevada BLM cleans out cleanup project manager!

Officials struggle with success of reintroduction programs!

Meat worker safety criticized!

Norway - Actions mount against wolf hunt!

Norway to kill 25% of its wolves!

Saving the land to save its inhabitants!!

Legacy lost: genetic variability and population size of extirpated US grey wolves (Canis lupus)!

Wolf sightings increase in northern Idaho; governor wants more control!

Wyoming - Wyoming stands its ground on wolf rules!

Michigan - State keeping an eye out for gray wolves in the area l!

Wolf comeback turns predator into prey - Efforts to protect packs have been so successful, ranchers can shoot 'harassing' wolves againl!

Government Blocks Few Development Plans That Threaten Endangered Species!!

Governor Criticizes Forest and Fish Policies!!

Grizzly-kill payments down!!

Local Outreach Project Promotes Understanding of Grizzly Bears!!

Senator Inhofe Explains Global Warming!!

Island Extinction Woes Stark Warning for Land Dwellers!!

The Rat Pack - When rat poison manufacturers complained about regulations, the EPA rolled over!!

Montana gains control of its wolves!!

Oregon prepares for wolves' return!!

Records show Interior aide assisted endangered species challenge!!

Wildlife rulings ignore key science, critics say!!

Florida Growers say no to tasty Tomatoes that don't look good!!!

Book Review - A Stain Upon the Sea: Profit Over Wild Salmon!!

Male Fish Growing Eggs Found in Potomac!!

Lake Tahoe warming mirrors world trend - Deep Sierra basin's temperature rises 1 degree in 30 years!!

Secret tests reveal cattle feed contaminated by animal parts!!

Anti-Wolfer Ron Gillette seems to have an apporpriation Problem!!!

Stuck In An Evolutionary Trap -- A Puzzle Posed By Black-headed Ducks Yields To Persistent Biologists!!

A Salmon Sleuth's Disturbing Find - How a marine researcher proved farmed Atlantics escape and survive in B.C. waters!!

Killing of grizzlies exceeds levels set by U.S. officials!!

Eco-Recovery in a Jam - Man-made fish habitats at Goldstream showcase watershed enhancement!!

Texas officials wary of plan to hunt by Internet!!

Gulf fishing threatened by 'dead zone' !!

Giant ape found in Africa may be new species!!

BIOLOGISTS TAKE AIM AT FEDS' PROPOSED HATCHERY POLICY!

Predator control theory must change!!!

Crying wolf over predator attacks!!

Bioethics Council Report Whitewashes Maori Concern!

Shrinking Treasures - Global Warming Puts China’s Yulong Glacier in Perill!

Successful Yellowstone Gray Wolf Recovery Program Draws Some Criticisml!

The price of healthy wetlandsl!

Royal Society launches investigation into rising acidity of oceansl!

Tracking return of Dead Zone in Pacific - Scientist see 'tipping of the balance of the ecosystem'l!

Pollutants cause huge rise in brain diseasesl!

How To Conduct a Prairie Dog Census - First, round up some remote-control planesl!

S.D. governor announces agreement to exterminate er ah control prairie dogsl!

Dean: Bush's war on sciencel!

Couple passionate about preserving wetlandsl!

Interior proposes lifting protection for gray wolf outside of the Westl!

Tongass Forest Awaits Critical Decision As Bush Pushes Loggingl!

Scientists find 75 percent of red snapper sold in stores is really some other speciesl!

Habitat plan for endangered species shrinks under Bush!l!

Thrist: A Groundbreaking, New Documentary Film! Is water a human right or a commoditity to be bought and sold in a global marketplace? National Broadcast Premiere - Tuesday, July 13, 10pm on PBS's acclaimed "P.O.V." series (Check local listings)l!

Habitat plan for endangered species shrinks under Bushl!

Preble's Meadow Jumping Mouse Still Endangered, New Report Concludesl!

Salamanders To Cicadas, Focusing On Nature - Will Michaels a Young man who is reaching for his dreams!

An article whcih shows the Conservative mindset on the Endangered Species Actl!

Endangered Species Act does more than protect habitatsl!

Article on Mosquitoes and which kind you have to worry about - Mind you the artilce has been attacked extensively!l!

Costs of Warming on the Risel!

Restricted land a safe haven for Endangered or Threatened Species!

Hell on Wheels - A new wave of bigger, faster machines is driving Americans from the wilderness.!

MIT's Hawk Caml!

Chimps nearing extinction, study warns!

Watch the birdie! (On your PC)!

THE US HOUSE should insist that revenues from offshore oil drilling be spent for their intended purpose!

Small wetlands become a big issue!

But in Canada you can sue polluters who damage trees, wildlife and water that lack commercial value.!

It's mating season for horseshoe crabs in Maine!

As I see it: It's tough to tell good science from the bad!

Darwinian shift: survival of the smallest!

Federal whistleblower quits, alleges politicization of science!!

Rancher Tweeti Blancett takes on the multinationals!!

U.S. wetlands still on sharp annual decline!

Smart Breeding is here: Forget Frankenfruit !

Excellent article on the Recent Controversy regarding the Preble's Meadow jumping mouse!!!

Excellent analysis on the implications of listing hatchery raised salmon as wild salmon!!

Hatchery-bred fish to be part of wild salmon count - And Tyson caged chikens will be labeled as Endanged Birds!!

Plan seeks to limit 'critical habitat' cases!

Natural Home Magazine gives 10 Great Green Products for the Home!

Study: Endangered species often lack protected habitat!

Weed 25 million acres, anyone? ... Botanists attempt to replant range!

On the Origins of "Sound Science"!!

The privatisation of global water services means billion-dollar profits for corporations and pollution, disconnection and soaring prices for consumers!

Wildlife is wonderful. We don’t need any other excuse to protect it!!

GM Technology such as Golden Rice to feed the Poor? Forget it, Terminator Technology is being pushed again by the GM Companies!!

Article on Predator Friendly Beef and Lamb with Becky Weed!!

Committee On Resources US House of Rep - The Endangered Species Act Site - The Most Unscientific, Biased Site I have ever Observed!!!

The American West's Most Overgrazed Public Lands 2003 - A "top ten" List!!

Article - The Endangered Species Act wasn't adopted for our convenience!!

Wetlands get new spy cam!!!

Fishy murder mystery solved - Why the lake trout disappeared from Lake Ontario!!

STUDY DISPROVES "JOBS VS. ENVIRONMENT" MYTH - States with the best environmental records also offer the best job opportunities and climate for long-term economic development!!!

For wildlife, re-created wetlands not the same - Studies cast doubt on replacement projects!!!

Mexican activist shares stories of torture. Punished for crimes he did not commit, environmentalist Rodolfo Montiel talked about the price of speaking out!!!

Place to Comment on and Read About Proposed BLM Regulatory Actions!!!

Each year, BCI sponsors graduate students in conducting conservation-relevant research!!!

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This page last updated on May 15, 2008.