endangered species

The Deepwater Horizon disaster in the Gulf of Mexico may have unleashed a chain of events that could extend economically far beyond the region, threatening one of the world's most lucrative fishing species -- the bluefin tuna. The main culprit: the dispersants used to dissolve the oil.

A conservation group has asked the federal government to add a bumblebee found only on the West Coast to the endangered species list. In a petition filed with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation and University of California at Davis entomologist...

In Oregon, six California sea lions have been euthanized this year by state wildlife officials under a special federal program that allows them to be killed if they are caught eating endangered fish. But as the sea lion death toll mounts, so too does the anger over their deaths.

When I lived in Marshfield, Mass. I sometimes would go down to Green Harbor and watch the fisherman unload the giant tunas they had caught around the Stellwagen Bank of the North Atlantic. At current prices, the bluefin tuna can fetch more than $100,000 for a single fish weighing around 1,430...

Pet owners can add another item to their house shopping checklist, should the U.S. decide to follow a British strategy to protect its wild bird population. I love birds, but I also love our cats and would be rather put out to discover that my housing development prohibited cats and dogs. That's...

For years, Greenpeace has been after celebrity-studded sushi joint Nobu to stop serving the endangered bluefin tuna at its restaurants. Last year, the environmental activist group had tuna samples (not labeled as bluefin tuna) from Nobu's three London restaurants DNA tested, and discovered they...

Thieves are always on the lookout for easy targets or something of high value, whether it's stealing jewels, snatching purses or robbing banks. But criminals in Singapore hit a new low recently when they stole endangered species. Granted, the average person doesn't have 10 rare and expensive...