The thorny skate’s population may have declined, but not by enough to justify listing it under the Endangered Species Act, the federal government has ruled. Environmental groups had argued that the bottom-dwelling fish’s population loss in the northwest Atlantic Ocean was considerable enough to afford it protections set aside for endangered animals.

GROWING A GREENER WORLD blends the latest trends in eco-friendly living with traditional gardening know-how. The series highlights the diverse people, organizations and events that seek to raise environmental awareness and encourage better stewardship of the planet.

‘Always in our hearts’: Bindi Irwin pays emotional tribute to her Crocodile Hunter father Steve on what would have been his 55th birthday Her father brought Australian wildlife and conservation to the world stage as the Crocodile Hunter, before he was tragically killed in 2006. And Bindi Irwin has paid an emotional tribute to her father Steve, on what would have been his 55th birthday.

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Time Team presenter Tony Robinson is joining campaigners protesting against plans to put a major road past Stonehenge into a tunnel. Highways England is holding a public consultation on its plans for putting the A303 into a 1.8-mile dual carriageway tunnel where it passes the ancient stone circle to cut congestion and improve the surroundings.

In the most innovative production Nature has ever presented, this five-part series employs more than 30 animatronic spy cameras disguised as animals to secretly record behavior in the wild. These “spycams” reveal animals as having emotions and behavior similar to humans: specifically, a capacity to love, grieve, deceive, and invent.

Twin 11-month-old girls who were formerly conjoined have been successfully separated after undergoing a marathon surgery at a suburban New York City children’s hospital Crews towed the overturned car of a missing woman out of a swollen creek Tuesday in Northern California but the 18-year-old’s whereabouts remain unknown A South Carolina lawmaker has resigned after his felony indictment on an aggravated domestic violence charge that he beat his wife until she was bloody President Donald Trump will begin rolling out executive actions on immigration Wednesday, beginning with steps to tighten border security, including his proposed wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, according to two… President Donald Trump will begin rolling out executive actions on immigration Wednesday, beginning with steps to tighten border security, including his proposed wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, according to … (more)

The government has approved a mine against its environmental watchdog’s warning of high extinction risks for underground fauna, prompting scientists to label WA environmental approvals process “meaningless”. Yeelirrie, 630 kilometres north-east of Perth, is home to one of the country’s – and the world’s – most significant known uranium deposits.

Amid population declines for many wildlife species in Africa, conservationists are sounding alarm bells for the cheetah, the fastest animal on land. An estimated 7,100 cheetahs remain in the wild across Africa and in a small area of Iran, and human encroachment has pushed the wide-ranging predator out of 91 percent of its historic habitat, according to a study published on Monday.