Wildland Network News Today

Mexico’s government recently announced the creation of 20 new protected areas across 12 states and two coastal areas in the country, covering roughly 2.3 million hectares (5.7 million acres). This follows a series of budget cuts to the nation’s environmental agencies. Officials introduced four new national parks, four “flora and fauna protection areas,” seven sanctuaries, […]

Recent estimates indicate a rapid loss of biodiversity, about 100 times higher than the standard rate of extinction in the evolutionary process.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has placed captive wolves with wild ones in hopes of saving the species in North Carolina. One male has disappeared and another was killed on the highway.