Biden Expands Pair of California Monuments in Conservation Push President Joe Biden will expand two national monuments in California on Thursday, protecting nearly 120,000 additional acres from development as part of a White House goal to designate more land and ... 05/1/2024 - 10:00 pm | View Link
Giant Pandas Are Returning to San Diego, China Announces Panda diplomacy” has represented an area of cooperation between the United States and China despite tension over weighty issues of trade and national security. 05/1/2024 - 10:28 am | View Link
New study says conservation works, providing hope for biodiversity efforts By Liz Kimbrough Conservation efforts are making a significant difference in protecting the planet’s biodiversity, according to a new study published in the journal Science. In an analysis of 186 ... 05/1/2024 - 7:12 am | View Link
First ever planet-wide analysis shows conservation work is making a measurable difference All the money and effort spent on biodiversity conservation is not just a little bit better than doing nothing at all, they found, but many times greater. 05/1/2024 - 12:59 am | View Link
Students learn science and conservation in a one-of-a-kind outdoor school Springville, CA -- In the foothills of Tulare County, CA, SCICON welcomes students to learn the importance of science and conservation. SCICON, short for the Outdoor School of Science and Conservation ... 04/30/2024 - 12:32 pm | View Link
Giant Panda Conservation In 2022, the Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute celebrated its 50th anniversary of of unprecedented achievement in the care, conservation, breeding and study of giant pandas. Learn about the legacy of the panda program in this video: 05/2/2024 - 3:47 am | View Website
Giant panda | Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute Giant pandas are native to central China and have come to symbolize vulnerable species. As few as 1,864 giant pandas live in their native habitat, while another 600 pandas live in zoos and breeding centers around the world. Fact Sheet. Conservation. 05/2/2024 - 1:17 am | View Website
The future of panda conservation | WWF WWF's 2015-2025 giant panda conservation strategy sets the course for panda protection efforts over the next decade and will focus on improving panda habitat in a manner that balances conservation with local sustainable development. 05/1/2024 - 9:28 pm | View Website
Giant panda no longer Endangered | Stories | WWF Wildlife Conservation. The giant panda has just been downgraded from ‘Endangered’ to ‘Vulnerable’ on the global list of species at risk of extinction, demonstrating how an integrated approach to conservation can help save our planet’s vanishing biodiversity. 05/1/2024 - 8:30 pm | View Website
(SAN FRANCISCO) — They’re lounging, biting each other and generally making a ruckus in numbers not seen in more than a decade. And don’t even think about stealing their anchovies.
San Francisco’s famed Fisherman’s Wharf district is seeing a surge in sea lions.
First appearing at Pier 39 after the 1989 earthquake, the sea lions have become a well known tourist attraction.
Bird flu, or avian influenza, can be deadly in birds but normally doesn’t infect people. While some strains have caused serious disease and even death in humans, most cause relatively mild symptoms.
In the U. S., two people have been known to be infected with avian influenza: one person in 2022, and another earlier this year.
As a former student activist, it’s been a surreal experience following the pro-Palestinian protests occurring at universities across the country. Almost 20 years ago, I helped lead national efforts across the country to divest universities, cities, and states from foreign companies aiding and abetting the genocide in Darfur, Sudan—the last effort that inspired massive divestiture action from institutions of higher education across the country.
(NEW YORK) — Hope Hicks, a former longtime adviser to Donald Trump, took the witness stand Friday in his criminal trial, where prosecutors are expected to question her about her knowledge of hush money payments made during the 2016 presidential campaign.
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Hicks, who served as White House communications director, is the first close Trump adviser to testify in the case, which accuses the Republican former president of a scheme to illegally influence the 2016 election by silencing women who claimed to have sexual encounters with him.
Hicks, who is is testifying for the prosecution under a subpoena, acknowledged she was “really nervous” after stepping up to the microphone.
Before directing Atomic Blonde, Deadpool 2, or Bullet Train, David Leitch was one of the most prolific stuntmen in Hollywood. He doubled for Brad Pitt in Fight Club and Troy. He executed stunts on two of the Matrix movies and one of the Bourne installments. He is a scholar of the action flick and told TIME his latest movie, The Fall Guy, is a “love letter to action movies.”
The film centers on a stunt man, played by Ryan Gosling.
(WASHINGTON) — Roughly 100,000 immigrants who were brought to the U. S. as children are expected to enroll in the Affordable Care Act’s health insurance next year under a directive the Biden administration released Friday.
The move took longer than promised to finalize and fell short of Democratic President Joe Biden’s initial proposal to allow those migrants to sign up for Medicaid, the health insurance program that provides nearly free coverage for the nation’s poorest people.
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But it will allow thousands of people, known as “Dreamers,” to access tax breaks when they sign up for coverage after the Affordable Care Act’s marketplace enrollment opens Nov.