Tell the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to permanently protect these uniquely stunning reptiles.   John,  Blue tree monitor lizards aren’t just blue. They’re truly, vibrantly, and rather incredibly blue: a most unusual hue in the animal kingdom. Their unique coloration has made them prized targets…

Endangered Earth: Take action and get your weekly wildlife update. No. 1308, July 31, 2025  Lawsuit Defends Gulf Species From Drilling The Center for Biological Diversity just filed a new legal claim in our lawsuit against the Trump administration for failing to take a thorough look at how offshore…

Endangered Earth Help keep chainsaws out of national forests.               Give Now » Hi John, Wolverines can range up to 15 miles a day — and cover hundreds of square miles in their lifetime. As few as 300 of thes…

Tell Mexican officials to outlaw the possession, sale, and export of shark fins.   John,  It’s Shark Week, a time to marvel at these ancient sea animals and celebrate their mysterious — and often misunderstood — lives. Sharks play an important role in ocean ecosystems by maintaining the food web an…

Endangered Earth: Take action and get your weekly wildlife update. No. 1307, July 24, 2025  Lawsuit Aims to Protect Oregon Coast Red Tree Voles Red tree voles have graced the upper reaches of old forests on Oregon’s North Coast for thousands of years — some spend their entire lives in a single tree…

Endangered Earth Don’t let precious waterways be turned into drainage dumps.               Give Now » Hi John, More than 400 manatees have died this year — at a pace even worse than last year. It had been hoped Flor…

Tell the feds to protect this hauntingly beautiful flower as an endangered species.   John,  Found only in parts of Florida and Cuba, hauntingly beautiful ghost orchids have been the subject of countless articles, books, and films. Despite their fame, the flowers are barely surviving as poaching an…

Endangered Earth: Take action and get your weekly wildlife update. No. 1306, July 17, 2025 Legal Victories for Seals, Squirrels, and Black Rails Arctic ringed seals are keeping their Endangered Species Act safeguards, thanks to our intervention in a lawsuit seeking to strip them of their protected s…

Endangered Earth The Everglades should be home to wildlife, not prisons.               Give Now » Hi John, Deep within the Florida Everglades, the Trump administration and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis are fast-tracking…

Tell the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to protect these scaly critters.  John,  In some ways, pangolins are funny: They’re the world’s only scaly mammal, they curl into an adorable ball when frightened, and they vaguely resemble a pinecone with legs.    But the threats to their survival are deadly…

Endangered Earth: Take action and get your weekly wildlife update. No. 1305, July 10, 2025  Stop More Disastrous Oil Drilling in the Arctic The Trump administration is trying to open vast swaths of public land to fossil fuel development by rolling back critical protections for the National Petrole…