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New paper out of our team at Defenders of Wildlife today in Oryx on the implications of nonhuman animal culture on conservation: www.cambridge.org/core/journal... 🌎

Axolotl puppets by my daughter

New proposed shark listing under the Endangered Species Act just dropped. www.federalregister.gov/public-inspe...

Public Inspection: Endangered and Threatened Species: 12-Month Findings on a Petition to List the Tope Shark and Proposed Listing of Two Distinct Population Segments of Tope SharkEndangered and Threatened Species: 12-Month Findings on a Petition to List the Tope Shark and Proposed Listing of Two Distinct Population Segments of Tope Sharkwww.federalregister.gov

I remain an AI skeptic but Claude really is scarily good.

A very good idea; even better would be for NOAA Fisheries to actually put in protections under the Endangered Species Act. It's already listed as threatened under the Act so it would not be a big lift.

My new blog post on some Endangered Species Act success stories! 🦤 defenders.org/blog/2026/01...

Recovery Spotlight: Channel Island FoxesRising like a miniature mountain range out of the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California is an eight-island archipelago called the Chadefenders.org

Tip for iNaturalist users in the United States: If a species is listed as endangered under the Endangered Species Act, you probably should not take a picture of you holding it for iNaturalist.

Published today by our team at Defenders of Wildlife's Center for Conservation Innovation on the Endangered Species Act's HCP program: conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... 🦤 Lead author is CCI's Heather Harl!

Unfortunately the administration is setting it up to deny migratory birds protection under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. Good article (and not just because they quote me!) on this: www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

Trump just weakened one of the nation’s oldest environmental lawsThe Interior Department suspended a legal opinion holding companies liable for accidentally killing ducks, cranes, pelicans, owls and other bird species.www.washingtonpost.com

Score!

It is beyond annoying to get locked into an argument with a 4 year old then realize at the end that they are actually right about something.

My 4-year old referred to my job as "writing animals" and I guess that's kind of a good, punchy description.

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Found on my office desk this morning…

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