MEXICO CITY — Ecologists from Mexico‘s National Autonomous university on Friday relaunched a fundraising campaign to bolster conservation efforts for axolotls, an iconic, endangered fish-like type of salamander. The campaign, called “Adoptaxolotl,” asks people for as little as 600 pesos (about $35) to virtually adopt one of the tiny “water monsters.” Virtual adoption comes with…

Mastic Fire Department’s substation in Shirley has been added to the state Superfund registry, the Department of Environmental Conservation announced Wednesday.  The station, on Sunrise Highway near the Brookhaven airport, was added to the list Nov. 15 as a “Class 02 site that represents a significant threat to public health and/or the environment,” according to the DEC’s…

INDIAN ROCKS BEACH, Fla. — Just as they have for millions of years, sea turtles by the thousands made their labored crawl from the ocean to U.S. beaches to lay their eggs over the past several months. This year, record nesting was found in Florida and elsewhere despite growing concern about threats from climate change.…

Terra do Meio Ecological Station, a pristine reserve under federal protection, has suffered invasions amid efforts to open up an illegal road cutting through the rainforest. Much of the deforestation is spilling over from APA Triunfo do Xingu, a sustainable use reserve that has become one of the most deforested corners of the Amazon in…

PETERSBURG, Ind. — AES Indiana’s Petersburg Generating Station, which towers over the White River here in southwest Indiana, has been burning coal to generate electricity since the late 1960s. That era, though, will come to an end soon. Two of the power plant’s four coal-burning units have already retired and the last is planning to…

Mosquitoes circle after dark as our small group squelches through knee deep grass beside a small tributary of the Mooloolah River on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast.  We’re part of what has become the world’s largest expert-verified project on frogs. This project, called FrogID, was started by the Australian Museum in 2017 and has since engaged more…

The legacy of Goderich’s former mayor John Grace, will live on in the Maitland River watershed, thanks to his friends at the Goderich Lion’s Club. “When our late, great mayor, and also Lions Club President passed away, we committed to a $100,000 environmental fund in his name to go to things that were near and…

INDIAN ROCKS BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Just as they have for millions of years, sea turtles by the thousands made their labored crawl from the ocean to U.S. beaches to lay their eggs over the past several months. This year, record nesting was found in Florida and elsewhere despite growing concern about threats from climate…

Awaiting remediation for the creek, local attention has turned to the more immediate threat of rain-driven flooding. Coney Island flooded badly from the remnants of Hurricane Ida at the beginning of September 2021. The two years since were a missed opportunity for resiliency improvements, local activists say. Nina Dietz The since-removed pilings for the abandoned…

The funds will bolster women’s economic participation in key sectors such as clean energy, fisheries, recycling, forest management, and environmental conservation. By Stacy M. Brown Vice President Kamala Harris on Thursday announced the Women in the Sustainable Economy (WISE) Initiative, which the White House says supports the 2023 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) theme of “Creating…