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Loggerhead Listing Decision Delayed

,  |  Mar 29, 2011

Loggerhead sea turtles must wait a bit longer to find out whether or not they will receive stronger protections under the Endangered Species Act. More than a year after a … Read more

5 Mass Wildlife Deaths to Really be Worried About

,  |  Jan 11, 2011

In the last week, we heard news report after news report of mass wildlife die-off events, making it seem like the Apocalypse was drawing near. Birds dropped out of the … Read more

Protecting our “Blue Heart”: Talking with Sylvia Earle about Whale Sharks, Sargassum, Oil and Oceans

 |  Dec 29, 2010

Movie and TV stars don’t do it for us. But when my wife Belinda and I met Dr. Sylvia Earle as she came ashore from a dive boat, walking the … Read more

Entire Habitats Wiped Out by Oil, Dispersant and Fires

 |  Dec 29, 2010

Hyperbole? If you’re visualizing an entire ocean, marshland, bay or miles-long beachfront destroyed, perhaps. But if you consider pelagic sargassum, that yellowish-brown seaweed that forms up into floating mats, clumps … Read more

The 12 Most Dramatic, Disturbing and Inspiring Wildlife Stories of 2010

 |  Dec 21, 2010

There were thousands of wildlife stories in the news over the past year but some stand out as being particularly dramatic, sobering and even inspiring. 1. The Great Gulf Turtle … Read more

Top 10 Unsung Heroes of 2010′s Gulf Oil Disaster

 |  Dec 20, 2010

TIME magazine recently named the Gulf oil disaster as America’s biggest news story of 2010. While the National Wildlife Federation will continue working to focus attention on the disaster and … Read more

New Maps Show Wildlife Strandings in Gulf

 |  Dec 17, 2010

New maps published by National Wildlife Federation show the widespread devastation to wildlife resulting from the Gulf Oil Disaster.  The maps were created using official data from the National Oceanic … Read more

Making Sure Baby Sea Turtles Get a Safe Start

,  |  Sep 15, 2010

Rick Cleveland is an Emmy winning television writer whose credits include The West Wing, Six Feet Under & Nurse Jackie. Recently, he joined the National Wildlife Federation on a mission … Read more

Protecting Loggerhead Sea Turtles for Generations to Come

, ,  |  Sep 8, 2010

It’s hard protecting animals, as I’ve tried once myself. In July 2002, on Cocoa Beach, Florida, a morning workout with my mom turned into being crossing guards for a line … Read more

Sea Turtles and Satellites

,  |  Aug 11, 2010

I recently attended a very special event held by the Sea Turtle Conservancy (STC).  National Wildlife Federation has partnered with STC to support their work protecting sea turtles from the … Read more