The 6-foot alligator in a northern Hillsborough County backyard pond hadn’t bothered anyone. It wasn’t injured. But it was killed. Phil Walters, a nuisance alligator trapper contracted with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission’s Statewide Nuisance Alligator Program, had been called after a mother whose child had been playing closeContinue Reading
Conservatives on Wisconsin’s natural resources board have killed the state’s first efforts to regulate toxic “forever chemicals” in the drinking water source for one in four residents. In the face of widespread public support, the Natural Resources Board voted 3-3 with one abstention Wednesday to reject rules to limit certainContinue Reading
Plastic drink bottles, disposable utensils and balloons are among the most deadly items. Plastic in the ocean can be deadly for marine wildlife and seabirds around the globe, but our latest study shows single-use plastics are a bigger threat to endangered albatrosses in the southern hemisphere than we previously thought. You may have heardContinue Reading
