China says its legal ivory trade not to blame for poaching

http://planetark.org/wen/68724 China’s small traditional trade in carving uses ivory acquired through legal auctions and in no way encourages or worsens the problem of elephant poaching in Africa, a senior Chinese official said on Tuesday. Demand for ivory as an...

China Is Plundering the Planet’s Seas

http://www.theatlantic.com/china/archive/2013/04/china-is-plundering-the-planets-seas/275437/ I have always loathed the word “delicacy”. There’s nothing delicate about liquidating the biosphere.

No trace left of three types of butterflies native to south Florida

After six years of searching, an entomologist has concluded that three varieties of butterflies native to south Florida have become extinct, nearly doubling the number of North American butterflies known to be gone. “These are unique butterflies to Florida. This...