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"As sites like Zion National Park continue to struggle with maintenance, including sewer system issues affecting their toilets, entrance fees are instead being allocated to projects in D.C."

U.S. Government Gives Zion National Park Toilets The Cold Shoulder And Uses Entrance Fees To Fund D.C. Renovations Zion National Park's ongoing toilet issues remain on hold while D.C. seeks more "beautification" funding.

"The entire debate over whether public lands should be kept, sold, transferred, or stripped for parts."

"Every one of those fights runs through a single law. And unless you work in federal land management or environmental law, you’ve probably never read a word of it."

FLPMA Explained: The Vital Law That Says Your Public Lands Belong to You Every fight over drilling, mining, logging, and land transfers on BLM land comes back to this law. Most Americans have never heard of it. Here's how you can protect it.

"Internal emails show that President Donald Trump’s Interior Department shared research with the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, which Lee chairs, and helped craft talking points that Lee used to pitch his controversial proposal."

Trump’s Interior Dept. Crafted Talking Points For Mike Lee’s Public Land Sell-Off Scheme Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said a federal land sell-off “wasn’t part of the president’s agenda" even though his staff shared research with the Utah senator.

“'Just over 30 years ago, gray wolves were reintroduced into Yellowstone national park and central Idaho. The wolves in California are [descendants] of these animals and made their way to California because of wolves doing what BEY03F is doing now: being an explorer,' said Hunnicutt. 'Each year, we see continued successful reproduction and expansion of packs into new areas. This is driven by this dispersal movement.'”

Gray wolf appears in Los Angeles county for first time in more than 100 years Three-year-old black coat female, known as BEY03F, crossed into LA county around 6am on 7 February

"The deterioration in press freedom has been dramatic over the past two decades. In 2002, only 13.7% of countries and territories were classified as having a 'difficult' or 'very serious' situation. By 2026, that figure had nearly quadrupled to 52.2%, meaning most countries now face substantial obstacles to independent journalism."

Mapped: Press Freedom Around the World in 2026 This world map shows the state of press freedom in every country, with more than half of the world's press facing constraints in 2026.

"They called the wasp Attenboroughnculus tau in recognition not only of the incredible work that Attenborough has done to show us the wonder and beauty of nature, but also to inspire generations of scientists to pursue careers in natural history."

New species named after David Attenborough to celebrate his hundredth birthday | Natural History Museum Say hello to Attenboroughnculus tau!

"Electricity demand is becoming one of the defining economic stories of the decade, fueled by industrial growth, electric vehicles, air conditioning, and increasingly AI data centers."

"This infographic ranks the world’s largest electricity consumers in 2025 using data from Ember’s Global Electricity Review 2026. It compares total electricity demand in terawatt-hours (TWh) alongside per capita consumption in megawatt-hours (MWh)."

Ranked: The World’s Biggest Electricity Consumers Explore the top 10 countries by electricity demand and see how China now accounts for one-third of global power consumption.

"According to wildlife conservationists in Bengkulu, the population has since plummeted even further. 'In 2010, its population was still at an average of 100-150 individuals,' says Ali Akbar, director of the environmental organisation Kanopi Hijau Indonesia. Today, the total population in Seblat Landscape is 'not more than 50, making it very critical'."

What is killing Sumatra’s elephants? The battle to save one of our rarest animals Investigators are still searching for what caused the recent deaths of a mother and her calf, but conservationists say the animal’s shrinking habitat may be the first place to look

"That answer means no one — not USDA, not Interior, not the Riverside district’s board, not the Trump administration — has begun the consultation that federal trust doctrine would require before any acquisition of any project feature could legitimately move forward. Whatever is happening between Washington and Riverside County, the sovereign nation whose rights are most directly at stake hasn’t gotten a phone call."

The Potter Valley dams are coming down • The Mendocino Voice | Mendocino County, CA So why is a Southern California district circling?

"Jaguars, like all big cats, continue to lose habitat and are targeted by poachers. But this cat moving back into its former territory shows that conservation efforts, such as anti-poaching patrols, land protection and the introduction of prey species, may be working."

Rare, high-altitude jaguar sighting in Honduras raises hope for conservation High in the Sierra del Merendón mountains in Honduras, a jaguar has been photographed at 2,200 meters, or about 7,200 feet — an unusually lofty elevation for a species that usually sticks to lowland forests and wetlands. Jaguars (Panthera onca) are typically found below 1,000 m (3,300 ft), making...