Tarnished Gold: The Endangered Species Act at 50
My article surveying the effectiveness of the ESA is now in print as part of an FIU symposium.
Endangered species
The Strange Disappearance of the Tumamoc Globeberry (Updated)
The Fish and Wildlife Service inexplicably removes a species from its tally of species "delisted" under the Endangered Species Act.
The Endangered Species Act at 50: Still Not Recovering Species After All These Years
Claims of the Act's success at recovering imperiled species are vastly overstated, especially on private land.
The Best of Reason: The Endangered Species Act at 50
Why have so few species been taken off the endangered species list?
The Endangered Species Act at 50
Why have so few species been taken off the endangered species list?
America Can Have More Clean Energy or More Toad-Protecting Regulations, but Not Both
Carbon-free power isn’t free of hard choices.
The Myth of Wild Nature and Creating a New Form of Paradise
A review of the new book Tickets For The Ark, by Rebecca Nesbit
Tennessee Snail Darter No Longer a Threatened Species
The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service has declared that the little fish that almost stopped completion of the Tellico Dam has recovered.
California Environmentalists: Bees Are Now Fish
The state's Endangered Species Act doesn't protect insects, so environmentalists and government officials intent on helping bees had to get creative.
California Court Rules That Bees Are Fish
Insects aren't a category protected by the California Endangered Species Act. So state officials classified four bumblebee species as fish to get them listed.
California Court Rules Bees Qualify as "Fish" Under the State's Endangered Species Act
The ruling is not as ridiculous as it sounds. But it's still a fishy decision!
A Bee May Be A Fish (At Least in California) [Updated]
A state court rules that bumble bees may qualify as "fish" under the California Endangered Species Act
Money for Listing Species Is Not Money for Recovering Species
Some environmentalists seem to care more about triggering endangered species regulation than endangered species conservation.
Wildlife as Property Owners Webinar
An examination of how reconceiving animal rights might aid wildlife conservation
Good News for Birds (and Wind Power)
Something as simple as black paint may reduce avian mortalities from wind power.
U.N. Says 1 Million Species Will Go Extinct Without a 'Fundamental, System-wide Reorganization'
But predictions of the apocalypse are again likely overstated.
Leaked U.N. Report Says a Million Species Are at Risk of Extinction
Such predictions were wrong half a century ago, and this one is likely mistaken too.
'Monkey Business': Chris Brown Might Go to Jail Over His Adorable Pet
The punishment would certainly not fit the crime.
Should Dried Up Tree Frog Sex Ponds Limit Property Rights?
The Supreme Court will rule on whether the Endangered Species Act has failed wildlife and private property owners alike.
Can Land Uninhabitable by an Endangered Species Nonetheless Be 'Critical Habitat' Under the Endangered Species Act?
The Supreme Court is asked to review an expansive interpretation of the Fish & Wildlife Service's authority to designate critical habitat for listed species.
How Concerned Should You Be About Species Extinction?
Not very, says biologist R. Alexander Pyron
Does the Commerce Clause Empower Congress to Regulate Every Living Thing?
A potential Supreme Court case challenges federal protection of an intrastate species with no commercial value.
Need a Breather Before May Sweeps? Here, Have a Baby Elephant
Nature documentary highlights the rough childhoods of pachyderms.
Ronald Bailey Reviews Half Earth: Our Planet's Fight for Life, by Edward O. Wilson: New at Reason
Saving biodiversity through markets and technology
Saving Earth's Biodiversity Through Markets and Technological Progress
A review of Half Earth: Our Planet's Fight for Life by Edward O. Wilson
How Commerce, Not the Feds, Saved the Alligator
Hunting can do more good than the Endangered Species Act.
Where the Private Buffalo Roam and the Private Antelope Play
Nongovernmental conservation is saving the planet
Jurassic Pigeon
Bringing extinct animals back to life is now within our grasp, says Long Now Foundation researcher Ben Novak.
Greater Sage Grouse Not Listed As Endangered by U.S. Department of the Interior
Some environmental activists are outraged that the feds have declined "take" private property
Against the Dogmatists, a Review of The End of Doom
Modest self-promotion of my new book
Here's What the Guy Who Paid $50,000 to Kill Cecil the Lion Can Learn from the Guy Who Paid $350,000 to Kill a Black Rhino
Done right, paid hunts for endangered animals can be a huge boon for conservation
Prairie Dog Protections Exceed Scope of Federal Power, Says Court
Commerce Clause doesn't authorize regulation of species with no effect on interstate commerce
Winner of Charity Auctioned License to Hunt and Kill One Endangered Black Rhino Fears For His Safety
Because of threats, not the rhino he plans on hunting
Permit to Hunt Black Rhino Auctioned Off for $350,000 in Dallas
Money to go to species conservation, but animal activists are outraged
China Destroys Tons of Ivory in Fight Against Elephant Poaching
Doesn't that actually increase the value of what remains?
Expert Says Panda Porn Convinces Both Genders To Breed
Helping a species save itself
SeaWorld Challenges Ban on Orca Contact
Touching between trainers, whales banned following death in 2010
