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Study Led by Defenders of Wildlife Scientist Shows Noise Pollution Impacts on Migratory Birds
“The major takeaway from this study is that anthropogenic noise affects many aspects of bird behavior, with some responses more directly tied to fitness,” said Natalie Madden, lead author of the new study.
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Defenders Receives Advocacy Organization of the Year Award
Defenders of Wildlife joined its partners in the Safe Passage coalition today to accept the Advocacy Organization of the Year Award at the 2026 Sweethearts
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Defenders Raises Alarm Over Administration’s Proposal to Amend Rule Protecting North Atlantic Right Whales From Deadly Vessel Strikes
Defenders of Wildlife is devastated to learn that a three-year-old female North Atlantic right whale was found dead off Virginia on February 10, 2026. This
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Genetic Technology Is No Solution for Species Loss
Secretary of Interior Doug Burgum quickly embraced the news of de-extinction technology Monday, as news broke of a bioscience engineering company genetically modifying gray wolf
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Misleadingly Named ‘Pet and Livestock Protection Act’ Ignores Science, Subverts Courts
The House of Representatives Committee on Natural Resources on Wednesday is expected to take up the misleadingly named “Pet and Livestock Protection Act” which if
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Defenders Raises Alarm on Bill to Prevent Expansion of Muleshoe Wildlife Refuge
Defenders is raising the alarm on H.R. 839, Rep. Jodey Arrington’s (R-TX) bill “to prohibit the implementation of a Land Protection Plan for Muleshoe National Wildlife Refuge.”
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Washington State Releases 2024 Wolf Population Estimates
The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife today released the 2024 population estimates for gray wolves, reporting a 9% decrease in the minimum count of
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Trump Administration Places Thumb on Scale of Timber Industry Profit – Routs Environmental and Conservation Laws in the Process
The U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, Brooke Rollins, has issued a secretarial memo that throws out environmental policies and safeguards in favor of timber industry profits.
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