U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has changed the definition of "harm" under the Endangered Species Act. Formerly prohibited projects that caused major habitat degradation are now allowed.
Carl Safina
@csafina.bsky.social
Ecologist, author, founder of The Safina Center; Professor for Nature and Humanity at University of New York at Stony Brook https://www.carlsafina.org see also SafinaCenter.org
Yesterday we said a sad goodbye to Chula, taken by cancer at age 14. A brave, confident, sensitive, loving being. One of the best friends I've ever had and a huge presence in some of the best times of my life.
Celebrate World Turtle Day! That's me with a nesting lady leatherback, and with an olive ridley, and with a Seychelles tortoise. And there's my book. Are turtles cool or what?
QUOTE OF THE DAY “We decided not to resign ourselves to an economy built on the destruction of life.” Irene Vélez Torres, Colombia’s environment minister and chair of the Conference. (www.theguardian.com/.../colombia.... )
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Saddened to hear of Peter Raven's passing. He was a mentor, a friend, a person who encouraged me and many. news.mongabay.com/2026/04/pete...
Peter Raven, botanist and advocate for biodiversity, has died, aged 89
Life on Earth is often described as a web, but for much of modern science it was catalogued as a ledger: names, specimens, distributions, relationships drawn in careful lines. Over the course of the 2...
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Happy EARTH DAY! Earth to us, "Can you hear me now?" www.nytimes.com/2020/04/21/c...
How The Times Covered the First Earth Day, 50 Years Ago (Published 2020)
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time.com/6273684/eart... Never mind climate change or pollution--the issue runs much wider and deeper and calls us to all these and more.
The Case For Making Earth Day a Religious Holiday
Celebrating the world as a living miracle should be more fun and important than it currently is.
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t'Rump claims he is NOT God--and I still don't believe him! www.washingtonpost.com/style/2026/0...
Column | Trump’s Christ-like image is filled with sloppy symbolism
Why the AI-generated meme — which the president posted on his social media platform, then removed — is offensive even to nonbelievers
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@bsky.app This essay of mine about the current political scene and the environment just came out today. Please feel free to share. e360.yale.edu/features/try...
Trying Times: Keeping the Faith as Environmental Gains Are Lost
For people who came of age in the 1970s, it is especially painful to witness the Trump administration’s relentless rollback of hard-won environmental progress. But as the assaults on clean air and wat...
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Riddle: When is a snowy owl not a Snowy Owl? We had a cold night, cold morning. A foot of snow. Alfie took it in stride; it's not her first snowdeo. Chula decided on Pleistocene cosplay.
My friend Shelley D just made my day with a couple of pics from a great San Francisco bookstore.
The super-tusker Craig has died—of natural causes! I remember seeing him while researching my book "Beyond Words" in 2013. news.mongabay.com/2026/01/what...
What Craig’s long life reveals about elephant conservation
The death of a well-known wild animal is an odd kind of news. It is intimate, because so many people feel they have met the creature through photographs and video. It is also impersonal, because the a...
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Only 30 years later than necessary, NY Guv finally signs horseshoe crab full protection phase-in that kept passing year after year in the last few years. www.savethesound.org/2025/12/20/press-release-save-the-sound-celebrates-signing-of-horseshoe-crab-protection-act-in-ny/
Press Release: Save the Sound Celebrates Signing of Horseshoe Crab Protection Act in NY - Save the Sound
Meaningful protections for vulnerable species will extend around entire Long Island Sound Horseshoe crabs in New York State finally will receive meaningful protections after Governor Kathy Hochul sign...
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Solar and wind power are fastest growing energy. China is leaving U.S. in the dust. Make America GeneRATE!
Very saddened to hear of Iain Douglas-Hamilton's passing. A towering figure in the study and conservation of African elephants; Iain was kind enough to arrange for me to stay in his research camp in Samburu, Kenya, and he flew up to speak with me while I was researching for my book "Beyond Words."
I was pleased to be with Edie Widder for the showing of her bio-pic "A Life Illuminated" at the Sag Harbor Doc Fest. Fantastic film about light created by living things in the deep-deep sea.
My mother turned 100 last week. Here's a sweet local article about her. tbrnewsmedia.com/centenarian-...
Centenarian Rose Aragona Safina reflects on her life and shares advice | TBR News Media
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When I was writing my book "Becoming Wild," one team of scientists in Peru really opened my eyes to the lives of free-living macaws. They are asking for a little help with their science funding now. Please consider playing Santa to their research. www.gofundme.com/f/fvvmp-unco...
Donate to Uncovering Macaw Secrets: Are They Truly Faithful?, organized by The Macaw Society Brightsmith Group
The Macaw Society has been studying macaw conservation in the… The Macaw Society Brightsmith Group needs your support for Uncovering Macaw Secrets: Are They Truly Faithful?
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My mother yesterday. Total surprise party, flawlessly planned and executed. Big thanks to Jacqueline Malenda for tremendous hosting at Madiran Wine Bar Restaurant in Setauket, Long Island, NY.
The most crucial issue on the Atlantic Coast right now. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Opinion | It’s the ‘most important fish in the sea.’ And it’s disappearing.
If the menhaden decline continues, striped bass could be next to vanish.
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Octopuses are a-maze-ing. Watch this one solve a super-maze. www.youtube.com/watch?v=7__r...
Octopus vs Underwater Maze
YouTube video by Mark Rober
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A lovely new review of "Alfie and Me." For this reviewer, the book is a rich pastry of a reading experience. mailchi.mp/258cafda6461...
Thank you for the Baklava
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Jane Goodall, who broke barriers of all sorts, has passed at age 91. Her accomplishments will always live, because she changed the world, the way we work, and how see humans and our other relatives. Here we are in a Zoom conference together 4 years ago.
A million and a half views in less than a week! People sure are enjoying my video podcast with Oprah Winfrey. www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_Fr...
Do Dogs Really Love Us? with Oprah and Dr. Carl Safina
YouTube video by Oprah
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A million and a half views in less than a week! People sure are enjoying my video podcast with Opray Winfrey. www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_Fr...
Do Dogs Really Love Us? with Oprah and Dr. Carl Safina
YouTube video by Oprah
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My interview with Oprah Winfrey is live! Feel free to enjoy and to share. We ranged from dogs to the sacredness of Life on Earth. I am really pleased with how it turned out and Oprah's producer says it's one of his all-time faves in the series.
My interview with Oprah Winfrey is live! Feel free to enjoy and to share. We ranged from dogs to the sacredness of Life on Earth. I am really pleased with how it turned out and Oprah's producer says it's one of his all-time faves in the series.