Previous Wildlife News 2025 - Rachel Carson Council

A River Reborn 12-11-25

Journalist Ben Goldfarb and photographer Kiliii Yüyan trace the monumental effort to restitch relationships between land, salmon, and humans on the Klamath River, after four of its most obstructive dams are dismantled.

Corals Are Disappearing, Pushing Earth to Its First Major ‘tipping point’ 10-12-25

A new report says Earth has reached a dire milestone with the widespread death of warm-water coral reefs. But it’s not too late to save what remains. Read more

Builder Vows Fight to Develop Land That Includes Sledge Forest 10-09-25

Nearly 150 people gathered at a Save Sledge Forest rally on Monday afternoon in downtown Wilmington.

Only Half of State’s Known Sea Turtle Nests Hatched Before Erin 09-02-25

The North Carolina Sea Turtle Project kept careful watch over incubating nests threatened by the ocean overwash, storm surge and erosion associated with mid-August’s Hurricane Erin.

Seeing Fewer Fireflies This Year? Here’s Why, and How You Can Help 07-11-25

Fireflies are vulnerable to climate change and habitat loss. Some simple landscaping tricks and turning off porch lights can make a big difference. Read more

Pender Landowner on Mission to Conserve Hundreds of Acres 07-07-25

There have been nights Clint North has lost sleep thinking about his land. Read more

This Fireworks Show is Like No Other 07-11-25

I’m on a Civil War battlefield in West Virginia late on a dark night, and I’ve got the Heebie-Jeebies.
At least I hope I do.

Technology Broke Our Connection to Nature. Here is a Way Back. 05-21-25

Breakthroughs in tracking animals’ movements through GPS, radio frequency and acoustics have exploded. Read more

Harbor Seal Spotted in Beaufort: Anomaly or Harbinger? 05-12-25

Excitement rushes through the crowd — it’s definitely a seal!

Fishermen, Scientists Differ on Whale Mortality, Wind Energy 04-16-25

Since 2016, humpback whale mortalities have increased, along with a rise in the deaths of minke and North Atlantic right whales along the Atlantic coast.

The Rio Grande Valley Was Once Covered in Forest. One Man is Trying to Bring it Back. 04-07-25

The Tamaulipan thorn forest once covered 1 million acres on both sides of the bor. Restoring even a fraction of it could help the region cope with the ravages of a warming world. Read more

Snowy Owls in Decline 01-17-25

The World has far fewer Snowy Owls than wildlife biologists once believed, and breeding populations of these charismatic raptors have been declining at a disturbing rate.

The Business Case For Saving Coral Reefs 01-06-25

A growing body of research shows the nation’s coral reefs protect $1.8 billion in economic assets each year and should be protected for our sake and their own.