Now endangered: The very act that protects wildlife
(PHYSorg.com Biology)

The Trump administration recently announced a proposal that would gut the Endangered Species Act. The news follows in the wake of a report from the United Nations earlier this year that more than 1 million plants and animals around the world face extinction, some within decades, owing to human development, climate change and other threats. Mark Urban, director of UConn`s Center of Biological Risk, and associate professor of ecology and evolutionary biology, explains what the change would mean for America`s wild animals and plants.