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Trump Administration Ends Protections for Rare Dancing Prairie Bird
[ad_1] FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) — A ground-dwelling bird known for elaborate mating dances on the southern Great Plains will no longer be federally…
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Technology
These shy, scaly anteaters are the most trafficked mammals in the world
[ad_1] CAPE TOWN, South Africa — They are hunted for their unique scales, and the demand makes them the most trafficked mammal in the…
Finance
US ocean regulator faces criticism over changes to right whale protection rule
[ad_1] PORTLAND, Maine — The U.S.’s ocean regulator plans to make industry-friendly changes to a longstanding rule designed to protect vanishing whales, prompting criticism…
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Genetic analysis could speed up restoration of iconic American chestnut: Scientists
[ad_1] WASHINGTON — Billions of American chestnut trees once covered the eastern United States. They soared in height, producing so many nuts that sellers…
Atlanta, Georgia Local News
Inside the effort to bring back California condors
[ad_1] Inside the effort to bring back California condors – CBS News Watch CBS News More than a dozen California condors born in captivity…
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Trump administration delays decision on federal protections for monarch butterflies
[ad_1] MADISON, Wis. — President Donald Trump’s administration has delayed a decision on whether to extend federal protections to monarch butterflies indefinitely despite years…
Finance
Eel populations are falling, and new protections were defeated. Japan and the US opposed them
[ad_1] SCARBOROUGH, Maine — Eels are the stuff of nightmares — slimy, snakelike creatures that lay millions of eggs before dying so their offspring…
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Eel Populations Are Falling, and New Protections Were Defeated. Japan and the US Opposed Them
[ad_1] SCARBOROUGH, Maine (AP) — Eels are the stuff of nightmares — slimy, snakelike creatures that lay millions of eggs before dying so their…
Dallas, Texas Local News
81 monkeys and meth found in car driven by suspected wildlife smugglers, rangers in Thailand say
[ad_1] Thai rangers have arrested two men suspected of being part of an international wildlife smuggling network, the military said Saturday after they were…
Dallas, Texas Local News
Endangered primates, 1 alive and 1 dead, found in checked bag at airport in India
[ad_1] Indian customs officers have arrested a plane passenger after discovering two endangered gibbons stuffed inside a checked bag, the latest animals seized from…
Detroit, Michigan Local News
Poachers are killing families of spider monkeys, kidnapping their babies and selling them to Americans on social media
[ad_1] Bound, sedated and stuffed into bags: Poachers are ripping baby spider monkeys from their mothers in the forests of southern Mexico and selling…
Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Local News
Blue and ‘cinnamon’ creatures caught at Mexico archaeology site for first time
[ad_1] At Monte Albán in Mexico, a species was spotted for the first time. Matthew Essman via Unsplash For more than 1,000 years, ancient…
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Trump Officials Back Firm in Fight Over California Offshore Oil Drilling After Huge Spill
[ad_1] When the corroded pipeline burst in 2015, inky crude spread along the Southern California coast, becoming the state’s worst oil spill in decades.…
Dallas, Texas Local News
New list of threatened species includes arctic seals, majority of bird species worldwide
[ad_1] Arctic seals are being pushed closer to extinction by climate change and more than half of bird species around the world are declining…
Technology
Arctic seals and more than half of bird species are in trouble on latest list of threatened species
[ad_1] Arctic seals are being pushed closer to extinction by climate change and more than half of bird species around the world are declining…
Dallas, Texas Local News
Human heart-monitoring devices find new life helping biologists understand threatened species
[ad_1] During his regular checkup, a 9-year-old clouded leopard named Masala undergoes a procedure to get a tiny heart monitor implanted under his skin…
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UNESCO designates 26 new biosphere reserves amid biodiversity challenges and climate change
[ad_1] An Indonesian archipelago that’s home to three-fourths of Earth’s coral species, a stretch of Icelandic coast with 70% of the country’s plant life…
Minneapolis, Minnesota Local News
How the Minnesota Zoo is helping to save one of the world’s most endangered butterflies
[ad_1] The Minnesota Zoo, John Ball Zoo in Michigan and Assiniboine Park Conservancy in Canada have received the Association of Zoos and Aquariums’ 2025 North…
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Endangered orca in Washington state seen carrying a dead calf
[ad_1] EASTSOUND, Wash. — Once again, an endangered orca in Washington state has been seen carrying her dead newborn calf in an apparent effort…
Technology
Australia approves world-first vaccine to save koalas from chlamydia
[ad_1] MELBOURNE, Australia — A regulator has approved a world-first vaccine to protect koalas from chlamydia infections, which are causing infertility and death in…