Outer Banks beaches saw a busy sea turtle nesting season
On the Outer Banks, 2023 nesting numbers indicate that sea turtles had a solid year.
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With salmon at risk of extinction, California begins urgent rescue effort
Typically, now is the time when creeks along the Sacramento River are filled with young spring-run Chinook salmon preparing to make their journey downstream to the Pacific Ocean, where they will mature, and eventually make ...
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Oct 16, 2023
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Feds propose protections for turtles that nearly went extinct in Washington state
A small and once-prominent species of turtle, endangered by invasive bullfrogs, human development and climate change, might soon see a boost in efforts to rebuild its populations throughout the West.
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Oct 3, 2023
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Study connects greenhouse gas emissions to polar bear population declines
New research from the University of Washington and Polar Bears International in Bozeman, Montana, quantifies the relationship between greenhouse gas emissions and the survival of polar bear populations. The paper, published ...
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Aug 31, 2023
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'Wolverines really need Colorado': Federal decision looms over another reintroduction plan
The mountain devil can cross hundreds of miles of rough alpine terrain, tear into an elk carcass frozen for weeks and fend off predators several times larger than its 40-pound frame.
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Aug 13, 2023
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Climate change threatens 771 endangered plant and lichen species
All plants and lichens listed as endangered under the Endangered Species Act are sensitive to climate change but there are few plans in place to address this threat directly, according to a new study by Amy Casandra Wrobleski ...
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Jul 26, 2023
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As climate warms, US allows moving species threatened with extinction as a last resort
U.S. officials on Friday said they will make it easier for scientists to relocate plants and animals outside their historical ranges as a last resort to save species threatened with extinction by climate change.
Ecology
Jun 30, 2023
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Coyotes, bobcats move into human-inhabited areas to avoid apex predators, only to be killed by people
Since their protection under the Endangered Species Act, wolf populations have been making a comeback in the continental United States. Conservationists have argued that the presence of wolves and other apex predators, so ...
Plants & Animals
May 18, 2023
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Federal agency proposes California spotted owl protection
Federal wildlife officials on Wednesday announced a proposal to classify one of two dwindling California spotted owl populations as endangered after a lawsuit by conservation groups required the government to reassess a Trump ...
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Feb 23, 2023
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Michigan wolf population holding steady, 2022 survey shows
Michigan's gray wolf population remains stable and might have reached its natural ceiling after mounting a decadeslong comeback in the Upper Peninsula, state biologists said after the latest survey.
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Jan 18, 2023
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