California county sees highest number of monarch butterflies in more than 20 years
There's some hope fluttering around San Luis Obispo County this holiday season.
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Dec 22, 2022
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Activists warn a toothless UN nature pact will fail
The world's next global pact for nature is doomed without clear mechanisms for implementing targets, conservation groups said Saturday on the sidelines of UN talks, as hundreds of protesters took to the streets of Montreal ...
Environment
Dec 11, 2022
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Protecting 30% of Earth's surface for nature means thinking about connections near and far
A biodiversity crisis is reducing the variety of life on Earth. Under pressure from land and water pollution, development, overhunting, poaching, climate change and species invasions, approximately 1 million plant and animal ...
Ecology
Dec 5, 2022
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Major push to save Australia's koalas
Koalas—designated an endangered species in NSW, ACT and Queensland—are abundant in some parts of South Australia and Victoria, with Flinders University researchers now assessing whether their success in southern Australia ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 25, 2022
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Optimal breeding group sizes differ by sex in cooperative animals
The evolutionary pros and cons of group living vary for males and females, according to a study of ostriches reported today in eLife.
Plants & Animals
Oct 4, 2022
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Bumblebees can be classified as 'fish' under California conservation law, court says
In a move that could allow a broad range of insects to be considered for endangered species status, the state Supreme Court has found that California bumblebees can be protected under the law as a type of fish.
Plants & Animals
Sep 23, 2022
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The survival of the endangered monarch butterfly depends on conservation beyond borders
The iconic North American monarch butterfly Danaus plexippus plexippus was recently listed in the IUCN's Red List of Threatened Species, signaling that its ongoing decline could lead to extinction. The compounding effects ...
Ecology
Aug 26, 2022
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France readies rescue of beluga astray in Seine
French marine experts will attempt Tuesday to rescue a beluga whale that swam up the Seine river and return it to the sea, officials said, a complex and risky operation for an animal already sick and malnourished.
Ecology
Aug 9, 2022
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A tree planter's guide to environmental justice
We might all agree that trees do good things for the air, for shade and for the climate, but we might not all see eye-to-eye on where and how they should be planted in our own backyards. In a recent paper, North Carolina ...
Social Sciences
Aug 8, 2022
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Biden administration releases draft environmental review for major Alaska oil project
The Biden administration on has released a draft supplemental environmental review of ConocoPhillips' giant oil prospect on Alaska's North Slope, known as the Willow project, after a federal judge last year rejected approval ...
Environment
Jul 11, 2022
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