Study shows alligators are the engineers of the wetlands
Alligators radically change the ecosystem around them to make the best of seasonal changes in water levels—and that's a good thing for wetlands.
Alligators radically change the ecosystem around them to make the best of seasonal changes in water levels—and that's a good thing for wetlands.
Plants & Animals
May 31, 2023
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In Connecticut, deer are a frequent sight, whether they are quietly munching on plants around our yards, bounding into the cover of trees with a flash of white from their tails, or after they don't safely make it across a ...
Ecology
May 26, 2023
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Trafficking of wildlife and wildlife products is estimated to be the fourth largest illegal trade in the world.
Ecology
May 26, 2023
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India's efforts to protect its endangered tigers have inadvertently helped avoid a large amount of climate change-causing carbon emissions by preventing deforestation, a study said on Thursday.
Ecology
May 25, 2023
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A slow birthrate and night-time wanderings of pregnant gray nurse sharks away from no-take marine protected areas are putting the fierce-looking but mild-mannered species at further risk of extinction.
Plants & Animals
May 25, 2023
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Registration opened Wednesday for the 2023 Florida Python Challenge, giving participants a chance to win a share of more than $30,000 in prizes while removing invasive Burmese pythons from the wild.
Plants & Animals
May 25, 2023
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By the end of the year, Victoria's trouble-plagued native forest industry will end—six years ahead of schedule. The state's iconic mountain ash forests and endangered wildlife will at last be safe from chainsaws. And there ...
Environment
May 23, 2023
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Imagine coming across an injured kangaroo on the side of the road. Or a bat entangled in fruit tree netting. Would you know who to call to get help?
Plants & Animals
May 22, 2023
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New video and photographs purporting to show ivory-billed woodpeckers flying in a Louisiana forest were published by researchers on Thursday, as government officials said they will make a final decision this year on whether ...
Ecology
May 19, 2023
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Publishing in the journal Nature Sustainability, a team of conservationists led by the Wildlife Conservation Society say that providing a "Conservation Basic Income" (CBI)—of $5.50 per day to all residents of protected ...
Environment
May 18, 2023
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