Chuckwalla’s Keystone Species, Desert Tortoise
The Chuckwalla Bench, located in southern California, is the home to a leisurely paced species, the desert tortoise. Native to ...
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Monarch butterflies to be added to threatened species list in the US
The US Fish and Wildlife Service announced a decision on Tuesday to extend federal protections to monarch butterflies after years ...
Read moreDetailsInvasive species are often threatened in their native ranges
Many species that are considered invasive in areas where they’ve been introduced may actually be threatened with extinction in their ...
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‘Vampire’ hedgehog among 234 new species identified in Asia todayheadline
The vampire-like Hylomys macarong hedgehogAlexei V. Abramov An extraordinary 234 new species were described by scientists in the Greater Mekong ...
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The monarch butterfly and the Endangered Species Act
The monarch butterfly is disappearing, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced a proposal to classify it as threatened. ...
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Forest Service proposed logging threatens species, older trees in Pike National Forest
Media Contacts Ellen Montgomery Director, Public Lands Campaign, Environment America DENVER – Twenty organizations representing members across the United States ...
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That Cuban rodent species you never knew about? Turns out it’s two species
Hutias are a strange group of rodents living on various islands of the Caribbean. Although big, and sometimes looking a ...
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Grim Dilemma: Should We Kill One Owl Species to Save Another?
On July 3, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service released a plan to start killing 15,000 barred owls a year ...
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Proposed logging near Denver threatens older trees, species
What comes to mind when I say “Colorado”? Is it the last concert you saw at Red Rocks? The Denver ...
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U.S. Proposes Listing Giraffes Under the Endangered Species Act for the First Time
The United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) has proposed that giraffes be listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act ...
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