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Monitor Lizard Receives Emergency U.S. Endangered Species Protections
The International Union for Conservation of Nature assessed the blue tree monitor lizard as endangered in 2017, finding that the animals face a very high risk of extinction in the wild. The species is ...
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Saving the chambered nautilus
The chambered, or pearly, nautilus (Nautilus pompilius) is a charismatic cephalopod species known for its exceptional spiraling, chambered shell. It belongs to a family that has barely changed since ...
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$25 Million Federal Grant Awarded for Red Wolf Crossings
RALEIGH, N.C. — The Federal Highway Administration today announced a $25 million grant for North Carolina to build wildlife crossings that will help save critically endangered Red Wolves. Only 16 red ...
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SAVE BLUEFIN TUNA
Bluefin tuna are an ocean-going fish that grow up to 10 feet long and can weigh as much as 1,200 pounds. Unlike almost all fish, bluefin tuna are warm-blooded and able to regulate their body ...
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California Grants Waiver for Dangerous Santa Barbara Pipeline
A Texas-based oil company announced to investors today that the California Office of the State Fire Marshal has waived federally required anti-corrosion measures for the Las Flores pipeline system.
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Forest Service Urged to Update N.C.’s Nantahala-Pisgah Forest Plan in Wake of Hurricane Helene
Conservation groups sent a letter Tuesday urging the U.S. Forest Service to amend the Nantahala-Pisgah forest plan because of the tremendous damage from Hurricane Helene to North Carolina’s Nantahala ...
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State Protections Sought for Imperiled Southern California Butterfly
The Center for Biological Diversity and Endangered Habitats League petitioned the California Fish and Game Commission today ...
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Legal Agreement Sets Deadlines to Protect Four Imperiled Bees
The Center for Biological Diversity and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service have reached an agreement that requires the agency to make decisions on protecting four imperiled bee species under the ...
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Four Caribbean Lizards Proposed for Endangered Species Protections
Three of the species included in today’s notice are from the territory of Puerto Rico: the Culebra skink (Culebra and the ...
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On Anniversary of Reintroduction, Colorado Urged to Proceed with 2025 Wolf Releases
Delaying the release of gray wolves into Colorado would be disastrous for the state’s wolf reintroduction program and could violate state law, conservation groups said in a letter today to the ...
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NATURAL HISTORY
DESCRIPTION: Walruses are easily distinguished by their long, white tusks, cinnamon-brown skin, grizzled whiskers, and bodies full of blubber. Growing up to 3,750 pounds, male Pacific walruses are ...