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U.S. Endangered Species List Gets 21 Species Smaller (in the Bad Way)
The U.S. is officially saying goodbye to 21 species that have been feared gone for years. These animals, which include many birds and marine mammals, have been delisted from the Endangered Species Act because they are now declared extinct, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said this week. One famous bird, the ivory-billed woodpecker, was…
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New Research Indicates Endangered Species Act Is Toothless
Next year, the Endangered Species Act will turn 50. But a team of researchers that analysed the thousands of plants and animals protected by the act has found that a small fraction of those species actually recover.
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A Court Has Ruled Bees Can Be Classified as Fish
A new ruling allows endangered bees to be protected under the California Fish and Game Code.
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How Can Rainbowfish Survive in Australia’s Scorching Desert?
A trip into central Australia involves packing your 4WD to the brim with survival gear, water and food. Yet fish have managed to persist in that parched landscape for thousands of years – how do they do it? We at the Flinders Molecular Ecology Lab went about finding out. Our recent research examined rainbowfish in…