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Giraffes Need Endangered Species Act Protection, U.S. Officials Say
A new proposal would restrict the import of hunting trophies, pelts, bone carvings and other items.Top stories - The New York Times - 20 hours ago -
Giraffes need endangered species protection, U.S. officials say
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has proposed new protections for giraffes, saying their populations are threatened by poaching, habitat loss and climate change.Top stories - CBS News - 9 hours ago -
U.S. officials push to add some giraffes to endangered species list
Three giraffe subspecies should be added to the endangered species list, U.S. officials said Wednesday, as their populations continue a yearslong trend of decline.Top stories - NBC News - 7 hours ago -
A Skeleton Bank of Understudied Species
With a new database of medical images, zoo and wildlife vets can finally see what healthy uncommon animals, from rhinos and tamarins to pangolins and sea stars, should look like on the inside.World - The New York Times - October 26 -
Inside the mission to protect endangered culture
Unesco’s ‘intangible cultural heritage’ list brings local traditions to the world’s attention. How well does it protect them?Business - Financial Times - October 26 -
Endangered parrots Lily and Margot escape from London Zoo
Blue-throated macaws Lily and Margot took flight on Monday and have not been seen since.Top stories - BBC News - October 24 -
London’s endangered language communities to be mapped in new project
London may be second only to New York in the number of at-risk languages spoken. Life in London has been mapped according to its health, wealth, land ownership, politics and transport at key points ...World - The Guardian - October 26 -
Critically endangered antelope born in UK safari park
It is the first time an eastern mountain bongo has been born at Woburn in more than a decadeTop stories - BBC News - October 28 -
Khalife could have 'endangered Zaghari-Ratcliffe'
Daniel Khalife told jurors at his trial that he cannot remember the document in question.Top stories - BBC News - November 12 -
Saving Endangered Animals Will Help Save Us, Too
We have hardly begun to understand how inextricably our own health and safety are intertwined with those of our wild neighbors.Top stories - The New York Times - 2 days ago -
Carcass of massive endangered whale washes ashore in Alaska
The carcass was comparable to the width of a college basketball court and female, according to biologists.Top stories - CBS News - 22 hours ago -
How a nearly extinct crocodile species returned from the brink in Cambodia
The hatching of clutches of critically endangered Siamese crocodiles in Cambodia is an unlikely comeback, aided by an even unlikelier allyWorld - ABC News - October 23 -
Third of world's tree species slide towards extinction, say scientists
Scientists have revealed that more than a third of tree species are facing extinction.Top stories - BBC News - October 28 -
More than a third of all trees species at risk of extinction
The International Union for Conservation of Nature found more than one in three tree species worldwide faces extinction.Top stories - CBS News - October 28 -
Invasive Species Are Threatening the Quality of New York’s Tap Water
Zebra mussels, hydrilla, and now a water flea have made their homes in New Croton Reservoir.Tech - Wired - November 9 -
Marine biologists discover new sea slug species off Pacific coast
California researchers found ‘mystery mollusc’ in deep-sea midnight zone after initially observing it 20 years ago. Researchers in California have discovered a new species of sea slug off the ...World - The Guardian - November 13 -
UK export of millions of endangered eels to Russia attacked as ‘bonkers’
Critics say eels could be smuggled eastwards towards Asia but exporter says they are for ‘restocking’ project. Millions of critically endangered eels have been exported from the Severn estuary to ...World - The Guardian - October 22 -
Environmentalists sue New York, New Jersey and Delaware over endangered sturgeon
Environmentalists accuse New York, New Jersey and Delaware in federal lawsuits of improperly allowing Atlantic sturgeon to be killed by commercial fishing operations even as the prehistoric fish is ...Tech - ABC News - October 24 -
Musk says people accusing Trump of endangering democracy are the real danger
At a town hall in Pennsylvania, tech mogul Elon Musk played down the Jan. 6, 2021 assault on the U.S. Capitol.Top stories - CBS News - October 27 -
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UN warns that toxic smog in Pakistan's Punjab province is endangering children
The U.N. children’s agency is warning that the health of 11 million children in Pakistan’s eastern Punjab province is in danger because of air pollution that experts say has become a fifth season ...Health - ABC News - November 12 -
UN warns that toxic smog in Pakistan's Punjab province is endangering children
The U.N. children’s agency is warning that the health of 11 million children in Pakistan’s eastern Punjab province is in danger because of air pollution that experts say has become a fifth season ...World - ABC News - November 11 -
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Biden administration to restrict drilling, renewables in the US West to help struggling bird
U.S. officials are proposing tighter restrictions on oil, solar and wind energy development across more than 6,500 square miles of federal land in the U.S. WestTech - ABC News - November 8 -
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‘I fly, I drive. We’re all complicit’: Richard Flanagan on vanishing species and refusing the Baillie Gifford prize money
The Australian’s book about his parents’ love and his father’s horrific experience of Burma’s Death Railway won the illustrious nonfiction award. Here he talks about finding beauty and hope in the ...World - The Guardian - 16 hours ago -
Red-cockaded woodpeckers' recovery in southeast leads to status change from endangered to threatened
The red-cockaded woodpecker, an iconic bird in southeastern forests, has recovered enough of its population to be downlisted from an endangered species to a threatened oneTech - ABC News - October 24 -
Nobel prize winners endorse Harris and warn Trump would endanger future of science
Open letter by 82 laureates commends Harris and calls Trump a potential threat to progress on climate crisis. More than 80 Nobel prize winners have endorsed Kamala Harris for the presidency, ...World - The Guardian - October 25 -
Elon Musk says the real threat to democracy is the people who accuse Trump of endangering it
Tech mogul Elon Musk is playing down the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. CapitolTech - ABC News - October 27
