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Endangered Species Regulation Under the New Administration
The incoming Trump Administration is expected to prioritize the rollback of Biden-era endangered species regulations, aiming to reduce the ...
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Freshwater Animals Are More Fragile Than Thought, With Nearly a Quarter Threatened With Extinction, Study Finds
Species in Lake Victoria, Lake Titicaca, Sri Lanka’s Wet Zone and the Western Ghats of India are particularly vulnerable to ...
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This Week In Maligned Little Fish
Two species of tiny, drab, and otherwise forgettable fish—the blotchy brown snail darter and the pale, silvery delta ...
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American bald eagle gets its due
President Joe Biden signed a bill into law officially naming the bald eagle as the national bird. Meanwhile, most Americans ...
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FWS: Grizzly Bears to Remain Protected Under Endangered Species Act
In 1975, grizzly bears in the Lower 48 states were the eighth creature given protection under the new Endangered Species Act, ...
Smithsonian Magazine2d
A Tiny, ‘Endangered’ Fish Delayed a Dam’s Construction in the 1970s. Now, Scientists Say the Snail Darter Isn’t So Rare After All
A lawsuit to protect the snail darter from the Tellico Dam in Tennessee offered the first real test of the 1973 Endangered ...
Biden declares bald eagles US national bird. The raptors are still 'imperiled' in SC.
Bald eagles were nearly eliminated from much of their native range by the 1960s, but have rebounded. Now, they've been ...
This odd fish halted construction of a massive dam in 1973. Turns out, it isn’t real | Opinion
The snail darter is not a thing. It was just a common perch, say scientists. Fraud or bad science? From David Mastio: ...
The Endangered Fish That Halted a Major Dam Was Never Endangered After All
The two-inch snail darter became a symbol for regulatory overreach in the 1970s. New research suggests the fish was not an endangered species — or even a species.
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New Jersey Announces Good News For Two Popular Birds Species
The NJ Department of Environmental Protection has good news about two popular animals as part of 100 conservation status ...
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Hellbenders proposed for endangered species list
While a slimy species of giant salamander continues disappearing from mountain streams, conservationists hope endangered species protections can help the Eastern hellbender turn the tide toward ...