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US Fish and Wildlife Service proposes listing eastern hellbender as endangered
Hellbenders are the largest salamanders in North America and can grow up to 29 inches, according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
US moves to save once-common monarch butterflies from extinction
The United States is moving to grant federal protections to the monarch butterfly -- a once-common species recognizable by ...
Once-endangered Kirtland's warblers show extensive signs of inbreeding in genome
The genome of a once-endangered songbird shows extensive signs of inbreeding, according to a new study by Penn State ...
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The ESA is about to board the Trump roller coaster
The incoming Trump administration and congressional Republicans are expected to revise Endangered Species Act regs and eye ...
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Giraffes Could Be Added To US Endangered Species Act Under New Proposal
As NOAA Fisheries explains, “The Endangered Species Act of 1973 provides a framework to conserve and protect endangered and threatened species and their habitats both domestically and ...
Researchers sound alarm over drastic drop in population of these massive clams — here's why you should be paying attention
Marine invertebrates, however, don't often get the same attention — and researchers are working to change that. Giant clams ...
The Times and Democrat15d
Red-cockaded woodpeckers no longer federally endangered for first time since 1970
The red-cockaded woodpecker in the Southeast is no longer federally endangered, thanks to decades of conservation work; the ...