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Audubon California Scientists track North American Birds
Read story →: Audubon California Scientists track North American BirdsAudubon California took 140 million bird observations to track 604 North American bird species. They used the latest climate change models to predict how bird species will need to adapt to survive.…
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Amazon Fires Destroying Habitat for Newly Discovered Primate
Read story →: Amazon Fires Destroying Habitat for Newly Discovered PrimateA minuscule marmoset known as Mico munduruku habitat is being destroyed by fire. The Amazon is one of 18 biomes necessary for a healthy earth. The Amazon continues to be destroyed by…
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Ocean Depletion of Consumable Fish
Read story →: Ocean Depletion of Consumable FishThe world’s international fleet of industrial fishing vessels are seeing a decline in their catch. Oceans are running out of fish. Human fish consumption is increasing faster than fish can replenish. Many…
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Horned Lizards Released from Texas Zoo
Read story →: Horned Lizards Released from Texas ZooOver- development and habitat loss has threatened the Texas horned lizard. Conservationists at the Dallas zoo are working to breed horned lizards for release in the wild. 2023 the Dallas zoo released…
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Amazon Jaguars Habitat Loss
Read story →: Amazon Jaguars Habitat LossIn 2019, the Amazon fires caused 500 jaguars to lose their habitat. Fires have destroyed over 4.9 million acres in Bolivia. Bolivia’s landscape is home to several large cat species including jaguars,…
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Alaskan Birds are Starving
Read story →: Alaskan Birds are StarvingAlaska is experiencing mass seabird mortality events. Scientists are conducting research on various dead seabird species to determine the cause. In all cases, its starvation. The scientists don’t know the cause of…
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Warmer Oceans affect Right Whales
Read story →: Warmer Oceans affect Right WhalesWhale watching tours are struggling in Maine. For years, whale watching tours didn’t have to venture far into the Gulf of Maine to find whales. Now, whale watching tours are switching to…
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Bird Loss
Read story →: Bird LossCornell Lab of Ornithology analyzed decades of bird population data to realize one in four birds in North America has disappeared . Pesticide use and habitat loss are the largest contributors to…
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Insects necessary for Life on Earth
Read story →: Insects necessary for Life on EarthPolar bears are the poster child for climate change. People aren’t paying attention to insects. Without insects, there are no plants, there is no food. Recently scientists have named the decrease in…