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July 2024 Conservation News Roundup
Frog saunas could help fight chytrid, Iberian lynx are no longer endangered, and scientists in Hawaii are breeding heat-resistant corals.
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June 2024 Conservation News Roundup
Hope for Hawaiian honeycreepers, beavers in London, a snake's triumphant return, and rewilding on college campuses.
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Conservation Comeback: The Humpback Whale
Humpback whales are truly a global species. These mammals have one of the longest migrations around, traveling up to 10,000 miles in a single year — and their beautiful, complex songs are heard by sailors and tourists in every corner of the globe.
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Conservation Comeback: The Sea Otter
Sea otters are a marine mammal beloved by many, but it wasn't long ago that they teetered on the brink of extinction. The international fur trade decimated sea otter populations starting in the 1700s, and by the early 1900s, their wild population fell to less than 1% of their original numbers.
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April & May 2024 Conservation News Roundup
Personhood for whales, a big conservation study, and egg-citing news for sea turtles
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To save these shorebirds, scientists are tracking every ‘step’ of their 9000-mile migration
New tracking technologies are uncovering the flight paths of endangered shorebirds — and the obstacles they face along the way.
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Nature is getting new legal rights – and winning in court
In the mountains of northern Ecuador, the Los Cedros Protected Forest, a place granted a legal standing — called “rights of nature” — that environmentalists are striving to replicate all over the world.
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Conservation Comeback: The Bald Eagle
The bald eagle has been a national symbol of the United States since 1782 — but not that long ago, this iconic species was on the verge of a complete extinction.
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African elephants are ‘turning the tide’ on decades of decline
Researchers are trumpeting a welcome piece of news for African elephants. In the last 25 years, populations in southern Africa have reversed their declines, and even started to grow, according to a new study in Science Advances.
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The Endangered Species Act just turned 50. Here’s what it has saved so far.
Since the Endangered Species Act was passed in 1973, it has become one of the most powerful tools to fight extinction in the United States.
