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Over 500 animal species haven't been seen in 50 years but they're still not officially extinct yet
Some could be lost forever, while others could live in areas difficult to reach
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‘Canaries in the coalmine’: loss of birds signals changing planet
Billions of birds are disappearing because of humanity’s impact on Earth, global review finds
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Over 21% of reptile species at risk of extinction
At least one in five reptile species are threatened with extinction, including more than half of turtles and crocodiles, according to the first major global assessment of the world's so-called cold-blooded creatures.
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'Not on our watch': The young family living in the middle of nowhere to bring our animals back from the brink
Meet the young couple living in one of the most-remote areas in Australia, all in the name of helping to bring our endangered animals back from the brink of extinction.
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US trees may provide over $100 billion dollars in savings via environmental benefits—but face growing threats
The concept of ecosystem services allows researchers to quantify the benefits that nature contributes to people into monetary units. A study publishing April 5th in the open-access journal PLOS Sustainability and Transformation by Jeannine Cavender-Bares and Stephen Polasky at the University of Minnesota, St. Paul, United States, and colleagues suggests that trees provide greater economic value when used to regulate climate and air quality than the value they produce as wood products, food crops, and Christmas trees.
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In Panama, Nature Now Has Rights Just Like People and Corporations
In Panama, scientists, lawyers and politicians are working together to dismantle current legal systems and popular mindsets about Nature. And, they’re collaborating to build it back better for the future of their country and the planet.
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US officials reverse course on pesticide's harm to wildlife
U.S. wildlife officials have reversed their previous finding that a widely used and highly toxic pesticide could jeopardize dozens of plants and animals with extinction
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Huge spiders to colonize US East Coast, but maybe it's a good thing
Big and scary-looking Joro spiders have spread from Asia to the southern United States and are now poised to colonize the country's cooler climes—but they're nothing to fear and might end up actually helping local ecosystems. That's according to scientists who have been studying the arachnid invaders since they first arrived in Georgia around 2013.
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Amazon rainforest reaching tipping point, researchers say
The Amazon rainforest is moving towards a "tipping point" where trees may die off en masse, say researchers. A study suggests the world's largest rainforest is losing its ability to bounce back from damage caused by droughts, fires and deforestation. Large swathes could become sparsely forested savannah, which is much less efficient than tropical forest at sucking carbon dioxide from the air.
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Want to save rivers and coasts? Don’t burn rubber
Tires shed a lot of mass in their lifetime—what’s lost can end up in fish.
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The Oldest Tree in the World | Trees Atlanta
The Oldest Tree in the World by Summer Price We all know trees can live really long lives. It’s no surprise that they typically live longer than humans and everything else on the planet. Trees can live anywhere from less than 100 years to more than a few thousand years depending on the species...
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Koala listed as endangered after Australian governments fail to halt its decline
No recovery plan for the Australian marsupial was in place despite it being identified as a requirement nine years ago
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Brainy birds may fare better under climate change
Many North American migratory birds are shrinking in size as temperatures have warmed over the past 40 years. But those with very big brains, relative to their body size, did not shrink as much as smaller-brained birds, according to new research from Washington University in St. Louis. The study is the first to identify a direct link between cognition and animal response to human-made climate change.
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'Life finds a way': here's how rainbowfish survive in Australia's scorching desert
As climate change worsens, their findings highlight the importance of conserving natural river flows to enable freshwater species to respond and adapt.
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A Rio Grande Valley Woman Just Broke the U.S. Record for Most Birds Spotted in a Year
Tiffany Kersten saw 726 species in 48 states, setting a new record for the mind-boggling achievement birders call a Big Year.
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The Great American Chestnut Tree Revival
More than a century ago, billions of American chestnuts were wiped out by an invasive fungus. Now, scientists are working to restore the tree to its former glory.
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Pablo Escobar's 80 'cocaine hippos' are wreaking havoc on a fragile ecosystem
The animals were first brought illegally into Columbia decades ago and now their descendants have become an invasive species.
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It's Time to Fear the Fungi
Climate change could threaten humans' protection from fungal infections. It's time to fear the fungi.
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Humans Have Broken One of The Natural Power Laws Governing Earth's Oceans
Just as with planetary or molecular systems, mathematical laws can be found that accurately describe and allow for predictions in chaotically dynamic ecosystems too – at least, if we zoom out enough.
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Zombie river? London's Thames, once biologically dead, has been coming back to life
Oxygen levels, necessary for fish, are up and dangerous phosphorus levels are down in the historically polluted waterway. But a new report points to climate change as a possible wildcard.
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