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A UK Charity Is Bringing Ghost Ponds Back to Life

A UK Charity Is Bringing Ghost Ponds Back to Life

A conservation charity in the UK is bringing ghost ponds back to life. The Norfolk Wildlife Trust is excavating the ice-age era ponds on two rural sites, with a view towards restoring the original seed banks buried with the ponds when they were filled in for agriculture. “This is restoration from within,” Jonathan Preston of […]

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    Biden’s FWS Plans to Weaken Protections for Four Endangered Species

    Biden’s FWS Plans to Weaken Protections for Four Endangered Species

    President Joe Biden’s U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) is moving to weaken or end Endangered Species Act protections for several species threatened by the climate crisis, including whooping cranes and Key deer. The Center for Biological Diversity (CBD) uncovered the moves when it reviewed the FWS regulatory agenda released December 10 and protested the […]

    8 Wolves Poisoned in Oregon, Including an Entire Pack

    8 Wolves Poisoned in Oregon, Including an Entire Pack

    Oregon police are seeking assistance in the poisoning of eight wolves in the state since February. Conservation groups are also offering a $43,000 reward for information about the killings, The Guardian reported. “We are furious and appalled. These poisonings are a significant blow to wolf recovery in Oregon,” Defenders of Wildlife senior northwest representative Sristi […]

    Up to 900 Bison to Be Removed From Yellowstone This Winter

    Up to 900 Bison to Be Removed From Yellowstone This Winter

    As many as 900 bison could be removed from Yellowstone National Park this winter. Wildlife officials and tribal entities agreed on Wednesday to the number of the large mammals that could be either hunted, slaughtered or quarantined this winter, The New York Times reported. “Allowing the bison population to grow indefinitely could cause overgrazing in […]

    Could Mushroom-Based Leather Be High Fashion’s Next It Material?

    Could Mushroom-Based Leather Be High Fashion’s Next It Material?

    Could mushrooms create a vegan leather that doesn’t harm animals or contribute to the climate crisis? In the past year, high fashion has turned to a material called mycelium, which can be grown from fungi in weeks but has the look and feel of calfskin. Experts think that working with mushrooms could give designers a […]

    Great Pacific Garbage Patch Becomes an Ocean Habitat for Coastal Species

    Great Pacific Garbage Patch Becomes an Ocean Habitat for Coastal Species

    The North Pacific Subtropical Gyre, or the “Great Pacific Garbage Patch,” stretches for more than 610,000 square miles between California and Hawai’i. The gyre hosts around 79,000 metric tons of microplastics, nets, buoys and bottles. And, in a surprising turn, coastal life. Scientists writing in Nature Communications Thursday have found coastal animals like anemones, hydroids […]

    30 White Rhinos Make Largest ‘Translocation’ in Their Species’ History

    30 White Rhinos Make Largest ‘Translocation’ in Their Species’ History

    Thirty white rhinos have just made an incredible journey. The vulnerable mammals traveled more than 3,400 kilometers (approximately 2,113 miles) from South Africa to Rwanda in the “largest single rhino translocation in history,” African Parks announced on Monday. “Introductions to safe, intact wild landscapes are vital for the future of vulnerable species like white rhino, […]