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    Amphibious Mouse Among 27 New Animal Species Found by Peruvian Amazon Expedition

    Amphibious Mouse Among 27 New Animal Species Found by Peruvian Amazon Expedition

    Researchers in northwest Peru’s Alto Mayo region have discovered 27 new animal species, including a semi-aquatic mouse, a salamander that climbs trees and a “blob-headed fish.” The 38-day survey uncovered and recorded more than 2,000 species of plants and wildlife, reported The Guardian. “Discovering even one new species of mammal on an expedition would be […]

    ‘Divorce’ Rates of Seychelles Warblers Linked to Rainfall Fluctuations During Breeding Season

    ‘Divorce’ Rates of Seychelles Warblers Linked to Rainfall Fluctuations During Breeding Season

    The amount of rain that falls affects our environment in various ways, from river flow to the availability of freshwater, but it can also shape the diversity and distribution of ecosystems within different regions of the globe. A new long-term study of Seychelles warblers (Acrocephalus sechellensis) on Cousin Island has revealed that rainfall during the […]

    A Marine Heatwave Killed 4 Million of Alaska’s Murre Seabirds

    A Marine Heatwave Killed 4 Million of Alaska’s Murre Seabirds

    Beginning in late fall 2014 and lasting into 2016, an anomalous, massive marine heatwave nicknamed “the Blob” developed off the western coast of the U.S., covering all of Alaska’s coastwater and extending as far south as Southern California, raising ocean temperatures by several degrees Celsius. The Blob had an extreme effect on Alaska in particular. […]

    World’s Oldest Known Wild Bird Lays Egg at 74

    World’s Oldest Known Wild Bird Lays Egg at 74

    Wisdom, a 74-year-old Laysan albatross, is the oldest-known wild bird on the planet. First fitted with a band in 1956, the Hawaiian seabird has laid her first egg in four years, according to United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) officials. Wisdom returned to the Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge to lay what could be […]

    Wolves Will No Longer Be ‘Strictly Protected’ in Europe

    Wolves Will No Longer Be ‘Strictly Protected’ in Europe

    Wolves in Europe will go from being “strictly protected” to “protected” next year after the Council of Europe backed a proposal by the European Union to downgrade their status. Conservationists are concerned about the survival of the species, which bounced back after being on the edge of local extinction, reported The Guardian. “This decision is […]