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BIZARRE: Us fish and wildlife service - What They Never Told You

Giant ‘mutant blobs’ found floating through US waterways. Officials have now worked out what they are

A large Pectinatella magnifica, also known as the magnificent bryozoan, was spotted in Lake Huron earlier this month.

The Independent UK

Lawmakers urge Trump administration to cancel owl-killing plan, say it would cost too much

A bipartisan group of lawmakers urge the Trump administration to scrap plans to kill more than 450,000 invasive barred owls in West Coast forests in coming decades

The Independent UK

Secret Service Director Resigns Amid Security Failures

Secret Service Director resigns amid scrutiny over security lapses, including an assassination attempt on President Trump. Ongoing efforts to address Secre...

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Lincoln Park Zoo warns of wildlife trafficking through airports, including O’Hare, during holiday travel season

Wildlife trafficking is prevalent during this time of year, according to Lincoln Park Zoo, which is working to raise awareness of the issue with the public and enforcement agencies.

Chicago Sun-Times

A rare Mexican gray wolf is wandering out of bounds. She may be looking for a mate

Experts say the endangered animals have a natural inclination to roam and the female wolf's journey illustrates the species can thrive outside designated boundaries in New Mexico and Arizona.

WEKU

Criminal cases for killing eagles decline as wind turbine dangers grow

Criminal cases brought by U.S. wildlife officials for harming protected bald and golden eagles dropped sharply in recent years, despite growing concern that wind energy and other pressures are jeopardizing golden eagle populations

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Endangered Mexican wolf population makes strides in US

The number of endangered Mexican gray wolves roaming the southwestern U.S. has topped 200 for the first time since reintroduction efforts began more than two decades ago

The Independent UK

Beauty breeds obsession: the fight to save orchids from a lethal black market

Behind the scenes of its 20th orchid show, the New York Botanical Garden toils to rescue endangered plants

The Guardian - US

‘This is a really good day’: 12 rescued, rehabbed manatees released at Florida's Blue Spring State Park

ORLANDO, Fla. — Blue Spring in Volusia County is a popular place to see manatees but there’s never been an event like Monday, when manatee after manatee was unloaded from trucks and set free after a long stay in recovery and rehabilitation.

Orlando Sentinel

Exclusive-Huge chunk of plants, animals in U.S. at risk of extinction -report

A leading conservation research group found that 40% of animals and 34% of plants in the United States are at risk of extinction, while 41% of ecosystems are facing collapse.

Reuters

A dolphin skull was found in someone's luggage in Detroit

The luggage was unaccompanied on an international flight re-entering the U.S. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is now in possession of the skull.

WEKU

Idaho grizzly bears near Yellowstone could lose endangered species protections

BOISE, Idaho — One day after Idaho officials threatened to sue the federal government for failing to respond to petitions to remove grizzly bears from Endangered Species Act protections, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said it will move forward with reconsidering the bears’ position — though it won’t consider…

Tribune News Service

Rare attack in Alaska renews interest in polar bear patrols

A polar bear attack that killed a mother and her 1-year-old son in far western Alaska this week underscores the risks of living alongside the world's largest land carnivores and has renewed interest in prevention programs known as bear patrols

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Polar bear's fatal attack on young mother and son leaves Northwest Alaska community reeling

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Two days after a polar bear killed a 24-year-old woman and her year-old son in the Bering Strait village of Wales, community members continued to grieve as questions linger over what may have contributed to the fatal mauling.

WEKU

How bats became a symbol of Kentucky’s biodiversity crisis

Miami Herald

Why was an endangered Key deer killed? Reason could mark the fate of shooting suspect.

A 77-year-old Florida Keys woman is accused of the shooting death of an endangered Key deer and could face a year in federal prison if she’s convicted.

The Independent UK

Florida manatees facing starvation fed through program

Along Florida’s East Coast, threatened manatees that are facing starvation are fed through an unprecedented program started last year

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Whitebark pine that feeds grizzlies is threatened, US says

Whitebark pine trees can live more than 1,000 years, but in just two decades more than a quarter of the trees that are a key food source for some grizzly bears have been killed by disease, climate change, wildfires and voracious beetles

The Independent UK

Environmentalists want jaguars reintroduced to US Southwest

An environmental group is petitioning federal officials to help reintroduce the jaguar to the Southwest, where it once ranged for hundreds of thousands of years before being whittled down to just one of the big cats known to roam the region

Los Angeles Times

As a sacred minnow nears extinction, Native Americans of Clear Lake call for bold plan

LAKEPORT, Calif. — Spring runs of a large minnow numbering in the millions have nourished Pomo Indians since they first made their home alongside Northern California’s Clear Lake more than 400 generations ago.

Tribune News Service

US Fish and Wildlife Service releases draft of its first Alaska Native relations policy aimed at increasing trust

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has released a draft of its first Alaska Native relations policy, which the agency says is an effort to inform employees who have not previously worked with Alaska Native communities and cultivate trust with Indigenous groups.

Salon

The great threat emperor penguins face

Emperor penguins get Endangered Species Act protection. Can it save them?

Fortune

The government wants to protect the habitat of a rare snake that lays 5-inch-long eggs

Louisiana pinesnakes can grow up to 5 feet long, and they spend half their time underground.

The Independent UK

US: Protect Louisiana, Texas land for rare burrowing snake

The U.S. government says four areas in Louisiana and two in Texas should be protected as critical habitat for a rare snake that eats small gophers and takes over their burrows

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