endangered species
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U.S. Endangered Species List Gets 21 Species Smaller (in the Bad Way)
The U.S. is officially saying goodbye to 21 species that have been feared gone for years. These animals, which include many birds and marine mammals, have been delisted from the Endangered Species Act because they are now declared extinct, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said this week. One famous bird, the ivory-billed woodpecker, was…
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Trump Has Listed the Fewest Endangered Species of Any U.S. President Ever
There are many ways to remember U.S. President Donald Trump’s environmental legacy, none of them good. But among his most destructive will be his utter disregard for the natural world, and there’s no clearer symbol of that than the U.S. Endangered Species Act.
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Trump’s Border Wall Is the ‘Biggest Threat’ to U.S. Southwest Wildlife, Government Emails Reveal
We really don’t need another reason to hate U.S. President Donald Trump’s stupid border wall, but here’s a new one anyways. Documents the U.S. Centre for Biological Diversity obtained from the Fish and Wildlife Service through public records requests reveal how the border wall construction is harming critical habitat for eight endangered species at Arizona’s…
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‘The Most Musical Animals in the World’: This New Electronic Album Features Endangered Birds
Put in some headphones, close your eyes, and let chill jams and tropical endangered birdsongs transport you to the threatened jungles of Latin America. A Guide to the Birdsong of Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean is a new album that features birds and artists from the region all with the purpose of sharing the…