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A rare desert songbird sounds 'red alert' for endangered bird species in Arizona
The Center for Biological Diversity has called on U.S. Fish and Wildlife to protect the Bendire's thrasher amid report on ...
A rare olive-colored fish that exists only in Nevada could soon be listed as an endangered species
Federal protections could soon be extended to a rare Nevada fish that environmentalists say is “barely clinging to existence" ...
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Rare endangered orchid produces first blooms in conservation project at Desert Botanical Garden
The Desert Botanical Garden is trying to keep a rare orchid native to Arizona from extinction. After years of careful ...
Scientists have figured out how extinct giant ground sloths got so big and where it all went wrong
Most of us are familiar with sloths, the bear-like animals that hang from trees, live life in the slow lane, take a month to ...
Earth’s Most Interesting Animals
Before your visit, discover some of Earth's most captivating creatures found at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park, like the ...
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Daredevil Researchers Rediscover Mysterious Gecko Thought Extinct – Or Even Imaginary
Hippos, snakes, crocodiles, precipitous drops, and rocky terrain represented the risks of wandering about in the nature ...
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Endangered Species Protections Sought for Imperiled Desert Songbird
The Center for Biological Diversity petitioned the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today to protect Bendire’s thrasher under the Endangered Species Act.
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The Endangered Species Act faces its own existential threat
the desert tortoise and seven more at-risk species that right now need habitat protection. To end 50 years of common-sense interpretation of the Endangered Species Act — the pivotal law that ...