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Biodiversity flourishes in the presence of shrub fringes on the edges of forests and fields, finds study
Shrub fringes on the edges of forests and fields protect animal species and have a positive effect on biodiversity, reports a ...
Should animals be kept in zoos?
In 2022, five animals escaped from Sydney's Taronga Zoo in Australia, but were the escaped animals: a) elephants, b) lions, ...
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Trump’s border wall expansion endangers wildlife and habitat
Migration pathways for animals will be further fragmented by the new additions to the wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.
Habitat loss and climate change make it tough to be an amphibian — but there's help
Catching amphibians may just be a nostalgic childhood memory for most, but for Bateman it never lost its magic. He believes ...
'Estuaries risk losing important habitats' - study
Two estuaries in the South East are among those most at risk of losing important habitats to rising seas and human ...
Bees, fish and plants show how climate change’s accelerating pace is disrupting nature in 2 key ways
Fast-rising temperatures can change how plants and animals behave and disrupt the delicate timing of pollination.
Sargassum boom: Tons of smelly, toxic seaweed washing up on Florida beaches
Sargassum has been spreading across Florida beaches, and as it rots on shore, it emits gases that are harmful to humans and ...
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Los Angeles brims with wildlife. But fires make it harder to survive.
Roughly three months after the fires broke out, the damage to these valuable habitats and the wildlife ... than 50 threatened or endangered plants and animals, one of the highest concentrations ...
Plan to loosen federal habitat protection seen as threat to iconic Maine wildlife
The Trump administration wants to weaken federal habitat protections for imperiled plants and animals, and advocates in Maine say the changes could threaten some of the same species the state has been ...