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The fight to keep grass carp out of the Great Lakes
thenarwhal.ca Fighting to keep grass carp out of the Great Lakes | The NarwhalCanada and the U.S. are working to stop a massive invasive fish — grass carp — from invading the Great Lakes
- phys.org Bee alert: Pesticides pose a real threat to more than 70% of wild bees
A new study reveals alarming risks that pesticides pose to ground-nesting bees, which are crucial for pollination and food production. As agriculture increasingly relies on pesticides to protect crops, the unintended consequences for these essential pollinators are becoming clearer.
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Alberta’s trout habitat shrinks as streams warm
yaleclimateconnections.org Alberta's trout habitat shrinks as streams warm » Yale Climate ConnectionsClimate change is warming streams in the Canadian province’s mountains.
- www.lpzoo.org Otters Spotted on Zoo Wildlife Cameras for the First Time in Chicagoland | Lincoln Park Zoo
The zoo's Urban Wildlife Institute recently captured North American otter images on its wildlife cameras for the first time in 14 years of biodiversity monitoring. Otters are a keystone species whose presence indicates that regional ecosystems offer safe spaces for wildlife.
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Where horses roam, sage grouse struggle
www.hcn.org Where horses roam, sage grouse struggle - High Country NewsA new study shows the imperiled bird declines as free-roaming horses exceed the land’s capacity.
- www.theguardian.com Red squirrels ‘to vanish from England’ unless vaccine against squirrelpox funded
Conservation group warns species threatened by exploding populations of grey squirrels who carry lethal virus
- www.theguardian.com Get away, grizzly: why scientists are chasing bears with drones
Wildlife experts in US west have found small aircraft are ideal for protecting humans and livestock from predators
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Survey-based inference of continental African elephant decline
>Significance > >Despite the conservation importance of documenting temporal population trends of African elephants, we lack a comprehensive assessment of recent changes in the world’s largest terrestrial mammal. This assessment summarizes site-level trends in density over five decades from hundreds of surveys conducted across Africa on the forest and savannah elephant species. Both species have experienced substantial declines at the majority of survey sites. Forest elephant sites have declined on average by 90%, whereas savanna elephant sites have declined by 70% over the study period. However, savannah elephants have also demonstrated some increases, indicating that the threats and challenges elephants face are not the same everywhere. From the successes, we can learn how to better protect elephants across their range.
- www.downtoearth.org.in People do care about extinct species, but not for long — new study
Lonesome George was discovered motionless in his enclosure, one morning in June 2012. Overnight, George had taken not only his final breath but the final breath
- phys.org Uncovering health impacts of forever chemicals on freshwater turtles
A study in Science of the Total Environment has measured concentrations of PFAS—also known as forever chemicals—in Australian wildlife, following an analysis of freshwater turtle (Emydura macquarii macquarii) populations in Queensland.
- phys.org Satellite data analysis shows wildland-urban interface areas have grown by 35% over past two decades
A trio of environmental scientists at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, working with a colleague from China's Ministry of Education, has found evidence via satellite analysis that global wildland-urban interface (WUI) areas have grown b...
- www.sciencedaily.com Elephant seal colony declines one year after avian flu outbreak
A year after an outbreak of H5N1 killed thousands of elephant seals in Argentina, only about a third of the seals normally expected here returned, scientists estimate.
- news.mongabay.com Killing of jaguar pushes species’ survival in Argentina’s Gran Chaco to the brink
Quiterio Ramírez’s voice is heavy with anguish at the other end of the phone: “When I saw the jaguar hanging there, the truth is that I cried, but what are we going to do about it? We already lost it.” His voice breaks, and it becomes apparent that tears are welling up in his eyes. […]
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The recent killing of a jaguar by hunters increases the species’ risk of extinction in Argentina’s Gran Chaco landscape, where no more than 10 of the big cats are thought remain.
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Images of this particular jaguar were captured by camera trap twice this year as it traveled through a biological corridor; the next time it was photographed was on social media, where hunters posed with its carcass and its pelt.
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A tradition of hunting, lack of public awareness, persistent deforestation, and absence of female jaguars — there’s only one, recently rewilded into the area — are the biggest obstacles to the jaguar’s survival in the Argentine Gran Chaco.
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- www.latimes.com Invasive mussel found in North America for first time, posing immediate threat in California’s Delta
Golden mussels, an invasive species that officials across the country have been worried about for years, invaded North America for the first time through the Port of Stockton.
- www.theguardian.com Week in wildlife in pictures: a strolling pelican, a venomous newt and a psychedelic swamphen
The best of this week’s wildlife photographs from around the world
> The best of this week’s wildlife photographs from around the world
- news.mongabay.com Camera trap survey in Cambodia’s Cardamom Mountains finds 108 species
What’s new: The first ever camera trap study from Cambodia’s Central Cardamom Mountains has captured footage of 108 wildlife species, including 23 that are threatened with extinction. This survey confirms the area’s importance as a biodiversity hotspot, a recent report says. What the study says: The...
> What’s new: The first ever camera trap study from Cambodia’s Central Cardamom Mountains has captured footage of 108 wildlife species, including 23 that are threatened with extinction. This survey confirms the area’s importance as a biodiversity hotspot, a recent report says.
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Conservation groups sue to stop Nevada lithium mine over risks to rare wildflower
apnews.com Nevada lithium mine will crush rare plant habitat US said is critical to its survival, lawsuit saysConservationists and a Native American advocacy group are suing to block a Nevada lithium mine they say will drive an endangered wildflower to extinction.
> Conservationists and a Native American advocacy group are suing to block a Nevada lithium mine they say will drive an endangered wildflower to extinction.
- www.abc.net.au Wildlife rescuers say 'virtual fence' saving hundreds of kangaroos on Victoria's Surf Coast
Removing wildlife carcasses from the road is a usual morning for Jason Cichocki but he says a new technology has more than halved the number of animals colliding with vehicles.
