Bat and Darter Among Five New Endangered Species
US News & World Report - Mon Nov 9, 1:37 pm ETFeds expand the endangered species list with a bat, a darter, a mussel, and two plants.
Feds expand the endangered species list with a bat, a darter, a mussel, and two plants.
According to Saint Joseph's University sociologist Maria Kefalas, Ph.D., the heartland of America's greatest export is no longer corn and wheat, but rather its young and talented people. With one out of every five Americans still living in non-metropolitan areas, and considering that those areas now face natural decline with more deaths than births, the problem of the youth exodus from rural ...
Rio Grande Zoo Visitors Able to Make Enrichment Items for the Apes By Allyson Zahm Albuquerque, NM - Orangutans, chimpanzees and gorillas face many threats in the wild - from habitat loss and destruction to poaching - and all three animals are listed as endangered species. The Rio Grande Zoo will teach about these animals during Ape Awareness Week, November 8-14, from 10:30am-12:30pm each day ...
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Robert Sciarrino/The Star-LedgerTwo of the cats rescued from a Chester Township home rest in cages as they wait to be placed into an individual kennels at Mendham Township in this April file photo.CHESTER TOWNSHIP -- All of the 211 cats...
When I think of an endangered species, the first thing that comes to mind is a panda bear or a cheetah. For many of us, the term "endangered species" renders a fluffy, adorable animal living in a far off distant land. Though maybe not as cute as a panda cub, the wild Pacific salmon is an endangered animal in need - and it lives right in Oregon's backyard.
A rare mussel that lives in some Arkansas streams is a candidate for protection under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The Rabbitsfoot Mussel is found in only 49 streams in Arkansas and 14 other states. In Arkansas it's found in the Mississippi River basin and the Arkansas River system.
The Missouri Department of Conservation is seeking landowners in watershed areas of southwest Missouri known to have endangered cave fish, crawfish and grotto salamanders living in underground caverns below their property.