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Bat and Darter Among Five New Endangered Species

US News & World Report - Mon Nov 9, 1:37 pm ET

Feds expand the endangered species list with a bat, a darter, a mussel, and two plants.

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Florida bristle fern, bonneted bat may be shielded
MalaysiaNews.net - Sun Nov 8, 10:10 am ET
MIAMI -- A bat and a fern found only in Florida may be added to the federal list of endangered and threatened species.The Florida bristle fern is found only in pine woods in Miami-Dade and Sumter cou...
Annual hunt raises funds for conservation
The Southern Illinoisan - Tue Nov 10, 12:36 am ET
WHITTINGTON - Conservation-minded citizens and sports heroes gathered Monday at Rend Lake Resort for the Gary Watson Celebrity Quail and Pheasant Hunt. In its 16th year, the hunt is a fund-raising event for the Illinois Conservation Foundation.
Why Do Animals, Especially Males, Have So Many Different Colors?
Science Daily - Mon Nov 9, 6:23 pm ET
Why do so many animal species -- including fish, birds and insects -- display such rich diversity in coloration and other traits? New research offers an answer.
Big Bend Conservation Area opens
Mohave Daily News - 2 hours 19 minutes ago
LAUGHLIN - The Southern Nevada Water Authority has met almost one-fifth of its mandated backwater requirements with the Oct. 28 opening of the Big Bend Conservation Area at Mile Post 5 on the Needles Highway.
Animal sanctuary comes up with a cunning plan to treat Baldrick the baby hedgehog whose spikes never grew
Daily Mail - Thu Nov 5, 4:20 pm ET
The four-month-old creature was abandoned by his mother and taken to an animal sanctuary where staff have come up with a rather cunning plan to treat the hedgehog's baldness.
Over 17,000 Species Threatened by Extinction
Fox News - Tue Nov 3, 1:03 pm ET
The Switzerland-based group surveyed 47,677 animals and plants for this year's "Red List" of endangered species, determining that 17,291 of them are at risk of extinction.
1,147 fish species threatened with extinction - IUCN
Times of Malta - Wed Nov 4, 3:00 am ET
More than 1,000 freshwater fish species are threatened with extinction, reflecting the strain on global water resources, an updated global Red List of endangered species showed yesterday.
Federal grant available for Mo. land rights
KOAM-TV Pittsburg - 2 hours 18 minutes ago
Associated Press - November 10, 2009 5:14 AM ET JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - The state Department of Conservation is seeking landowners in watershed areas of southwest Missouri that have...
Animals, plants lose homes due to erosion
Philippine Daily Inquirer - Sun Nov 8, 11:08 am ET
Tropical depression “Pepeng” not only damaged human habitat but it also endangered animals and indigenous plants when landslides hit protected mountain ranges, conservationists said Wednesday.
Animals seized from Our Animal Haus sanctuary put up for adoption
St. Petersburg Times - Thu Nov 5, 6:16 am ET
A menagerie from the Our Animal Haus sanctuary draws an admiring crowd of potential owners.