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Poaching suspects caught with bloody hands, decapitated deer in Angeles National Forest
1+ day, 19+ hour ago (380+ words) Patrolling the Angeles National Forest one night, officers with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife saw two vehicles driving off-road and shining a spotlight into the forest — an illegal and dangerous hunting method, according to the agency. When officers…...
In 1997, two young scientists bought 116 acres beside New Hampshire’s Bear Brook State Park; 25 years later, they placed the entire farm under conservation protection for wetlands, forests and wildlife
8+ hour, 35+ min ago (422+ words) Laura Bonk and Phil Trowbridge bought 116 acres of undeveloped land in Allenstown, New Hampshire, in 1997. The couple were young scientists and outdoor enthusiasts at the time....
Cape Town Divided Over Plan to Remove its Monkeys
1+ hour, 35+ min ago (1509+ words) At the edge of Da Gama Park, where suburb meets the mountain, Cape Town’s baboons have caused conflict, with a furious debate raging over whether the monkeys can coexist with humans or whether they should be kept away. On Monday,…...
Amazon Swamp Birds Face Highest Extinction Risk as Conservation Funds Wrong Forests, Study Reveals
1+ hour, 42+ min ago (336+ words) Conventional conservation maps tell planners where forests exist. They do not explain what kind of forest it is, how chemically and structurally diverse it is, or which bird communities it can sustain — let alone which of those communities are the…...
100,000 sea turtle hatchlings reach sea in Türkiye's Mersin
2+ hour, 7+ min ago (293+ words) The nesting season has ended in Mersin, southern Türkiye, a major breeding ground for endangered loggerhead (Caretta caretta) and green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas), with an estimated 100,000 hatchlings reaching the Mediterranean this year. Mersin has a 321-kilometer (199-mile) Mediterranean coastline....
African viper with longest fangs of any snake is loose in SoCal neighborhood, police say
3+ hour, 5+ min ago (312+ words) Somehow, a Gaboon viper — whose home is the tropics of central and western Africa — was on the loose Monday in a Southern California neighborhood, police say. The sighting of the extremely venomous viper, which has the longest fangs of any…...
11 Native Shrubs to Make Your Yard a Wonderland for Birds
3+ day, 13+ hour ago (659+ words) Sure, trees and flowers are great, but tucked between them is another plant just as crucial for birds and worthy of your yard space: The humble and life-giving shrub. To find the best shrubs for your neighborhood birds, use Audubon’s…...
Great Gaddesden farmland to be reinstated as wildlife area
3+ hour, 10+ min ago (659+ words) The project will restore woodland and scrub in the area to enhance existing grassland with specialist wildflower and herb seed mixes Arable land farmed by a family for about 80 years is to be restored to an orchard and wildlife area....
Chicken Thinks She's a Duck, and It's Too Cute: 'She Can Be Anything She Wants to Be' - AOL
16+ hour, 47+ min ago (325+ words) Apparently, nobody ever gave this chicken the rulebook. While the rest of the flock is perfectly content scratching around on dry land, she’s decided life looks a lot more exciting from the water. And judging by her confidence, correcting her…...
Scientists expected these Galápagos sea turtles to wander. They stayed put
4+ hour, 53+ min ago (304+ words) Yellow-morph green sea turtles in the Galápagos surprised scientists by staying remarkably close to home instead of making the long journeys typically associated with sea turtles. Satellite tracking showed that none left the marine reserve during the study, revealing just…...