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Bringing Butterflies Back from the Brink of Extinction
24+ min ago (1088+ words) The Spartans behind your favorite Michigan golf courses MSU in the 1990s: 10 Spartan milestones On a summer day in Michigan, a tiny Poweshiek skipperling butterfly — smaller than a quarter — takes flight over a restored prairie. To most people, it looks like…...
Why female treefrogs have trouble picking mates
23+ min ago (657+ words) Female tree frogs have trouble picking mates when they're spoiled for choice, reveals new research. They struggle to pick the most desirable partners when male suitors abound - much like an indecisive single person on a dating app, say scientists. Their…...
If Your Garden Has Gone Quiet These 18 Changes Bring the Birds Back Fastest
2+ hour, 51+ min ago (1747+ words) Most people assume their garden has “gone quiet” because there are simply fewer birds left in the world. That’s not what’s actually happening in most neighborhoods. The birds are still out there – they’ve just quietly crossed your yard off the…...
SCETV, DNR partner on new conservation series
37+ min ago (351+ words) South Carolina ETV and Public Radio and the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources are launching a new multimedia initiative aimed at highlighting conservation efforts and the people working to protect the state's natural resources. The partnership began Aug. 5 with…...
Osprey breeding in Switzerland again after 112 years
5+ hour, 29+ min ago (422+ words) After 110 years, an osprey pair is breeding in Switzerland again for the first time. Three chicks already hatched in May; their return is thanks to an eleven-year reintroduction project. Eleven years after the launch of a reintroduction project, an osprey…...
Unbearable nonsense: The California Grizzly Bear sub- species is extinct, period
11+ min ago (824+ words) It’s not exactly Jurassic Park, but there is a movement to-reintroduce the grizzly bear to California. The United States Fish & Wildfire Service was officially petitioned to do just that in 2014 and promptly rejected it. That led to the formation of…...
Imam Turki bin Abdullah Royal Nature Reserve records 3 Arabian gazelle births
50+ min ago (239+ words) RAFHA— The Imam Turki bin Abdullah Royal Nature Reserve Development Authority recorded three new Arabian gazelle births in the Al-Taysiyah area during the second quarter of 2026. The births reflect progress in conservation programs for endangered wildlife species. The births also…...
AGFC’s Waterfowl Habitat Program Featured in Latest USDA Grant Approvals • Arkansas Game & Fish Commission
1+ hour, 39+ min ago (323+ words) Arkansas rice producers will once again have the opportunity to participate in the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission’s Waterfowl Rice Incentive Conservation Enhancement program, thanks to the recent announcement by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service of…...
$2.44M Grant to Expand Access, Research at Marine Field Station and Coastal Research Center - News
23+ min ago (541+ words) From left, Marine Science majors Alexander Wroblewski, a senior from Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania, River Hammell, a senior from Wenonah, and Jess Taylor, a senior from Whiting, record fish monitoring data at the dock at the Marine Field Station in Port…...
A Real-life "Syrax"? New lizard species from Thailand named after a???House of the Dragon??? character
5+ hour, 45+ min ago (362+ words) A real-life “dragon” has entered the scientific record. Scientists have described a new species of mountain horned lizard from Thailand. They have named it Acanthosaura syrax, after "Syrax", the dragon ridden by Queen Rhaenyra Targaryen in House of the Dragon....