Tag: Endangered and Extinct Species
Pigs to the Rescue: An Invasive Species Helped Save Australia’s Crocodiles
Despite such adaptations and dietary shifts among apex predators, invasive species are still winning. In Australia in 2015,…
To Catch a Snake: Largest Python Found in Everglades Signals a Threat
The state is seeking to improve detection of pythons in the wild, because they are skilled at camouflaging…
In Romania’s Transylvanian Alps, See Bison on Safari
There was a lot of local skepticism when the rewilding program first came here in 2014, Matei said.…
U.S. Allows Hunters to Import Some Elephant Trophies From African Countries
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service informed some hunters last month that it would allow the import of…
In Wisconsin: Stowing Mowers, Pleasing Bees
As I drove last May through Appleton, Wis., the small town offered up a series of idyllic scenes:…
Japan Saved Red-Crowned Cranes. Can They Survive Without Humans?
KUSHIRO, Japan — The dance of the red-crowned cranes commenced, an impromptu pas de deux.The pair approached each…
Climate Change’s Effects Outpacing Ability to Adapt, I.P.C.C. Warns
If average warming passes 1.5 degrees Celsius, even humanity’s best efforts to adapt could falter, the report warns.…
50 Years Later, Some Question Value of U.S.-China ‘Panda Diplomacy’
In part because of the central role they play in U.S.-China geopolitics, pandas have benefited from quality medical…