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April & May 2024 Conservation News Roundup
Personhood for whales, a big conservation study, and egg-citing news for sea turtles
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To save these shorebirds, scientists are tracking every ‘step’ of their 9000-mile migration
New tracking technologies are uncovering the flight paths of endangered shorebirds — and the obstacles they face along the way.
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Nature is getting new legal rights – and winning in court
In the mountains of northern Ecuador, the Los Cedros Protected Forest, a place granted a legal standing — called “rights of nature” — that environmentalists are striving to replicate all over the world.
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Conservation Comeback: The Bald Eagle
The bald eagle has been a national symbol of the United States since 1782 — but not that long ago, this iconic species was on the verge of a complete extinction.
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African elephants are ‘turning the tide’ on decades of decline
Researchers are trumpeting a welcome piece of news for African elephants. In the last 25 years, populations in southern Africa have reversed their declines, and even started to grow, according to a new study in Science Advances.
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The Endangered Species Act just turned 50. Here’s what it has saved so far.
Since the Endangered Species Act was passed in 1973, it has become one of the most powerful tools to fight extinction in the United States.
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Conservation Comeback: The California Condor
The California condor is a North American wildlife icon — the continent's largest land birds and one of nature's most industrious scavengers — and also one of our most critically endangered avian species.
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Conservation Comeback: The Gray Wolf
Our relationship with gray wolves is a complicated one, spanning centuries of tension and dating back to the beginning in the 1600s with North American colonization.
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Conservation Comeback: The American Alligator
The recovery of the American Alligator is considered one of the biggest success stories of an endangered species – ever.
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Conservation Comeback: The Northern Elephant Seal
Along the Pacific coastlines of North America, the Northern Elephant Seal may be a common sight in today's waters — but that wasn't always the case.