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Red-cockaded woodpeckers' recovery in southeast leads to status change from endangered to threatened
WASHINGTON (AP) — The red-cockaded woodpecker, an iconic bird in southeastern forests, has recovered enough of its population to be downlisted from an endangered species to a threatened one, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced Thursday. "The downlisting of the...
Grand Teton grizzly bear No. 399 that delighted visitors for decades is killed by vehicle in Wyoming
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A famous grizzly bear beloved for decades by countless tourists, biologists and professional wildlife photographers in Grand Teton National Park is dead after being struck by a vehicle in western Wyoming. Grizzly No. 399 died Tuesday night on a highway in...
Proposed Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge expansion could lead to buyout of mining project
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — A federal agency proposed an expansion of the Okefenokee Swamp's vast wildlife refuge on Friday, which could lead to a buyout offer for land intended for a private company's mining project that conservationists have fought for years. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife...
Ken Paxton sues Biden administration over listing Texas lizard as endangered
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced Monday that his office is suing the U.S. Department of the Interior, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and Biden administration officials for declaring a rare lizard endangered earlier this year. The dunes sagebrush lizard burrows in the...
Why an Alaska island is using peanut butter and black lights to find a rat that might not exist
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — On an island of windswept tundra in the Bering Sea, hundreds of miles from mainland Alaska, a resident sitting outside their home saw — well, did they see it? They were pretty sure they saw it. A rat. The purported sighting would not have...
Killings of invasive owls to ramp up on US West Coast in a bid to save native birds
U.S. wildlife officials beginning next year will drastically scale up efforts to kill invasive barred owls that are crowding out imperiled native owls from West Coast forests, under a plan finalized Wednesday that faces challenges from barred owls returning after they've already been removed. ...
