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Lawsuit Filed to Protect Desert Tortoise From Mining

The Center for Biological Diversity and the Desert Tortoise Council filed a lawsuit today against the city of Twentynine Palms for approving the expansion of a mining project on lands that are home to the federally and state-protected desert tortoise. Ignoring wildlife protection laws, the city council failed to require that the desert tortoise be protected and that permits be obtained before moving forward with the project. Both the California Department of Fish and Game and the U.S. Fish and [...]

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Biodiversity Photo Of The Day: Baboon Spider

The Baboon Spider, Ceratogyrus paulseni, has not yet been officially evaluated for the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, but a provisional assessment of its status is thought to be ‘Least Concern’. This species was discovered in 2004 during a survey undertaken in the Kruger National Park in South Africa. It is endemic to South Africa, and found exclusively in a small part of the Letaba area of the park associated with Mopani-Acacia woodland.

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Pristine sea mounts edge closer to protection off Chile

In what could be a key step to the formation of the second largest protected area in the open oceans, a Chilean Senate committee has urged declaration of a large scale marine park around remote Salas y Gomez Island.

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Bureau of Land Management Moves to Protect Western Bats From Deadly Disease

The Bureau of Land Management is recommending targeted cave closures and other measures to stem the spread of a bat-killing disease, after a petition by the Center for Biological Diversity earlier this year sought closure of all bat caves on federal lands in the lower 48 states. The Center applauded the BLM’s new national policy to deal with the lethal malady, known as white-nose syndrome, but said it doesn’t go far enough to protect bats from the fast-spreading disease, which [...]

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Deep-sea images reveal colorful life off Indonesia

Scientists using cutting-edge technology to explore waters off Indonesia were wowed by colorful and diverse images of marine life on the ocean floor — including plate-sized sea spiders and flower-like sponges that appear to be carnivorous.

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Threat To Polar Bears Worries Russian Experts

Environmental experts in Russia have warned that unless urgent steps are taken internationally, climatic changes combined with man-made factors could reduce the world’s population of polar bears by as much as 70 percent by 2060.

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Sea Turtle Nests to Remain on Beaches of Northwest Florida and Alabama

After nearly two months of work to translocate sea turtle nests on Florida’s Northwest coast and Alabama’s coast, the unprecedented operation was suspended in mid-August as surveys found healthy, unoiled Sargassum available to hatchlings entering the Gulf. This type of seaweed is the main habitat for hatchlings.

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No lounge for local lizards as living room vanishes

A new ecological network is urgently needed in Northern Ireland to ensure the continued survival of its precious lizard population, according to researchers at Queen’s University Belfast.

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Sneezing free diving Iguanas (video)

Did you know that the Galapagos Iguanas sneeze to remove the salt from their system before diving into the cold waters to search for food?

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