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Perspective | Giant Catch in the Mekong Reveals Mysteries of Biodiversity Hot Spot

Circle of Blue

The stingray was tagged with a tracking device and returned to the Mekong River, where its movements are informing conservation planning. Deep pools reaching down 260 feet serve as refuges for some of the world’s largest and most endangered freshwater fish species. It turned out to be the largest freshwater fish ever caught.

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New “Habitat” Rule for the Endangered Species Act Finalized

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Fish and Wildlife Service ("FWS") and the National Marine Fisheries Service ("NMFS") (collectively, the "Services") finalized a rule defining the term "habitat" as used for designating "critical habitat" under the Endangered Species Act (the "ESA").

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Specimen Preparation: A Preservation of Time

Academy of Natural Sciences

Our Ornithology Department has over 215,000 study skins from over 7,000 species of birds. For example, specimens can help us to analyze how species evolve over time, how environmental changes affect biodiversity, and why some species have gone extinct or have become endangered. The Specimen Preparation Process.

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SCOTUS Further Defines Deliberative Process Documents Exempt From FOIA

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Read More » Tags: Endangered Species Act , FOIA , Rulemaking. Fish and Wildlife service (“FWS”) and National Marine Fisheries Service (“NMFS”) (collectively, the “Services”) fall within this deliberative process privilege exemption.

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Rematriating Buffalo in Washington State

Washington Nature

Today, the program employs roughly a dozen men to mend fences, tag and inspect Buffalo, and on this night, they were all gathered for the large task of adding the relocated herd to their fields. Though no longer an endangered species, the buffalo’s sharp drop in numbers shows the ferocity of colonization.

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‘Many kids go through a phase where they want to be a marine scientist. For me, it wasn’t a phase’

Frontiers

Marine protected areas are meant to give threatened species space to live and thrive. But in a recent paper in Frontiers in Marine Science , Patricia Albano and colleagues showed that at least one protective area isn’t capturing the range that endangered sharks use as they grow, leaving them vulnerable to commercial fishing.

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87 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA

PA Environment Daily

16 Update On DCNR, Bureau Of State Parks Land Management Program [PaEN] -- Penn State Extension: 5-Part Woodland Stewardship - Guided Engagement With Your Land Starting Sept.