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Checkerspot Butterfly Endangered? Rare Butterfly Relies on Just Two Thousand Acres of Threatened Habit

By: Feature Writer Dawn M. Smith

Bats: World's Only Flying Mammals: Most Species Control Insect Pests While Others Pollinate Plants

By: Feature Writer Dawn M. Smith

Wild Wolf Killed in Massachusetts: First Gray Wolf in New England in 15 Years Confirmed by Biologists

By: Feature Writer Dawn M. Smith

Bat DieOff And Bee Colony Collapse: White Nose Syndrome in Bats Compared to Honey Bee Disease Outbreak

By: Feature Writer Dawn M. Smith

Two New Porcupines in the Amazon: Dwarf Rainforest Species May Be First of Many Porcupines Identified

By: Feature Writer Dawn M. Smith

Amazon Rainforest Peccary Debate: Further Study Needed Before New Giant Species Formally Acknowledged

By: Feature Writer Dawn M. Smith

Brazilian Amazon's 10 New Species: New Mammals Highlight Importance of Protecting Amazon Rainforest

By: Feature Writer Dawn M. Smith

The Five Bears of Europe and Asia: One Endangered, Three Vulnerable to Extinction, Only One Stable

By: Feature Writer Dawn M. Smith

New World’s Four Species of Bear: All Suffer Habitat Loss. Two are Considered Vulnerable to Extinction

By: Feature Writer Dawn M. Smith

Bear Poaching in North America: Increase in Illegal Hunting Linked to TCM Trade in Bear Bile

By: Feature Writer Dawn M. Smith

Mercury Levels High In Wildlife: Not Only Fish Contaminated. Birds, Reptiles and Mammals Affected Too

By: Feature Writer Dawn M. Smith

Invasive Trout Introduce Problems: Movement of Fish for Sport Affects Frogs and Native Trout Species

By: Feature Writer Dawn M. Smith

Chlamydia Vaccine to Help Koalas: Preventing Bacterial Infection to Slow Koala Population Decline

By: Feature Writer Dawn M. Smith

A Wildlife Conservation Christmas: Fun Ways to Include Wild Animals in Your Holiday Celebration

By: Feature Writer Dawn M. Smith

Convention on Migratory Species: Wildlife Treaty for Cooperative Protection Among Range States

By: Feature Writer Dawn M. Smith

Marine Mammal Protection Act 1972: Division of Responsibility & Conflict of Interest Cause Problems

By: Feature Writer Dawn M. Smith

Hedgehogs Make Priority List in UK: Once Common Species is Now Part of Updated Biodiversity Action Plan

By: Feature Writer Dawn M. Smith

South America River Dolphin Survey: Yearlong Study of Amazon River Pink Dolphins and Tucuxi Ends

By: Feature Writer Dawn M. Smith

Saving White Tailed Prairie Dogs: Review of Recent FWS Decisions May Protect Another Species as Well

By: Feature Writer Dawn M. Smith

An Ark Program to Save Amphibians: Zoos and Aquariums Join to Protect Endangered Frogs and Salamanders

By: Feature Writer Dawn M. Smith

Disease Threatens Tasmanian Devil: Multilevel Project Gets Some Support from WB, MaxValu and Qantas

By: Feature Writer Dawn M. Smith

Shark Declines Affect Shellfish: Coastal Ecosystem Collapse Possible as Shark Numbers Decline

By: Feature Writer Dawn M. Smith

Butterflies and Vehicles Don't Mix: Nevada and Taiwan Take Steps to Keep Them Apart

By: Feature Writer Dawn M. Smith

Botswana Human - Elephant Conflict: Growing Elephant Population Damages Crops and Frustrates Locals

By: Feature Writer Dawn M. Smith

Pox Virus Threatens Red Squirrel: Introduced Grey Squirrel Carries Disease That Kills

By: Feature Writer Dawn M. Smith

When Leopards and Humans Meet: India Holds Conference on Managing Human-Leopard Conflict

By: Feature Writer Dawn M. Smith

Invasive Alien Crayfish in the UK: Native Species Threatened With Extinction

By: Feature Writer Dawn M. Smith

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