wildlife
Biodiversity in danger: UN report predicts massive extinctions
May 7, 2019People think of endangered species as something detached from their lives. But they don’t understand that Earth functions as a “living planet” with many parts dependent on each other.
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Butterfly Center asks judge to stop Texas border wall
February 13, 2019In a motion filed late Monday, center director Marianna Trevino Wright says heavy machinery has been driving through their property for a week.
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Bulldozing butterflies for Trump’s border wall
February 7, 2019Construction equipment has arrived to build a border wall through the National Butterfly Center in Mission, Texas, a protected habitat for more than 200 species of wild butterflies and other unique wildlife.
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Book Review: Darren Jew’s ‘Underwater Australia’ shows ecosystem under threat
January 28, 2019The variety of life in the oceans outdoes that on land and in the air combined. But ocean species are just as vulnerable as land based ones.
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Trump’s wall: A death sentence for wildlife
January 14, 2019President Trump’s dream of a border wall is a nightmare for the U.S. Most agree it’s a dangerous idea rooted in xenophobia, but should it be built, endangered wildlife might be among its first casualties. It...
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