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On Monday, President Obama signed the National Bison Legacy Act officially making the American Bison the first National Mammal of the United States. The act was introduced last year and was passed by congress...
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An endangered species of fish known as the lamprey has returned to UK rivers for the first time since the 1800’s. ( although a dead lamprey was found in the Thames in 2009.) What...
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Earlier this year, British Prime Minister David Cameron announced that a comparably sized marine reserve around the isolated Pitcairn Island in the South Pacific will be marked for special protection, as reported by...
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According to new research, one third of all cacti species are now endangered. This puts the cacti above most types of animals in the endangered species list The study was a collaborative effort...
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Seen at the RSPB reserve at Marazion Marsh, Penzance, Cornwall in the last 24 hours. Taxonomic name. Calidris melanotos. This is not a British bird, they’re scarce passage migrants from America...
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