Trump reportedly eyes m in funding cuts for US national parks

Trump reportedly eyes $26m in funding cuts for US national parks

The Trump administration is reportedly eyeing dozens of grants across the National Park Service for termination, according to reporting from the New York Times, one of several moves destabilizing the US’s investment in public lands. According to the newspaper, staff members at Elon Musk’s unofficial “department of government efficiency” have created a spreadsheet of federal […]

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Poachers have killed more than 100 rhinos in South Africa this year, most of them in national parks

Poachers have killed more than 100 rhinos in South Africa this year, most of them in national parks

South Africa has the largest rhino population in the world, with an estimated 16,000 to 18,000 animals. Poachers in South Africa killed more than 100 rhinos in the first three months of this year, most of them inside national parks, highlighting an ongoing battle to protect one of the best-known endangered species. South African Environment […]

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Two New Species of Neotropical Crocodiles Identified

Two New Species of Neotropical Crocodiles Identified

Crocodiles immigrated to the Neotropics from Africa approximately 5 million years ago and diversified into the four living species recognized today. The American crocodile (Crocodylus acutus) inhabits a wide variety of environments from hypersaline to freshwater localities on the mainland, islands, cays, and coral atolls along the Neotropical Pacific and Caribbean coasts and is sympatric […]

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Common pesticide caused mass death of little corellas, NSW environment watchdog confirms

Common pesticide caused mass death of little corellas, NSW environment watchdog confirms

A common agricultural pesticide caused the mass deaths of 200 little corellas across Newcastle in March, the New South Wales environment watchdog has confirmed. The Environment Protection Authority said toxicology tests had detected the presence of barley grain and the pesticide fenitrothion in all the deceased birds. Fenitrothion is a pesticide commonly used in agriculture […]

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