Microplastics are sickening and killing wildlife, disrupting Earth systems

Microplastics are sickening and killing wildlife, disrupting Earth systems

Bottlenose dolphins leapt and torpedoed through the shallow turquoise waters off Florida‘s Sarasota Bay. Then, a research team moved in, quickly corralling the small pod in a large net. With the speed of a race car pit crew, veterinarians, biologists and their assistants examined the animals, checking vital signs while taking skin, blood and other […]

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Florida Man Known as “The Monkey Whisperer” Faces New Charges

Florida Man Known as “The Monkey Whisperer” Faces New Charges

A Florida man nicknamed “The Monkey Whisperer” is once again facing legal troubles, this time for allegedly trafficking marmosets. Jimmy Wayne Hammonds, 61, from Parrish, has been indicted by a grand jury on charges of conspiracy to violate the Lacey Act and wildlife trafficking, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office. His brother, Johnny D-Lane Hammonds, […]

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Salmon Have Already Returned Far Upriver to Spawn in Historic Habitat After Nation’s Largest Dam Removal Project

Salmon Have Already Returned Far Upriver to Spawn in Historic Habitat After Nation’s Largest Dam Removal Project

Not two months have passed since a series of four dams were demolished on the Klamath River, and salmon are already spawning in creeks and tributaries far upriver. It’s the ultimate goal that a coalition of tribal, state, and federal government entities have campaigned for since the early 2000s. GNN reported on the dam demolition, […]

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Protecting 2.6% of oceans could prevent deadly whale-ship collisions: Study

Protecting 2.6% of oceans could prevent deadly whale-ship collisions: Study

Ship strikes are a leading threat to large whales, with global shipping routes overlapping 92% of their habitats, a new study finds. But protecting whales in the most dangerous collision hotspots would require action over just 2.6% of the ocean’s surface, researchers conclude, potentially saving thousands of whales with minimal disruption to global trade. The […]

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