Plants
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Environment
Environment The WorldLess and Less Species Are Facing Extinction
A long-term study from the University of Arizona has revealed that extinction rates among plants and animals have declined over the past century — challenging the assumption that the planet is currently experiencing an accelerating mass extinction.
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Environment USAMassive Meadow Is Being Restored to Its 19th Century State
An ambitious plan is underway in the heart of Yosemite National Park in California, the United States, to restore a former property used as cattle pasture for generations to its natural conditions not seen since before the 1880s.
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Animals
Animals AustraliaFrom Plants to Animals, (Many!) Endangered Species Populations Are Growing
New South Wales, in Australia, has conducted the first report on plants and animals risking extinction in national parks, and more than a third of all threatened species studied have a population that is heading in the right direction.
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Environment USACelebrating 50 Years of the Endangered Species Act (with Two Plants Getting Off the List!)
Two plants endemic to California’s Channel Islands, in the United States, no longer require the protection of the Endangered Species Act, adding them to the list of the islands’ species that have successfully recovered.
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Society
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Animals
Animals EcuadorReintroducing Endemic Birds and Turtles Here Is This Country’s New Priority
The government of Ecuador is investing millions in a project dedicated to reintroducing 12 endemic bird and turtle species on the Galapagos archipelago, renowned for their astonishing biodiversity both on land and in the ocean.
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