FISHERS — Indiana is known as the Crossroads of America. But for Dan Bortner, director of the Indiana Department of Natural Resources, the state motto has meaning beyond interstate connections. “We really are at a crossroads,” he said. “We’re learning every day that the health of our environment, our people and our wildlife are all connected, […]
Read MoreDefenders of Wildlife today submitted its comments to the Bureau of Land Management on its proposed Conservation and Landscape Health proposed rule, which appropriately attempts to place conservation on equal footing with other land uses. “Given the escalating climate change and biodiversity loss crises the country is facing, we applaud the Bureau of Land […]
Read MoreWildlife conservationists have released a mother jaguar and her two cubs to Argentinian wetlands, where they disappeared 70 years ago. Jaguars are possibly one of the most mysterious and beautiful big cats in the Americas, and wildlife conservationists have released a mother and two cubs to Argentinian wetlands, where they disappeared 70 years ago. This […]
Read MoreWhether it’s a college student playing a roommate their favorite song or a child showing their parent a dirty rock they found on the ground (“Not again!”), humans love sharing things we find fascinating just for the sake of it. The desire to sit your loved ones down and force them to watch your favorite […]
Read MoreMore than 6,000 hatchlings of three species of endangered turtles have been released into lakes and lagoons in Peru’s Amazon basin to help them repopulate, officials said Saturday. To achieve that, wildlife officials collect turtle eggs and transfer them from natural beaches of the Amazon basin, to artificial beaches where they are artificially incubated for […]
Read MoreRENO, Nev. (AP) — Conservationists who won a court order against U.S. wildlife officials say they’ll sue them again for failing to protect a Nevada wildflower whose last remaining habitat could be destroyed by a lithium mine. The Center for Biological Diversity filed a formal 60-day notice this week of its intent to sue the U.S. […]
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