Most of us have probably tried a quick fix at some point that solved one problem but ended up causing another. Hawaii did something like that, but with a tree. A 1998 paper by U.S. Forest Service researcher James Allen explains that red mangroves arrived on the island of Molokai in 1902. They were mainly … Read more
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation revealed that an Endangered Child Alert has been issued on behalf of the Murfreesboro Police Department for 16-year-old Kaiya Jackson, who is missing. She was last seen on Friday, October 23. Kaiya Jackson: Endangered Child Alert issued for missing 16-year-old Tennessee girl (Tennessee Bureau of Investigation/Facebook) The Tennessee Bureau of … Read more
The Dallas Police Department has issued a critical update amid a search for a missing 13-year-old girl. Natalie Armstrong has been designated as an endangered missing person who “may be in need of assistance,” per ABC. Natalie Armstrong: Dallas police searching for endangered missing teen (Dallas Police Department) Natalie was last seen on foot at … Read more
The White Mountains of Arizona are home to a trout species found naturally nowhere else. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s 2022 species status assessment places the Apache trout’s native range within the White and Black River drainages and the Little Colorado River basin, historically at elevations of about 5,900 to 6,900 feet and above. … Read more
According to scientists, the South American cactus moth primarily attacks Opuntia species, commonly known as prickly pear cactus. It can also occasionally affect Nopalea, Cylindropuntia and Consolea species. A pest once deliberately moved around the world to solve an agricultural problem has become a problem of its own. According to a report by the USDA’s … Read more
Representative image Image credits: Wikimedia Commons For years, Ann Hammond worked to transform her 12-acre Iowa property into a welcoming place for native plants and wildlife. The effort eventually brought an extraordinary visitor to her flowers: a rusty patched bumblebee, a species listed as federally endangered in the United States. As reported by Iowa Public … Read more
A wildlife centre in North Florida has welcomed two red-ruffed lemurs, turning encounters with the critically endangered animals into a way to support rainforest restoration thousands of miles away in Madagascar. The North Florida Wildlife Center in Lloyd, Jefferson County, is now home to four ruffed lemurs. Two of them, newly arrived red-ruffed lemur males, … Read more
Representative Image (AI-generated) More than 14,000 Bogong moths were tagged in an unusual attempt to uncover the secrets of one of Australia’s most remarkable insect migrations. Researchers marked the endangered moths in the Snowy Mountains and hoped to track where they travelled after leaving their summer shelters. Some were marked with non-toxic paint, while others … Read more
A farmer in southern Oregon transformed 70 acres of his 400-acre barley farm into a wetland in 2021, creating an unexpected refuge for wildlife while helping address agricultural water pollution. Karl Wenner, a co-owner of Lakeside Farms near Klamath Falls, worked with conservation agencies and other partners to convert flood-prone farmland into a managed wetland. … Read more
A study released 20 captive-bred eastern quolls at Tasmania’s 6,500-hectare Silver Plains conservation property. (Photo: Booderee NP) The eastern quoll, a small nocturnal marsupial once common across eastern Australia, is showing signs of recovery after years of decline. Captive-bred eastern quolls released in Tasmania have successfully reproduced, with one female carrying six joeys in her … Read more