endangered species
December 10, 2013
What climate change means for federally protected marine species
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As the Endangered Species Act nears its 40th birthday at the end of December, conservation biologists are coming to terms with a danger not foreseen in the 1970s: global climate change.
September 17, 2012
Shrinking snow depth on Arctic sea ice threatens ringed seal habitat
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Scientists found that the habitat required for ringed seals — animals under consideration for the threatened species list — to rear their young will drastically shrink this century.
July 31, 2012
Critically endangered whales sing like birds; new recordings hint at rebound — with audio
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When a University of Washington researcher listened to the audio picked up by a recording device that spent a year in the icy waters off the east coast of Greenland, she was stunned at what she heard: whales singing a remarkable variety of songs nearly constantly for five wintertime months. Listen to the bowheads repeat…