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Seaweed under siege: ‘Humble limu’ faces threat from non-native species

West Hawaii Today 15 Oct 2024
Veronica Gibson, a UH-Manoa postdoctoral researcher, said these invasive species are believed to have been introduced to the islands from ships landing at Hilo Bay in the early 1900s, when the seaweed ...
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SichuanMosaics | Guardians of golden snub-nosed monkeys at nature reserve in SW China

Xinhua 15 Oct 2024
Tang Yulin is a forest ranger in Baihe National Nature Reserve, home to about 1,700 wild Sichuan golden snub-nosed monkeys, a species under top-level protection in China ... Tang Yulin (R) introduces the ...
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Two Mote Marine Laboratory \u0026 Aquarium otters die after evacuation for Hurricane Milton

Herald-Tribune Sarasota 15 Oct 2024
The two manatees – Buffett and a new male manatee only recently introduced to the facility, were both relocated to a partner facility with the Association of Zoos and Aquariums in Florida, as were other species.
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New Aquatic Species Discovered in Cyprus

LGC News 14 Oct 2024
These species were introduced to scientific literature as Eucypris lefkosaensis and Eucypris denktasi, the latter named after Rauf Denktaş ... Both new species were found in Lefkoşa (Nicosia).
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Does parrot farming protect wild species? Wildlife trade researchers review the evidence

Phys Dot Org 14 Oct 2024
While our research focused on the potential conservation impacts, parrot farming can raise animal welfare concerns, spread diseases, and introduce invasive species to areas, which may affect agriculture and human health.
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Shooters to target feral cats in NSW national parks amid boom in population

AOL 14 Oct 2024
Feral cats have sent at least 25 of our native species extinct since they were introduced by Europeans over 200 years ago,” Gough said ... And when the numbers increase, the pressure on our native species increases as well.”.
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Mussels invade Swiss lakes, coating fishing nets and threatening wildlife

Taipei Times 14 Oct 2024
The sharp shells of the creatures — a fast-spreading, invasive species originally from the Black Sea — work away at the netting, meaning he has to replace it twice as often as before.
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The State We’re In: Beneficial insects raised to protect nature and crops

The Trentonian 14 Oct 2024
... New York and Philadelphia, “in my mind we serve as a first line of defense in mitigating problems introduced by invasive species that slip through the cracks,” i.e., those that hitch a ride overseas.
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Te Ipukarea Society: Pā’ua populations plummet, urgent action needed

Cook Islands News 12 Oct 2024
The Cook Islands has three native species of Pā’ua. Three other species were introduced in the late 1980s, but have not successfully reproduced. The most common of our native species is the elongated ...
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We have a problem with squirrels in our garden. What can we do to keep them at bay?

The Irish Times 12 Oct 2024
Q. We have a problem with grey squirrels in our city garden. They are digging in the beds and causing damage to some of the plants ... A ... Classed as an invasive species, they were first introduced into Ireland in 1911 ... READ MORE ... .
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Sharp divide in Ore. over logging to prevent fires

The Lewiston Tribune 12 Oct 2024
... threatened species. To counteract the bill, Oregon’s Democratic House and Senate members are introducing legislation that would direct federal investments in community preparedness and home hardening.
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Mountain chickadees songs provide real-time evidence for Darwin's character displacement theory

Phys Dot Org 11 Oct 2024
They sampled black-capped and mountain chickadees in Boulder, where the two species coexist ... "It's very interesting to see how these species are responding to what is ultimately a human-introduced pressure," said Olivia Taylor.
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Inside the world of taxidermy in New Zealand

RNZ 11 Oct 2024
"We find that conservation and hunting complement each other we have to take care of nature, especially in New Zealand where we have so many introduced species, so that's the role we take ... species.".
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Sharp divide in Oregon over bill to step up logging to prevent wildfires

Yahoo Daily News 11 Oct 2024
... threatened species. To counteract the bill, Oregon’s Democratic House and Senate members are introducing legislation that would direct federal investments in community preparedness and home hardening.
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Mark Gevisser: “Pink lines are being drawn across the world”

Hindustan Times 11 Oct 2024
Hirschfeld fought for gay rights by introducing into the public domain the idea that homosexuality was a natural variance in the species rather than an illness, crime or sin ... Through mutual friends, we were introduced to Indian activists ... See more ... ....

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Jammu and Kashmir Police and officals of Revenue department destroys illegally cultivated Poppy on a patch of land at Parigam 35 kms in south kashmir's Pulwama district on Thursday 19, May 2016.The jammu and kashmir Police has identified several hectares of land in Kashmir villages that will be destroyed over a month tenure. A kilogram of such poppy husk sells for $ 16 - 25 (1000-1500 INR) in the local markets and the cultivation of poppy is banned under state law. Opium cultivation in Kashmir has shown significant increase over the past few years according to Excise and Taxation officials. Large stacks of land are coming under the cultivation with derivatives mostly landing with drug and narcotic suppliers across India. Every year government officials clear such plantation.
WN / Imran Nissar
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