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A tiny, invasive bug and the climate crisis are changing how guitars are made, and shifting the course of music history
Guitar-maker Fender says it's phasing out swamp ash, a storied wood used by rock legends like Jimmy…
Kelsey Vlamis
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A Florida manatee was found with 'Trump' scraped into its back. Federal officials are investigating the incident as a possible crime.
Manatees are protected under the Endangered Species Act. The perpetrator could face up to a year in…
Susie Neilson
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Officials found 1,500 fraudulent votes that rocked a New Zealand bird competition
Officials have uncovered evidence of voter fraud tampering with an important national contest: New …
Gabby Landsverk
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Japan's famous 'rabbit island' is home to 900 wild bunnies but tourists are bringing so much food to the island that the animals now face a life-threatening crisis
Leftovers from tourists have attracted aggressive predators from nearby islands to Japan's "rabbit …
Alexandra Karplus
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Researchers are trying to save a vulnerable California frog species using cutting-edge AI
Conservation Metrics uses machine learning technology to identify where California red-legged frogs…
Emily Hager
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Mysterious Chinese seed packets are showing up all over the US, and the government is warning people not to plant them
At least 27 state agrictulture departments have reported the strange packets, which could contain i…
Graham Rapier
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A Florida business owner is selling $90 face masks made from python skin to fight back against an invasive species
Pythons are designated an invasive species in Florida, and hunters are allowed to kill them humanel…
Taimy Alvarez,Elizabeth McCau…
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The amount of coastal water that can harbor harmful Vibrio bacteria has spiked 56%. One species is flesh-eating.
There's been a 56% increase in the coastal waters where bacteria that can cause severe infections t…
Erin Schumaker
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Golden lion tamarins, Gautemala forest fires and illegal logging in Nepal — saving endangered species disrupted by coronavirus
Biologist Carlos Ruiz has spent a quarter-century working to save golden lion tamarins, the charis…
PTI
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4-foot-long lizards that can eat 'just about anything they want' are taking over Georgia
Argentine black and white tegu lizards, which can grow up to four feet long and weigh more than 10 …
Kelly McLaughlin
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Over 4,400 species are at risk globally from changes in wildfires intensity, study shows
Changes in wildfire intensity and frequency driven by human activities are putting at risk more tha…
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A conservationist who saved 2 species - a parrot and a rare palm tree - was murdered by gangs in Colombia
Gonzalo Cardona Molina's work brought the yellow-eared parrot back from the brink of extinction, hi…
Haven Orecchio-Egresitz
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Plummeting sperm counts are threatening the future of human existence, and plastics could be to blame
Fertility researcher Shanna Swan found harmful environmental factors are physiologically changing f…
Julia Naftulin
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Buzzards that vomit when threatened and leave piles of acidic dropping have invaded a small town and nobody knows why
Bunn residents, near Raleigh in North Carolina, are puzzled over why the birds have selected their …
Alia Shoaib
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Mexico has a shockingly high number of threatened and endangered species
Habitat loss is the biggest threat the world's mammals face, IUCN says. Human activity is the main …
Ellie Kincaid
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Freaky Air-Breathing Fish Threaten To Invade Central Park
The sign is "just to let people know that this fish is in there, if you find it please do not retur…
Robert Ferris,Jennifer Welsh
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A second straight year of flooding is threatening another year of crops for Mississippi farmers
The southern Mississippi Delta region, one of the poorest in the US, still hasn't recovered from 20…
Nathan Willis,Barbara Corbell…
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Utah is encouraging people to catch up to twice the fish they're normally allowed as rising water temperatures threaten to kill off supplies
Utah's Division of Wildlife Resources has made changes allowing fishers to broaden their catch as d…
Sarah Jackson
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Australia's government listed 113 native animal species that need 'emergency intervention' in order to survive after its devastating bushfires
The government listing said: "The fires have covered an unusually large area and, in many places, t…
Rosie Perper,Rosie Perper
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China's $1 trillion infrastructure project could encourage the spread of invasive bird and reptile species
In addition to threatening human health, invasive species like the African clawed frog and ship rat…