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What If There Were No Sharks?
By Mindy Weisberger published
Scary portrayals of great whites in pop culture might lead some people to wonder if the world would be better off with no sharks at all.
More Than 200 Reindeer Found Dead in Norway, Starved by Climate Change
By Mindy Weisberger published
Heavy rainfall in December buried plants under a heavy layer of ice.
This Iron-Shelled Snail Is Totally Metal … And Now It’s Endangered
By Mindy Weisberger published
Iron scales may not be enough to protect the scaly-foot snail from extinction.
Crocodiles Are Breeding Near a Nuclear Power Plant (No, They're Not Radioactive)
By Mindy Weisberger published
Only in Florida.
Cats in Australia Kill Over 2 Billion Wild Animals Each Year
By Mindy Weisberger published
Humans love cats, but the furry felines are stone-cold killers
Flushed Goldfish Grew to Be Kitten-Size in Niagara River
By Mindy Weisberger published
Tens of millions of "freed" goldfish are thought to inhabit the Great Lakes.
Conservation's Biggest Challenge? The Legacy of Colonialism (Op-Ed)
By Asia Murphy published
Today’s most dire conservation crises have a bloody past.
Feral Cats in Australia Sentenced to Death by Sausage
By Mindy Weisberger published
Feral cats are driving many Australian species to the brink of extinction, and the government is stepping in.
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