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Researchers were able to detect DNA from elephants at the Copenhagen Zoo simply by sampling the air nearby.

Scientists vacuum zoo animals' DNA out of the air

Jan 09, 2022
Researchers who detected that detecting environmental DNA, or eDNA, in two zoos say the technique could one day be used to look for endangered species in remote locations in the wild.
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Mojave Desert Bird Species Have Declined By Almost Half

Aug 23, 2018

The Mojave Desert has gotten hotter and drier over the past 100 years, and this change has been especially hard on birds.

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Animals
A Socorro dove perches at the Africam Safari Zoo in Puebla, Mexico. Scientists are planning to bring the dove species back to Socorro Island, the dove's ancestral home.

Move Over Sheep, Doves Are Returning Home To Tiny Island Of Socorro

Jan 31, 2017
On an island where sheep, cats and mice thrive, the doves died off. But scientists have a plan to reintroduce the Socorro dove to its ancestral home.
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Grouse Suit Seeks To Block New Fences On BLM Land In Nevada

Apr 05, 2016

RENO, Nev. (AP) — Conservationists are suing the Bureau of Land Management to block construction of fences in northern Nevada that they say are intended to appease livestock ranchers at the risk of harming sage grouse and the drought-stricken federal rangeland.

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Environmentalists Sue Over Sage Grouse Proposal

Mar 11, 2016

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Environmental groups are suing the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service over its decision to scrap a proposal to list a population of sage grouse found along the Nevada-California border as threatened.

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Environmentalists Sue For More Rules To Protect Sage Grouse

Feb 25, 2016

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Environmental groups are suing to force the Obama administration to impose more restrictions on oil and gas drilling, grazing and other activities blamed for the decline of greater sage grouse across the American West.

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Reno Hearing On US Sage Grouse Lawsuit Pushed To Nov. 17

Nov 06, 2015

RENO, Nev. (AP) — A federal judge in Reno has postponed a hearing on a request by several Nevada counties to block U.S. land managers from implementing new regulations intended to protect the greater sage grouse.

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