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Dolphins becoming increasingly reliant on fishing trawlers for food
1+ hour, 59+ min ago (783+ words) Ultra-processed foods make up more than half of what America" (The Center Square) - Many Washington state daycare provider" Two bottlenose dolphins follow a midwater trawler in the waters of Veneto, Italy. (Dolphin Biology and Conservation via SWNS) Dolphins are becoming…...
Study reveals extinct lion species interbred with its modern cousins | National | ashepostandtimes. com
1+ mon, 3+ day ago (660+ words) A frozen cave lion cub named Sparta, which has been radiocarbon dated to ca 32, 000 years before present and genetically identified as a female. (Love Dal'n via SWNS) An extinct species oflion once interbred with its modern cousins, suggests a new…...
Study finds crabs hide to avoid cannibalism
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (879+ words) A basket of blue crabs caught during a survey by the Smithsonian Environmental Resarch Center. (Smithsonian ERC via SWNS) Young blue crabs hide in the shallows to avoid being eaten by their cannibal cousins, reveals new research. Juvenile crabs rely…...
Blue Ridge Conservancy adds additional land to Three Top Mountain Game Land
3+ mon, 4+ week ago (201+ words) An additional 439 acres of land was added to the Three Top Mountain Game Land in Ashe County. In total, the Blue Ridge Conservancy'has conserved 1, 336 acres of land on Three Top Mountain. ASHE COUNTY " Blue Ridge Conservancy (BRC) recently transferred three…...
An opportunity to support North Carolina's Endangered and Nongame Wildlife Fund
5+ mon, 3+ week ago (152+ words) Chris Kelly, a NCWRC wildlife diversity biologist, holding a northern flying squirrel. A gray bat is one of many wildlife protected by the N. C. Nongame and Endangered Wildlife Fund. RALEIGH " The N. C. Wildlife Resources Commission (NCWRC) invites those filing a 2025 North Carolina…...
Blue Ridge Conservancy announces purchase of Howard Knob property
6+ mon, 1+ week ago (128+ words) Blue Ridge Conservancy has purchased 74 acres of property on Howard Knob. Rock climbers at Howard Knob in Boone. The property was purchased from Monte Green, who bought the land in the 1990s, eventually using one tract for his home and leaving…...