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What can seashells teach us about the health of our oceans?: Short Wave
1+ hour, 20+ min ago (143+ words) Shells could gives us important clues about the health of our oceans. Getty Images hide caption Seashells: They're beautiful remnants to carry home from the beach—and so much more! According to environmental journalist Cynthia Barnett, seashells record history more…...
How much has the U.S.’s wildlife changed since Lewis and Clark?: Short Wave
1+ week, 1+ day ago (271+ words) Ever wish you could have been part of the Lewis and Clark expedition? Us too. The Corps of Discovery came across scores of plants and animals that were new to Western science: Grizzly bears, ponderosa pines, a “barking squirrel” that…...
Wildlife researcher RJ Hawkins photographs the first Bronx River otter in a century
1+ week, 2+ day ago (191+ words) RJ HAWKINS: Yeah. Thank you for having me. SIMON: How were you able to catch the otter on camera? HAWKINS: Yeah. So I have been doing monitoring of wildlife species on the Bronx River since 2024. I started it as a…...
Federal government thins the herds of wild horses in Colorado
1+ week, 3+ day ago (975+ words) A trailer of wild mustangs is transported to a temporary holding facility during the federal Bureau of Land Management's wild mustang roundup in the Piceance-East Douglas Herd Management Area in Rio Blanco County, Colo., on Aug. 5. McKenzie Lange/CPR News…...
Trump administration moves to open untouched national forests to logging
1+ week, 6+ day ago (676+ words) The Trump administration moved on Tuesday to roll back an environmental rule that currently blocks road construction, and by extension most logging and mining activity, on tens of millions of acres of public forest land. The so-called "roadless rule" was…...
The threat the H5N1 avian flu poses to Australia and New Zealand's unique wildlife
1+ week, 6+ day ago (78+ words) The threat the H5N1 avian flu poses to Australia and New Zealand’s unique wildlife NPR The threat the H5N1 avian flu poses to Australia and New Zealand's unique wildlife The threat the H5N1 avian flu poses to Australia and New Zealand’s unique wildlife…...
Hot Dam: Why beavers are Britain’s new climate heroes: Up First from NPR
2+ week, 2+ day ago (239+ words) Four hundred years ago, the last of Britain’s native beavers were hunted to extinction. But in 2009, scientists began a grand experiment to bring the furry, buck-toothed rodents back. They relocated a pair of Norwegian beavers to a remote rainforest in…...
Greetings from a wildlife park in central Sri Lanka that's a haven for elephants
3+ week, 4+ day ago (225+ words) At a time of increased conflict between elephants and humans, as elephant habitats are converted to intensive agriculture, the Hurulu Eco Park is a place where the animals can graze unimpeded. Greetings from a wildlife park in central Sri Lanka…...
These are some of the last pristine ocean ecosystems. Now, they're losing protections
4+ week, 9+ hour ago (1471+ words) The largest conservation areas in the U.S. are in the Pacific Ocean. President Trump is rolling back their protections. Reporting by Lauren Sommer Visuals by Claire Harbage This story was supported by the Pulitzer Center. Some of the most pristine ecosystems…...
A cooler of eggs and a bold plan to save leopard sharks: Short Wave
1+ mon, 4+ day ago (131+ words) Two leopard shark pups snack on snails at the nursery in Raja Ampat, Indonesia in December 2025. Claire Harbage/NPR hide caption For answers, we talk to freelance journalist Katerina Barton. She takes us behind-the-scenes to a shark nursery and shares…...