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ISU Extension offering master conservationist training class
1+ hour, 20+ min ago (267+ words) Walking is easy to fit into your daily routine and offers a variety of health benefits to people of all ages and fitness levels. However, if you are looking for a slightly more intense workout, consider making the following changes…...
Climate change is outpacing evolution. Scientists are using DNA to catch up
3+ mon, 6+ day ago (117+ words) SAN DIEGO — Evolution works over millennia. Climate change is moving far faster. Eelgrass sways in the current in San Diego's Mission Bay, Dec. 2. Todd Michael, a research professor at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, works at his lab in…...
Britain World's Oldest-Tortoise
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (170+ words) Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier Javascript is required to use this website. World's oldest known tortoise still very much alive despite rumor to the contrary A hoax social media post claimed the 193-year-old tortoise died and asked for crypto donations, a veterinarian…...
King penguins are the rare species benefiting from a warming world. But that could change
4+ mon, 3+ day ago (317+ words) The study says climate change's rising seas may threaten tens of millions more people than scientists and government planners originally thought because of mistaken research assumptions on how high coastal waters already are. WASHINGTON — The warming world has disrupted the…...
Prairie Rapids Audubon Society meeting features the work of local nature photographers
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (292+ words) U.S. federal laws impose fines and criminal penalties for touching or harassing protected wildlife, underscoring legal protections for marine mammals, birds, and endangered species. The Marine Mammal Protection Act and Endangered Species Act define offenses involving manatees, dolphins, porpoises, sea otters,…...
North American bird population is shrinking faster. Experts blame agriculture, warming
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (254+ words) WASHINGTON — Billions fewer birds are flying across North American skies than decades ago and their population is shrinking ever faster, mostly due to a combination of intensive agriculture and warming temperatures, a new study found. Veterinarian Darcy Stephenson tapes an…...
Wildlife experts predict ‘banner year’ for Iowa’s centennial of pheasant hunting
10+ mon, 1+ week ago (689+ words) The U.S. Supreme Court lifted restrictions on immigration stops in Los Angeles. And big cities, like Chicago, are preparing for a possible Trump takeover. Pheasant populations are at a 20-year high, according to an annual roadside survey conducted by the Iowa…...
Famly of ospreys build nest on police, fire radio tower in Waterloo
11+ mon, 2+ week ago (835+ words) WATERLOO — Gotham City Police have the Bat-Signal. Waterloo Police have the raptor radio tower. It doesn't help fight crime, but it's still pretty cool. A family of ospreys has returned to complete a nest and raise hatchlings in downtown. The…...