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Plans to Spend Over $1 Billion to Shoot 450,000 American Owls to Proceed After Senate Vote
Policy

Plans to Spend Over $1 Billion to Shoot 450,000 American Owls to Proceed After Senate Vote

November 3, 2025

Story at a glance… A recent Senate vote failed to reject a Fish and Wildlife Service cull of up…

Marshall Islands Experience Explosion of Wildlife One Year After Invasive Rats Were Removed
Conservation

Marshall Islands Experience Explosion of Wildlife One Year After Invasive Rats Were Removed

October 3, 2025October 3, 2025

Two small islets crucial to the resiliency of the local environment in the Marshall Islands Republic are witnessing a…

There Is No 6th Mass Extinction Event Taking Place, in Fact Conservation Is Working Worldwide
Conservation

There Is No 6th Mass Extinction Event Taking Place, in Fact Conservation Is Working Worldwide

September 25, 2025September 25, 2025

The narrative that Earth is experiencing a sixth mass extinction event in fundamentally flawed, and is pushed through an…

Asia’s Extraordinary Jumping Bird Now Thriving in Captivity—a Hopeful Halt to Population Slide
Conservation

Asia’s Extraordinary Jumping Bird Now Thriving in Captivity—a Hopeful Halt to Population Slide

January 10, 2025January 10, 2025

An endangered bird famous for its elaborate leaping courtship displays is being reared in a special facility where the…

What Scientists Hear May Prove More Valuable for Conservation than What They See—the Field of Bioacoustics
Conservation

What Scientists Hear May Prove More Valuable for Conservation than What They See—the Field of Bioacoustics

October 16, 2023

A field of science known as bioacoustic conservation has really surged forward in the last decade, with dozens of…

Rarest-of-the-Rarest Dinosaur Fossil is a Cretaceous Era Still Life of Oviraptor and 24 Eggs
ArchivesEarth Sciences

Rarest-of-the-Rarest Dinosaur Fossil is a Cretaceous Era Still Life of Oviraptor and 24 Eggs

March 15, 2021July 12, 2023

An international team of paleontologists has unearthed the latest fossil in what could be described as a 4-decade-long conveyor…


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Pentagon Doesn’t Know Who They’re Killing in Caribbean Boat Bombings

Andy Corbley October 31, 2025

Virtually all news outlets worldwide reporting on the Pentagon’s targeted killings of sailors in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific…

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Putin Proposes an Extension to the New START Nuclear Deal Through to 2027

Julien Torres October 4, 2025

Russian President Vladimir Putin has announced that his government will adhere to the NEW START treaty with the US…

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July Tariff Revenues Generate a Meager One-Fourth of Deficit Spending Increase

Andy Corbley September 8, 2025

Despite year-over-year revenue from import duties growing 252% compared to July of last year, government inlays were dwarfed by…

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