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"The deaths of hundreds of elephants in Botswana this year which had baffled and alarmed conservationists were caused by toxins produced by cyanobacteria in water, officials said on Monday."

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Africa [18]

Source: Reuters [19], 09/21/2020

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"World Isn’t Meeting Biodiversity Goals, UN Report Finds" [20]

"A decade-long global effort to save Earth’s disappearing species and declining ecosystems has mostly stumbled, with fragile habitats like coral reefs and tropical forests in more trouble than ever, researchers said in a report Tuesday."

Biodiversity [2]

Environmental Studies [21]

Wildlife [6]

Public [7]

International [22]

Source: AP [23], 09/16/2020

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New Mexico Sees Massive Migratory Bird Deaths [24]

"Biologists from New Mexico State University and White Sands Missile Range examined nearly 300 dead migratory birds Saturday at Knox Hall on the university's main campus."

Climate Change [11]

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Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [25]

Source: Las Cruces Sun-News [26], 09/16/2020

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"Poaching Pressure Mounts On Jaguars, The Americas’ Iconic Big Cat" [27]

"In the past seven years, trafficking of jaguars and their body parts has become a major threat to the species, with China the main destination."

Biodiversity [2]

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Wildlife [6]

Public [7]

National (U.S.) [29]

Mexico [30]

Central America & the Caribbean [31]

South America [32]

Source: Mongabay [33], 09/15/2020

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“The Bird Way: A New Look at How Birds Talk, Work, Play, Parent, and Think” [34]

Bird brains, despite the dictum, are anything but deficient. In fact, a new book by science and nature writer Jennifer Ackerman reveals how scientists, driven by rising diversity in their own ranks and by the leverage of new technologies, are gaining a dramatically new understanding of the complexities of bird behavior. BookShelf has a review of “The Bird Way.”

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"Hurricane Warning For New Orleans As Sally To Bring Dangerous Surge" [37]

"After deluging South Florida and the Florida Keys, Tropical Storm Sally is strengthening and forecast to become a powerful hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico. When it slugs ashore Monday night into Tuesday, the storm is expected to unleash a prolonged and dangerous assault from wind and water in southeastern Louisiana and coastal Mississippi, including New Orleans."

Wildlife [6]

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National (U.S.) [29]

Source: Washington Post [38], 09/14/2020

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Inbreeding Deformities Found Among Cougars In Santa Monica Mountains [39]

"The discovery was heartbreaking for biologists, who consider the mountain lions of Southern California to be among the most threatened mammals in North America: a young male with the distortions of inbreeding — a tail kinked like the letter “L” and only one descended testicle."

Biodiversity [2]

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Public [7]

California [40]

Source: LA Times [41], 09/11/2020

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"Arctic Refuge Oil Footprint Could Expand Illegally, Lawsuits Say" [42]

"Gravel mines, airstrips, and ice roads could appear in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, which Congress never intended when it agreed to allow oil development there, more than a dozen states are claiming in a bid to stop drilling there."

Biodiversity [2]

Energy & Fuel [43]

Natural Resources [13]

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Public [7]

National (U.S.) [29]

Alaska and Hawaii [44]

Source: Bloomberg Environment [45], 09/11/2020

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