Tag: Wildlife
Earth Day: Rehabilitated sea turtle released in Florida Keys
MARATHON, Fla. — Staff from the Florida Keys-based Turtle Hospital released a rehabilitated loggerhead sea turtle back to the ocean on Thursday to mark...
Biden taps Montana environmentalist for US public lands boss
<p>BILLINGS, Mont. — President Joe Biden has nominated a longtime environmental advocate and Democratic aide to oversee the vast expanses of federally-owned land in...
Georgia governor won’t wade into debate on Okefenokee mining
FOLKSTON, Ga. — Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp said Thursday he's not wading into the debate over whether a mining company should be allowed to...
Earth Day: Rehabilitated sea turtle released in Florida Keys
<p>MARATHON, Fla. — Staff from the Florida Keys-based Turtle Hospital released a rehabilitated loggerhead sea turtle back to the ocean on Thursday to mark...
Expedition hauls tons of plastic out of remote Hawaii atolls
HONOLULU — A crew returned from the northernmost islands in the Hawaiian archipelago this week with a boatload of marine plastic and abandoned fishing...
Biden taps Montana environmentalist for US public lands boss
BILLINGS, Mont. — President Joe Biden has nominated a longtime environmental advocate and Democratic aide to oversee the vast expanses of federally-owned land in...
Idaho Senate OKs bill to kill up to 90% of wolves in state
<p>BOISE, Idaho — The Idaho Senate on Wednesday approved legislation allowing the state to hire private contractors to kill up to 90% of the...
AP PHOTOS: Dubai-bred baby sharks released into Persian Gulf
<p>DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The baby sharks, bred at a gargantuan luxury resort on Dubai’s artificial palm-shaped island, had never before encountered the...
NatGeo’s ‘Secrets of the Whales’ surfaces little-known facts
NEW YORK — When a killer whale slowly circled back toward wildlife photographer Brian Skerry in the middle of the ocean after discarding the...
Updated field guides, other titles lure readers outdoors
The new season of spring shows has begun, and viewership is way up by all accounts.
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