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Denver Zoo hatches dragons in time for Halloween
October 15, 2010 8:37 AM
The Denver Zoo is hatching dragons - Komodo dragons. The zoo said Thursday that four have hatched and four are still in the incubator. Denver Zoo Curator of Reptiles and Fishes Rick Haeffner says the zoo is only the second one in North America to hatch the dragons... more » -
Montana wants permission to kill gray wolves
September 27, 2010 5:50 PM
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) - Montana officials are seeking federal approval to kill 186 endangered gray wolves in a special "conservation hunt," while neighboring Idaho wants permission to kill up to 50 of the predators that officials say are eating too many elk. Documents released Monday detailed the states' new... more » -
Denver's tiger cubs meet the outside world
September 1, 2010 11:39 AM
Meet the quadruplets! The Denver Zoo's four endangered, Amur tiger cubs took their first dip in the outdoor pool and roll in the dirt Monday as they explored their outdoor habitat for the first time. Females Zaria and Akasha and males Nikolai and Thimbu - were each given a... more » -
Turtle hatchlings from Gulf now in Atlantic
July 14, 2010 9:13 AM
The first sea turtle hatchlings whose eggs were evacuated from the Gulf Coast oil spill to Florida's Kennedy Space Center have been released into the Atlantic Ocean. Biologist Jane Provancha says the newborn Kemp's ridley sea turtles did well after their release. About 700 sea turtle nests -... more » -
Feds say white-tailed prairie dogs not endangered
May 27, 2010 7:53 PM
The high-altitude cousin of the black-tailed prairie dog has also been denied federal protection. The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service announced Thursday that the white-tailed prairie dog does not merit protection under the Endangered Species Act. The agency reached the same conclusion in December for the species' better-known... more » -
First condor chick in a century hatches in California
April 7, 2010 3:35 PM
For the first time in more than a century, a California condor chick has hatched inside the federal park that once was a domain of the species. Biologists at Pinnacles National Monument in Central California are celebrating the milestone announced Wednesday. The hatching of the chick, whose sex has... more » -
Feds: Prairie dogs not endangered
December 2, 2009 2:01 PM
Black-tailed prairie dogs have been denied protection under the Endangered Species Act after federal officials said the once-ubiquitous ground squirrels show signs of rebounding from decades of habitat loss, casual shootings and other pressures. WildEarth Guardians, a New Mexico-based environmental activist group, had petitioned the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service... more » -
Endangered fish released in San Juan River
November 5, 2009 8:50 AM
The San Juan River in northwestern New Mexico has gotten an infusion of more than 3,000 endangered roundtail chubs. The New Mexico Game and Fish Department announced Wednesday that the fish were released into the river in late October. Roundtail chub were once found throughout the Colorado River basin, including... more » -
Over 17,000 species threatened by extinction
November 3, 2009 11:32 AM
A rare Panamanian tree frog, a rodent from Madagascar and two lizards found only in the Philippines are among over 17,000 species threatened with extinction, a leading environmental group said Tuesday. The Rabb's fringe-limbed tree frog, only discovered four years ago, is one of 1,895 amphibian species that could... more » -
Shovelnose sturgeon proposed for listing
September 29, 2009 12:32 PM
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing federal protection for the shovelnose sturgeon to help protect the endangered pallid sturgeon. The agency says anglers accidentally harvest the pallid sturgeon when they're seeking the more plentiful shovelnose sturgeon, which is valued for its roe, sold as caviar. Fewer than 40... more »
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