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Gray wolf (Canis lupus). Photo courtesy of Jim Peaco, National Park Service

Endangered Species Act Protections Sought for Wolves as Idaho & Montana Plan to Kill Wolf Populations, Pay Contractors to Kill

May 26, 2021 Guest Author or Contributor

On May 26, 2021, the Center for Biological Diversity, the Humane Society of the United States, Humane Society Legislative Fund, and Sierra Club petitioned the US Fish and Wildlife Service to restore federal protection under the […]

Middle Fork of the Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness in Idaho. Source: REX PARKER/FLICKR, via earthjustice.org.

Conservationists Challenge Helicopter Intrusions in Wilderness Area

January 9, 2016 Kay Whatley

Helicopter operations are part of a broader program to artificially inflate elk numbers by eliminating wolf packs Released by Timothy Preso (Earthjustice), George Nickas (Wilderness Watch), Gary Macfarlane (Friends of the Clearwater), and Ken Cole […]

Red wolf puppy. Photo: Ryan Nordsven/USFWS

Conservation Groups Take US Fish & Wildlife Service to Court for Failures to Protect the World’s Only Wild Red Wolves

November 20, 2015 Guest Author or Contributor

By Kathleen Sullivan, selcnc.org & Amey Owen, awionline.org Conservation groups filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina against the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) for its failure to protect the world’s only wild population […]

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The Strange-ness: Fairy Circles Discovered in Australia

March 15, 2016

Mysterious Gaps in Vegetation Only Ever Seen in Southern Africa — Until Now Released by Susanne Hufe, UFZ press office The circular, barren patches of land, forming a highly regular pattern over the dry grassland of Namibia, were thought […]

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Durham Parapsychology Researchers Seek Study Participants

July 19, 2017

Have you ever volunteered for a research study? If you’d like to be part of a research study, the Durham-based Rhine Research Center is seeking participants for a study which examines how people interact and […]

US UFO Sightings by US State: February 2018

March 12, 2018

By Kay Whatley, Editor Across the United States each year, thousands of unidentified flying object (UFO) sightings are reported. UFO reports cover close encounters of various types, range from blinking lights in the sky to […]