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A forest caterpillar that does millions of dollars worth of damage in the eastern U.S. every year also did damage with its common name, which contained a racial slur. Now that name has been changed.
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In January, a group of nordic skaters were on Lake Winnipesaukee when they came across something that shouldn’t have been there. Swimming on a small patch of open water were 10 loons. And they were stuck.
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Scientists have evidence that SARS-CoV-2 is circulating in white-tailed deer in the U.S. They say the findings could essentially dash any hopes of eliminating the virus in the U.S. � and the world.
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As America tries to come to terms with its complicated racial past, efforts are underway to remove all eponymous bird names and to "decolonize the birding experience" to include more Black people.
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Bald eagles are soaring again in Vermont. The magnificent birds were pushed to the brink of extinction by hunting, habitat loss and pesticide�
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The goal of Michael Moore’s years-long research is to evaluate whether North Atlantic right whales are growing in healthy ways. The whales are nearing the end of a three-month period during which nearly half the population of approximately 360 can be spotted in Cape Cod Bay.
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Peter Daszak of the investigative team sent to Wuhan says the farms were probably where the coronavirus first jumped from bats to another animal before infecting humans.
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More hunters in the woods, plus more readily-available food sources thanks to a new composting law, equaled a record number of bears taken during hunting�
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The use of an immune-system stimulant harvested from shark liver oil in the development of some coronavirus vaccines has animal conservationists pressing for alternatives.
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As Lebanon reels from multiple tragedies, conservationists are pointing to one bright spot. They say a record number of endangered green sea turtles have come to nest on the country's shores.