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News Articles: endangered species

A white fringeless orchid.

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Spot a white fringeless orchid? Be gentle — this threatened Georgia species is undergoing recovery

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services recently released their final recovery plan for the protection of the white fringeless orchid population in Georgia.

February 28, 2023
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By:
  • Ambria Burton
A flock of wood storks mingles with egrets as they stand in a retention pond along a road in Atlantic Beach, Fla., on Aug. 12, 2015.

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  • Animals

After a big recovery, the wood stork may soon fly off the endangered species list

The ungainly yet graceful wood stork, which was on the brink of extinction in 1984, has rebounded dramatically in Florida and other Southern states, officials say.

February 14, 2023
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By:
  • The Associated Press
A Bengal tiger rests in the jungles of Bannerghatta National Park south of Bangalore, India, on July 29, 2015. The number of tigers in the wild has gone up 40% since 2015 — largely because of improvements in monitoring them, according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature.

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  • Animals

There are 40% more tigers in the world than previously estimated

The number of tigers in the wild has gone up dramatically since 2015 — largely because of improvements in monitoring them, but the species remains endangered.

July 23, 2022
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By:
  • Shauneen Miranda
Researchers estimate there are only about 10 vaquita porpoises still living in Mexico's Gulf of California.

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  • Animals

Scientists say endangered porpoise isn't doomed — so long as humans stop killing them

Fishing in the Gulf of California has nearly wiped out the vaquita marina. But a new genetic analysis offers hope for the engandered porpoise: the species can make a comeback, if humans protect it.

May 05, 2022
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By:
  • Kendal Blust
A koala joey named Humphrey is comforted by his mother, Willow, at Taronga Zoo in Sydney in March 2021. Australia's government has declared koalas endangered in New South Wales, Queensland and the Australian Capital Territory.

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  • Animals

Koalas are now officially an endangered species in parts of eastern Australia

Australia's government cited the impacts of drought, bush fires and deforestation. The koala population dropped a reported 30% from 2018 to 2021.

February 11, 2022
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman
Researchers were able to detect DNA from elephants at the Copenhagen Zoo simply by sampling the air nearby.

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  • Science

Scientists vacuum zoo animals' DNA out of the air

Researchers who detected environmental DNA, or eDNA, in two zoos say the technique could one day be used to look for endangered species in remote locations in the wild.

January 10, 2022
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  • Geoff Brumfiel
a right whale mother and calf

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  • Animals

Report: Most Ships Violate Speed Limits That Protect Right Whales

A new analysis by environmental group Oceana finds most vessels on the ocean violate speed restrictions aimed at protecting endangered right whales, and the Southeast has the worst compliance.

July 22, 2021
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By:
  • Emily Jones
a man gazes out at a pine forest on a sunny day

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  • Environment

Fort Stewart Wins Army Environmental Award

The Army has recognized the large installation near Savannah for its conservation of natural resources, including forests and endangered species.

June 25, 2021
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  • Emily Jones
Smooth coneflower

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The Smooth Coneflower Makes A Comeback In Georgia, Southeast

In 1992, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service found only 21 populations of the flower (Echinacea laevigata) still existed in Georgia, the Carolinas and Virginia and listed the species as endangered.

June 24, 2021
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  • Sarah Vogelsong
Okefonokee swamp

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  • Environment

Endangered Species To Get Reprieve Under Biden Administration Plans

The revamped regulations could give stronger protection to some 2,700 species protected under the act. There are dozens of candidates in some states — 75 in Georgia, including the red-cockaded woodpecker, the eastern indigo snake and the gopher tortoise.

June 21, 2021
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  • Allison Winter
The newly sequenced Canada lynx genome has already offered hints of how the North American wildcat might adapt — or not — to climate change, researchers say.

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  • Science

25 Down And 71,632 To Go: Scientists Seek Genomes Of All Critters With A Backbone

Biologists say newly efficient and accurate gene sequencing techniques have allowed them to fairly quickly detail full genomes and find overlooked genes in a broad range of 25 important species.

April 28, 2021
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By:
  • Nell Greenfieldboyce
closeup of Rocky the indigo snake

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  • Animals

Authorities Investigate Killing Of Rare — And Harmless — Indigo Snake

Rocky, a federally protected indigo snake, was killed last month. Authorities are investigating.

March 11, 2021
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  • Emily Jones
Rice's whales can grow to 42 feet, but fewer than 100 remain.

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  • National

Scientists Identify New Whale Species In Gulf Of Mexico

The Rice's whale can grow to 42 feet and is critically endangered, with fewer than 100 left.

January 28, 2021
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  • Greg Allen
The Savannah Bluff Lock and Dam

Army Corps Of Engineers Recommends Removing Augusta Dam

After years of contentious debate, The Army Corp of Engineers has made their recommendation on how to replace an Augusta dam with something that will...

October 29, 2019
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  • Grant Blankenship
Jim Renner of Southern Ionics Minerals explains the post-mining reclamation process. This area has had its topsoil replaced and will be planted with loblolly and slash pine in the winter. In the distance is a wetland area the mine avoided.

Mining Proposal Near Okefenokee Promises Jobs, Raises Environmental Concerns

Just above the Florida border, there’s a vast — and famous — swamp: the Okefenokee. It’s more than 400,000 acres of wilderness, with black water, pine...

August 05, 2019
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  • Emily Jones
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