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Insect declines began decades earlier than scientists thought, study finds

Nearly a century of records reveals butterfly and beetle losses started long before the ‘insect apocalypse’ alarm was raised. Insects are in trouble. Scientists have been warning about an impending ‘insect apocalypse’ for nearly a decade, documenting alarming global declines over the past quarter-century that could have far-reaching consequences for agriculture and the wildlife that […]

Biodiversity, Insects

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Sea otters once escaped extinction. Can they survive forever chemicals?

Sea otters survived centuries of hunting, but scientists now warn that persistent PFAS pollution could threaten one of the Pacific coast’s most important marine mammals. I was disheartened to read about a recent study that found that every sea otter examined by biologists along the coast of British Columbia was contaminated by toxic PFAS chemicals. The closer

Pollution, Wildlife

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The State of Nature Update #27

7/9/2026: Ukraine’s embattled bison, Ice Age squirrel poop shows they ate dead mammoths, California’s wild horse roundup creates controversy, bats are confused by radiation, and more. Welcome to another compilation of newsworthy stories about the state of biodiversity, the threats it faces, and emerging solutions. These are the articles that caught my eye that I

Biodiversity, State of Nature Update

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How scientists are giving rare turtle babies a head start on life

By raising hatchlings in captivity through their first winter, researchers hope more threatened turtles survive to adulthood. Years ago, when I worked for the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, I had the pleasure of working with rare Blanding’s turtles, using telemetry to track them to learn more about their life cycles and how they used

Biodiversity, Conservation

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