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Expert urges people to be kind to 'ugly' animals like blobfish - not just 'celeb' pandas

President of the Ugly Animals Preservation Society Simon Watt spoke with the Mirror ahead of National Endangered Species Day about why 'ugly' animals deserve just as much love as snow leopards

Daily Mirror

Dublin Zoo offering discounted tickets this weekend to mark Endangered Species Day

Dublin Zoo is gearing up to teach kids and adults alike about how people can help protect animals and their habitats this weekend.

Irish Mirror

Major discounts at Dublin Zoo to celebrate Endangered Species Day

The discount is valid for tickets purchased online for for Saturday, May 20 and Sunday, May 21

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Senate votes to limit critical habitat designation for imperiled species and drop bat's protections

The U.S. Senate has voted to overturn two Biden administration policies intended to protect endangered species

The Independent UK

Lesser prairie home companion — Congressional Hits and Misses - Roll Call

Sen. Roger Marshall led the charge to overturn the Biden administration’s listing of the lesser prairie chicken as an endangered species.

Roll Call

Trials have become an endangered species. A new effort is trying to change that

Advocates say defendants who go to trial face much longer prison sentences — a so-called trial penalty. It can even lead innocent people to strike plea deals.

WEKU

Bi-state sage grouse considered for threatened status, again

Federal wildlife officials are again considering whether a sage grouse species deserves protection under the Endangered Species Act

The Independent UK

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Rare pygmy blue whale calf spotted off Cheynes Beach near Albany, WA

While it is not unusual to see the endangered species in southern waters at this time of year, scientists are surprised to see a young calf, which would have been born in the area.

ABC News

Legislation would ease impact of Endangered Species Act ruling - Roll Call

Congress is eyeing legislation that would prevent the enforcement of a 2015 ruling on the Endangered Species Act.

Roll Call

Endangered species found dead on north Queensland beach prompts calls for gillnets ban in reef waters

A local living near the Great Barrier Reef has taken a series of photos showing the damaged carcasses of a range of sea creatures.

ABC News

Hawaii cites 2 for feeding feral cats, harming native geese

State authorities have cited two women for allegedly harming an endangered species of geese native to Hawaii by feeding feral cats in a Big Island shopping center parking lot

The Independent UK

Some of Australia's most unique species live in the Mary River. Now scientists say it's becoming increasingly vulnerable

A group of scientists and traditional owners is carrying out a complete audit of one of Australia's most vulnerable rivers.

ABC News

Landmark law saved whales through marine industries change

The drive to protect vanishing whales has brought profound impacts to marine industries and those changes are accelerating as the Endangered Species Act approaches its 50th anniversary

The Independent UK

A rare Texas wildflower gets protection under the Endangered Species Act

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has declared the bracted twistflower, native to the Edwards Plateau, a threatened species, a month after putting another Texas plant on the endangered list.

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Killing, smuggling of rare sheep could land Northern California hunter in prison for 26 years

A Northern California man who attempted to enter San Francisco airport customs with eight full or partial animal corpses in his personal baggage was indicted last week for conspiring to violate the Endangered Species Act.

The Conversation

I realised the fat-tailed dunnart was under threat. Here's how I got the species officially listed

Saving endangered species is an uphill battle in Australia, the mammal extinction capital of the world. But the first step, threatened species listing, can be confusing, tedious and time-consuming.

Salon

Boebert brings fetus photo to hearing

"I’m just wondering if my colleagues on the other side would put babies on the endangered species list,” she said

WEKU

A giant trapdoor spider was discovered in Australia

The spider lives in open woodland habitats, building burrows in Central Queensland's black soils. Much of its habitat has been lost to land clearing, meaning it's likely an endangered species.

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The Independent UK

Lauren Boebert suggests adding human fetuses to endangered species list

Ms Boebert brought photographs of human foetuses to a hearing on the Endangered Species Act

WEKU

Gopher tortoises in Southern states deserve federal protections, groups say

The tortoises imperiled by loss of habitat should be put on the endangered species list in four southern states, environmental groups said as they prepared to sue the U.S. government over the issue.

WEKU

A 90-year-old tortoise named Mr. Pickles just became a father of 3. It's a big 'dill'

It's significant, according to officials with the Houston Zoo, because the radiated tortoise is a critically endangered species whose numbers are in decline.

Inverse

One Essential Ecosystem Is Rapidly Disappearing from Earth, Study Reveals

New research reveals mountain forests are disappearing at rapidly accelerating rate, posing serious concerns for conservation of rare and endangered species.

The Guardian - UK

‘Phenomenal loophole’ in quotas could lead to massive overfishing

Exclusive: Drastically weakened rules on how vessels document their catches of endangered species could endanger the marine ecosystem, confidential EU papers reveal

The Conversation

Cultural burning is safer for koalas and better for people too

Koalas are an iconic endangered species living in a fire-prone environment. This makes them an ideal subject when investigating solutions to wildfires.

Daily Mirror

Nearly half of Brits are 'clueless' about which animal species are on brink of extinction

Over a third of adults admit they know 'little' to 'nothing' about the world's most endangered species - but seven in ten would like to learn more about wildlife endangerment

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