9 stories tagged conservation, newest first.
187 points by surprisetalk | 98 comments
AP News article reporting that Oregon lawmakers approved funding to buy an iconic waterfall property that had been listed for sale on Redfin.
251 points by bryanrasmussen | 62 comments
BBC News article on the rediscovery in West Papua of a pygmy long-fingered possum and a ring-tailed glider thought extinct for 6,000 years.
42 points by speckx | 5 comments
Yale Environment 360 digest item, republished from The Guardian, about scientists teaching birds to sing songs their populations have lost.
57 points by kgolubic | 7 comments
Article on the 15-year effort where costumed pilots in ultralight aircraft led whooping crane chicks south to restore an eastern US migratory population.
20 points by Heidi_70 | 7 comments
A Birds History article on how long it takes to declare a bird species extinct, noting a median wait of 36 years after the last confirmed sighting.
28 points by giuliomagnifico | 12 comments
Gizmodo article about scientists deploying underwater umbrella-like shades to protect coral reefs from bleaching, with early results suggesting it works.
1188 points by jaredwiener | 161 comments
Los Angeles Times obituary reporting that primatologist Jane Goodall, known for her chimpanzee research, has died at 91.
374 points by geox | 202 comments
Live Science article reporting that wolf reintroduction in Yellowstone has led to aspen tree regrowth not seen in 80 years, citing a new forest ecology paper.
478 points by geox | 392 comments
Nautilus zoology article reporting that roughly a third of North America's bird population has disappeared in recent decades.