Dam Busting: A Concrete Victory for Fish, Jobs
Dam busting has local economic benefits other than clearing the way for an endangered species or restoring a watershed.
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Endangered Species
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Long Slog for the Ivory-Billed Woodpecker
Efforts to create a suitable habitat for a striking bird that may or may not be extinct continue a half decade after its reported but uncorroborated resurrection.
Can Threatened Species Evolve Their Way Out of Trouble?
Ecologist Andrew Gonzalez explains that experiments on yeast suggest that threatened species may be able to evolve fast enough — under the right conditions — to survive.
Endangered Species Act Candidates Getting Prioritized
The Byzantine legal process of placing plants and animals on America's endangered species list swallows the efforts of the agency that curates the list. A new agreement may untangle the mess.
When Bird Watching Means Dog Watching
A volunteer program to protect nests for the tiny, threatened snowy plover on a popular surfing beach has proven a model, but the birds still can't fly solo.
New T.C. Boyle Book Shares Interests With Us
Novelist T.C Boyle’s new book, "When the Killing’s Done," uses California’s Channel Islands to delve into the thorny effort to restore lost habitats, a theme and a locale familiar to our readers.
Are Conservation Biologists Wasting Their Time?
Ecologist Hugh Possingham argues that conservationists have made a fetish of monitoring ailing species, and what they should be doing isn't counting but acting.
Delivering Good News on the Stork
Pushed by human development onto the endangered list, the American wood stork is wading back to its historical haunts in the swampy Southeast.
Bald Eagles Will Eat Almost Anything
The top predator on California's northern Channel Islands might start dining on recovering foxes and seabirds, scientists warn.
Right Whales, Wrong Place
The good news is that endangered whales can be found where they were thought extinct. The bad news is that a sea-going superhighway may soon overtake their unknown refuge.