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Fungal outbreak threatens tricoloured bat with extinction in US

Fungal outbreak threatens tricoloured bat with extinction in US

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US federal officials announced plans on Tuesday to list the tricoloured bat as endangered — the second US bat species recommended for the designation this year as a fungal disease ravages their populations. The US Fish and Wildlife Service in March proposed reclassifying the northern long-eared bat from threatened to endangered as it reached the […]

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Endangered status sought for snail near Nevada lithium mine

Endangered status sought for snail near Nevada lithium mine

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Conservationists are seeking Endangered Species Act protection for a tiny snail half the size of a pea that is known to exist only in high-desert springs near a huge lithium mine planned in Nevada along the Oregon state line. The Western Watersheds Project filed the listing petition last week with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife […]

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