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A troubling first: Rising seas blamed for disappearance of rare cactus in Florida
USA TODAY via Yahoo Canada News· 6 days agoA rare tree cactus that grew for decades hidden by a tangle of mangrove trees on Florida's Key Largo...
Secret 'sky island' rainforest saved by new discoveries
BBC News· 11 hours agoPerched on a remote mountain top and surrounded by lowlands, Mabu is what's known as a "sky island"...
Tiny Tornado Chasers: Why Rare Songbirds Rely on Destructive Winds
Smithsonian Magazine· 5 days agoResearch zoologist Gary Graves first spotted the elusive warbler as a teenager in the 1960s and has...
Ancient Predator Unearthed in Nevada Rewrites Triassic Coastal Life Story
SciTechDaily· 14 hours agoA newly discovered Triassic crocodile relative demonstrates that pseudosuchian archosaurs inhabited...
Off the Grid: Sally breaks down USA TODAY's daily crossword puzzle, From A to Z
USA TODAY via Yahoo Canada News· 2 days agoQED is placed at the end of mathematical proofs to show completion. DODO (53D: Extinct flightless ...
Why are Columbian Mammoths crossing Highway 99 in Merced? Find out more here.
Fresno Bee via Yahoo Canada News· 3 days agoThey resemble elephants, but they’re actually Columbian Mammoths said to have gone extinct 10,000 to...
Rare Florida cactus becomes first U.S. species lost to sea rise
The Raw Story· 7 days agoA rare species of tree cactus has gone extinct in Florida, in what is believed to be the first species lost to sea level rise in the United States, researchers said Tuesday ...
Why only 400 people at a time can visit this paradise island
CNN via Yahoo News· 1 day agoAustralia’s Lord Howe Island could attract many tourists to its lush mountains, perfect beaches and...
To save spotted owls, U.S. officials plan to kill hundreds of thousands of another owl species
CTV News· 7 days agoTo save the imperiled spotted owl from potential extinction, U.S. wildlife officials are embracing a...
In a first, sea rise kills off a Florida Keys species. Scientists fear it won’t be the last
Miami Herald via Yahoo Canada News· 5 days agoBut as of last year, the very last of the bunch is gone. And researchers believe sea level rise was...