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- Saltmarsh Sparrows are losing habitat to sea level rise and development, while their nests are flooded by higher tides or raided by invasive species.
- Little Stints are declining in part because of changes at their migratory stopover sites.
- The rapid decline of many bird species could be stopped and reversed with a combination of government and individual actions.
- A healthy population of forage fish is critical for maintaining seabird populations, many of which are already dying off because of climate change.
- European Shags watch each other and dive after other birds dive.
- As the nesting territories in wild areas fill up, Bald Eagles are nesting in more urbanized areas, which creates more conflicts.
- Leaving dead trees in place can create a home for woodpeckers and other species.
- 'The Real James Bond': Real James Bond & the Bahama Nuthatch
- Tuesdays in the Tallgrass: The September Prairie’s Greatest Hits
- Arachnofiles: Arachnews: August 2019
- Chinook salmon could die out in the Columbia River basin without the removal of four dams along the Snake River.
- When fragments of longleaf pine savannas are connected via habitat corridors, lost species start reappearing in them.
- Many of Europe's native trees are endangered or threatened, which makes reforestation efforts more difficult.
- A study in Germany tested the use of drones for spraying invasive caterpillars with insecticides.
- Conservationists in Sri Lanka are trying to get people to pay more attention to Sri Lanka's lesser-known flora and fauna.
- Possums on Maria Island adjusted to the presence of Tasmanian Devils within three years of their introduction.
- Volunteers in the Philadelphia area are tracking rare Pennsylvanian Purseweb Spiders. Interested volunteers can join the Map the Spider project.
- Last Friday, the Climate Strike protests happened around the world, and this week there was a climate summit at the United Nations. There is still a wide gulf between what world leaders are willing to do and what climate science and activists demand.
- This week the IPCC issued a report on how climate change is affecting the oceans. The effects go beyond sea level rise, as oceans are a natural carbon sink and warmer water is making storms stronger and disrupting natural food webs. However, there are actions that could restore the health of the oceans.
- On a related note, Mont Blanc's Planpincieux glacier is likely to collapse in the near future.
- Disruptions caused by climate change are part of the reason people are leaving Central America.
- Trump's nominee to head the US Fish and Wildlife Service has ties to agricultural interests that oppose the Endangered Species Act, which the USFWS is responsible for implementing.
- The section of border wall in Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument will hurt many desert species, including the endangered night-blooming cereus.
- Disastrous floods in California could be prevented by restoring coastal marshes.
- The FBI continues to target environmental activists as potential terrorists, even though environmentalists are in danger around the world.
