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Are Insect Populations Declining?

Posted on January 5, 2024January 5, 2024 Mark

On a recent trip to research insect populations, I visited a small sliver of the Chihuahua desert that runs through

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Vaquita: The World’s Rarest Marine Mammal Is In Trouble

Posted on May 15, 2017May 25, 2020 Mark

Another species of marine mammal is on the verge of extinction.  The Vaquita (Phocoena sinus), a small porpoise endemic to

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Monk Parakeet Populations Growing

Posted on May 24, 2016May 25, 2020 Mark

  In 1939, nearly 77 years ago, the Carolina Parakeet (Conuropsis carolinensis) was declared extinct.  At the time, it was United

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