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Tragic Theories Why Horses Once Went Extinct In North America
Before the Spanish introduced modern horses to the New World, horses roamed wild in North America, then they disappeared, but ...
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A Fungal Disease Ravaged North American Bats. Now, Researchers Found a Second Species That Suggests It Could Happen Again
White-nose syndrome caused millions of bat deaths, and scientists are sounding the alarm that a second fungus could be ...
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These Are the North American Animals Using Hibernation to Their Advantage
When an animal hibernates, it goes into a state of sleep or minimal activity. Hibernation allows many animals to survive ...
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Using the Native Plants of North America Database
Interest in native plants has grown considerably in recent years due to increased awareness of the important role they play ...
Unfettered Capitalism Nearly Wiped Out America’s Wild Animals Once. It Just May Again
During the years after the Civil War, America embraced an economic philosophy called laissez-faire, celebrating the notion ...
A Fungus Devastated North American Bats. A New Species Could Deliver a Killer Blow.
Scientists have learned that another species of fungus found in Europe and Asia causes white-nose disease, which has ravaged ...
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First case of 'staggering disease' in North America found in a Colorado mountain lion
A CDC study noted that a deeper investigation is needed to confirm if staggering disease is affecting other mountain lions in the Colorado population. A mountain lion euthanized in Colorado last ...