LeConte’s thrashers rarely drink surface water, instead meeting their water needs via prey consumption. Get the latest on our ...

OCEAN PLASTICS POLLUTION A Global Tragedy for Our Oceans and Sea Life Plastic accumulating in our oceans and on our beaches has become a global crisis. Billions of pounds of plastic can be found in ...

NATURAL HISTORY OCELOT} Leopardus pardalis FAMILY: Felidae DESCRIPTION: The ocelot is a medium-sized, spotted cat. It grows to about three feet long, not including its tail, and weighs around 30 ...

10 Facts About Single-Use Plastic Bags The world uses 5 trillion plastic bags a year. 3 Americans use an average of 365 plastic bags per person per year. People in Denmark use an average of four ...

LeConte’s thrashers rarely drink surface water even when it’s available, instead meeting their water needs via their prey consumption. These wraiths of the arid saltbush flats were long considered ...

SAVING MEXICAN GRAY WOLVES The smallest gray wolf subspecies in North America, Mexican gray wolves are also one of the rarest and most imperiled mammals on the continent. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife ...

SAVING THE AMERICAN PIKA The American pika — a small, herbivorous, conspicuously cute mammal related to rabbits and hares — is adapted to the cold climate in high-elevation boulder fields and alpine ...

THREATS: Extensive logging and habitat fragmentation, urbanization, wildfires, road construction, pollution, invasion of exotic species, global warming and disease POPULATION TREND: Dangerously low ...

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