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Magnets might dissuade crocodiles from settling in neighborhoods
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Feb 24, 2009 |
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Magnets taped to the heads of captured crocodiles could keep them from returning to South Florida neighborhoods where they're not wanted, state wildlife officials said Monday.
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Loggerhead turtles on decline in Florida
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Apr 20, 2008 |
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The number of loggerhead sea turtle nests is on the decline throughout Florida, indicating a potential threat to the animals, wildlife experts say.
Florida bill would ban pythons as pets
Sep 23, 2009 |
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You wouldn't be able to buy a Burmese python as a pet anymore in Florida, under a bill drafted by a state senator who said the state should shut off the source of "dangerous reptiles" that have colonized the Everglades.
Florida panther killed on highway
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Mar 23, 2007 |
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A panther photographed as a kitten and tracked by scientists for nearly four years has been found dead on Interstate 4 in Florida.
WCS study on birds and streams included in federal guidelines to safeguard waterways
Aug 18, 2009 |
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The results of a Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) study that rapidly measures stream habitat have been adopted by a government agency working with private landowners to restore waterways throughout the U.S.
Penguins marching into trouble
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Feb 12, 2009 |
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A quarter-century of data reveals how changing weather patterns and land use, combined with overfishing and pollution, are taking a heavy toll on penguin numbers.
Record number of manatees counted in Florida
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Jan 28, 2009 |
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Aided by a string of cold snaps, state scientists counted a record number of manatees in Florida waters this year.
Florida to stop allowing tortoise kills
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Jun 15, 2007 |
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Florida will no longer issue permits allowing developers to bury gopher tortoises alive.
$14M effort announced to save rare Hawaiian bird
Apr 19, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Federal wildlife officials say they plan to spend more than $14 million to prevent the extinction of the Hawaiian crow, one of the rarest forest birds in the world.
Working to conserve endangered 'Playboy' bunnies
Jun 29, 2009 |
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Playboy founder Hugh Hefner's legacy will live on with a new University of Central Florida study aimed at saving the endangered bunnies named after him.
World's most endangered gorilla fights back
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Dec 05, 2007 |
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In the wake of a study that documented for the first time the use of weaponry by Cross River gorillas to ward off threats by humans, the Wildlife Conservation Society announced today new field surveys to better protect this ...
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