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US Poised to Ban Shark Fin Trade, Pleasing Conservationists
The practice of shark finning, whereby sharks are caught for their fins and their carcasses then dumped back into the ocean, has been banned in U.S. waters for decades.
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The Duke Lemur Center Is Fighting to Save These Incredible Primates
The Duke Lemur Center is a refuge for some of the world’s most endangered primates. With incredible senses of hearing and smell, and a long bony finger for seeking out food in hollow logs, lemurs have evolved into unique and special creatures. NBC 7 San Diego’s Dagmar Midcap and LX News storyteller Cody Broadway take you inside.
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The Newest National Marine Sanctuary Could Be the Hudson Canyon — Right Off the Coast of NYC
Not too far from New York City lies an undersea wonder. Known as the Hudson Canyon, it’s located 100 miles off the coast of New York and New Jersey but a world away from the hustle and bustle of the Big Apple. The Hudson Canyon is America’s largest underwater canyon in the Atlantic Ocean, and it could soon earn...
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Inside the Hudson Canyon, an Ecological Hotspot and the Country's Next Potential National Marine Sanctuary
Just 100 miles off the shore of New York and New Jersey lies the largest underwater canyon in the Atlantic Ocean, the Hudson Canyon. An ecological hotspot, it could soon become the U.S.’s next national marine sanctuary. LX News storyteller Ngozi Ekeledo spoke to LeAnn Hogan, the regional coordinator for the NOAA’s Office of National Marine Sanctuaries, about why the...
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Whale Sharks Are the Ocean's Gentle Giants — An Innovative Conservation Program Is Helping Protect Them
Majestic and gentle whale sharks are a common site off the Yucatán Peninsula of Mexico. And conservationists have recruited former fishermen to ensure that they continue to thrive in those waters. The effort brings together conservationism and tourism in a way that benefits ocean life and is a boon for the local economy. LX News host Tabitha Lipkin takes a...
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Chilean Beach-Goers Rescue Injured Sea Turtle
A group’s day at the beach became a rescue mission after beach-goers in Antofagasta, Chile found an injured olive ridley turtle. They alerted authorities, who were able to transport it to a local rescue center for treatment.
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Most African Penguins Live to 12 or 15. One at the New England Aquarium Just Turned 40
Deco, an African Penguin, was born at the New England Aquarium on Aug. 26, 1981, making Thursday the day she turns 40, the Boston institution said.
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UConn Students Raising Local Environmental Conservation Awareness
A group of UConn students is working on a film project about youth environmental conservation.
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WATCH: Thousands of Fish Dropped From Plane Into Utah Lake
The Utah Division of Wildlife Resources released footage of their “extreme” method of restocking state lakes with fish: dropping thousands of fish from an airplane.
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WATCH: 12 Penguins Released Back Into Ocean After Rehabilitation
Twelve Magellanic penguins were released back into the ocean in San Clemente del Tuyu, Argentina after being rehabilitated.
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Meet Pascal the Baby Otter
Chicago’s Brookfield Zoo just named their new North American river otter pup, who was born on January 20.
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U.K. Conservationists to Hire Rangers for Bison Reintroduction Program
Conservationists in England are hiring the country’s first-ever bison rangers to tend to a herd of European bison as part of a reintroduction program.
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This Woman is Growing 1,100 Plants in Her Brooklyn Apartment
A Brooklyn woman wanted to help conserve some of the endangered plants of the world and beautify her own home at the same time. So she started growing plants in her apartment… and now has 1,100 of them. Yusuf Omar of Hashtag Our Stories takes us inside an extreme green home.
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Sydney's Taronga Zoo Rehabilitates Orphaned Echidna Puggle
The Taronga Zoo in Sydney, Australia, is treating an orphaned short-beaked echidna after it fell out of a tree onto a balcony below.
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National Public Lands Day Is Saturday and This Documentary Wants To Inspire You to Take Action
The nation’s largest single-day volunteer event to help restore public American lands will, of course, be virtual this year. But Patagonia’s new documentary “Public Trust,” is one virtual way to raise awareness. David Garrett Byars, the director of the film, joins LX News to discuss the fight to save the wild refuges of America.
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Marine Biologists Plan Rescue of 270 Stranded Whales
Australian biologists are racing against the clock to save around 270 pilot whales that are stranded on a sand bar off the island of Tasmania.
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New Bill Expected to Give Our Aging National Parks Some Much Needed TLC
A bill is on its way to President Trump’s desk that would provide billions of dollars for national park repairs and maintenance plus other conservation-related projects. Marcia Argust of the Pew Charitable Trusts joined LX News to discuss how the Great American Outdoors Act will also be a key driver of new jobs.
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Congress Passes Sprawling Plan to Boost Conservation, Parks
A bipartisan bill that would spend nearly $3 billion on conservation projects, outdoor recreation and maintenance of national parks and other public lands is on its way to the president’s desk after winning final legislative approval.
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Grrrrr! Angry Herders Secure Bear Ban From French President
The bears have cute names — Bubble, Feather, Snowflake and the like — and look so soft and huggable when caught on video by remote cameras that study their habits. But to herders high in the Pyrenees mountains of southwest France, the animals are stone-cold killers, ravaging flocks and undermining farming livelihoods. Pyrenean livestock farmers who raise sheep for meat and...
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EPA Proposes Rewrite of Rules on Lead Contamination in Water
The Trump administration on Thursday proposed a rewrite of rules for dealing with lead pipes contaminating drinking water, but critics say the changes appear to give water systems decades more time to replace pipes leaching dangerous amounts of toxic lead. Contrary to regulatory rollbacks in many other environmental areas, the administration has called dealing with lead contamination in drinking water...