Hacker News with Generative AI: Endangered Species

The California grizzly bear, gone for 100 years, could thrive if brought back (latimes.com)
The last grizzly bear seen in California was 101 years ago.A new study found that reintroducing the mammal into the state’s mountainous wilderness is feasible.California could potentially host over 1,000 grizzlies — but it’s up to residents and policymakers to decide if that’s a good idea.

Wildlife Conservation, Environmental Science, California, Endangered Species

6 points by PaulHoule 3 days ago | 2 comments

The Last of Their Kind (nautil.us)
Are efforts to resurrect the northern white rhino more technological hubris than genuine conservation?

Conservation, Technology, Endangered Species, Ethics

20 points by dnetesn 7 days ago | 11 comments

This is no world for an axolotl (elpais.com)
This is no world for an axolotl.

Environment, Endangered Species, Animals

173 points by geox 42 days ago | 79 comments

Cougar cubs found in Michigan for first time in more than a century (mlive.com)
Michigan wildlife biologists confirmed a pair of endangered cougar cubs were spotted and photographed last week in the far reaches of the western Upper Peninsula.

Wildlife, Endangered Species, Michigan, Cougars

6 points by geox 42 days ago | 1 comments

The long flight to teach an endangered ibis species to migrate (newyorker.com)
Our devastation of nature is so deep and vast that to reverse its effects, on any front, often entails efforts that are so painstaking and quixotic as to border on the ridiculous.

Conservation, Endangered Species, Climate Change, Environmentalism, Nature

74 points by FinnLobsien 44 days ago | 19 comments

Trump orders swathes of US forests to be cut down for timber (theguardian.com)
Donald Trump has ordered that swathes of America’s forests be felled for timber, evading rules to protect endangered species while doing so and raising the prospect of chainsaws razing some of the most ecologically important trees in the US.

Environment, Politics, Forestry, Endangered Species

31 points by inverted_flag 52 days ago | 8 comments

Bald eagles are thriving again after near extinction (newsweek.com)
The bald eagle, once teetering on the brink of extinction, has made a significant comeback in the United States.

Wildlife, Conservation, Environment, Endangered Species

292 points by geox 61 days ago | 200 comments

These park rangers oversaw Florida's only manatee refuge. Then they were fired (tampabay.com)
The Trump administration’s sweeping cuts to the federal workforce are impacting the only national refuge created specifically for threatened manatees.

Environmental Issues, Politics, Florida, Endangered Species, National Parks

10 points by howard941 62 days ago | 2 comments

A Mount Lyell shrew has just been photographed alive (sfgate.com)
Until a few months ago, it was the only known mammal in the state of California that had never been caught on camera.

Wildlife Photography, Endangered Species, California

125 points by nithinj 83 days ago | 38 comments

Baby red handfish 'thriving' in captive-breeding program in Tasmania (abc.net.au)
A Tasmanian marine research project has handed "one of the world's rarest fish" a lifeline.

Conservation, Marine Biology, Endangered Species, Australia

5 points by PaulHoule 114 days ago | 0 comments

Miles of Russian Forest Couldn't Keep These Two Tigers Apart (nytimes.com)
When Russian scientists released a pair of orphaned Amur tiger cubs into the wild in a remote corner of Russia’s far east in 2014, they were trying to save a species.

Wildlife, Conservation, Russia, Endangered Species

18 points by Thevet 135 days ago | 12 comments

Scientists Clone Two Black-Footed Ferrets from Frozen Tissues (smithsonianmag.com)
Researchers have cloned two black-footed ferrets from preserved tissue samples in an effort to conserve the creatures, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service announced last week.

Cloning, Conservation, Endangered Species, Genetics, Science

96 points by Brajeshwar 159 days ago | 18 comments

Red squirrels 'to vanish from England' unless vaccine against squirrelpox funded (theguardian.com)
Red squirrels will soon disappear from England unless the government funds a vaccine against squirrelpox, one of the biggest groups set up to protect the species has warned.

Wildlife Conservation, England, Vaccines, Endangered Species

7 points by pseudolus 160 days ago | 0 comments

Why langurs drink salt water (idw-online.de)
Endangered Cat Ba langurs defy poor environmental conditions and show remarkable adaptation

Wildlife, Biology, Adaptation, Endangered Species

17 points by gmays 168 days ago | 28 comments

Species in Pieces (species-in-pieces.com)
30 species. 30 pieces. 1 fragmented survival.

Conservation, Biodiversity, Endangered Species

67 points by microflash 186 days ago | 7 comments

You could push it to extinction: social media is putting rarest wildlife at risk (theguardian.com)
From breeding spots overrun by visitors to photographers disturbing endangered species, experts say the rarer the find is, the bigger the problem

Wildlife Conservation, Social Media, Endangered Species, Environmental Impact

5 points by beardyw 212 days ago | 0 comments

Krishna Bhusal: Time to highlight South Asia's less-studied vultures (mongabay.com)

Conservation, South Asia, Birds, Endangered Species

4 points by PaulHoule 238 days ago | 0 comments

Risking His Own Extinction to Rescue the Rarest of Flowers (nytimes.com)

Conservation, Endangered Species, Botany, Environment

3 points by aguaviva 248 days ago | 1 comments

'Rare species' not seen in the area for 50 years spotted on Arizona trail camera (phys.org)