The rabbitfoot mussel, found in both Missouri and Illinois, is now a candidate for the endangered species list, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced Friday.
The mussel has only been identified in about 50 streams in 15 Midwestern states. One of…
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In what’s being hailed as the most authoritative assessment of climate change impacts in the U.S., a new report released Tuesday paints a rather gloomy future of extreme weather events, rising sea levels and crop failures.
The 190-gage report, conducted by an interagency team…
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Emerald Ash borer photo courtesy of www.gurnee.il.us
In hopes of stopping the seemingly unstoppable emerald ash borer, the Morton Arboretum in Lisle, Illinois is trying to develop a new kind of bug-resistant ash tree.
Morton scientists recently collected seeds from five species…
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