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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency last week reversed a restriction put in place in January that was intended to help the endangered American burying beetle. The agency now says the Enlist brand of weed killer doesn’t pose a risk.
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The Agave pelona only flowers once and takes decades to get there. One of the plants housed at the Missouri Botanical Gardens bloomed this week.
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For nearly a decade, the local band FIRE DOG has been writing songs about endangered species. It even released a concept album. Now band leader Mark Pagano has enlisted area elementary school kids to help the band in its fixation — and the kids have crafted some great lyrics.
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Fort Leonard Wood is home to more than 6,000 soldiers and at least three endangered species.Those animals and two more that are threatened are protected…
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On July 30, St. Louis gained a new resident — Tobias, the Somali wild ass. His birth is special, since he is part of a subspecies that is both critically…
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U.S. Sens. Josh Hawley and Roy Blunt want the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to stop focusing on protecting wildlife in the Missouri River and instead focus…
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Tim Schroeder is a little bleary-eyed.He left South Dakota before sunrise and drove 10 hours straight to Missouri — with a few hundred endangered fish in…
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Earlier this year, the Endangered Wolf Center in Eureka had its first litter of African painted dog puppies, giving researchers a chance to compare how…
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Even though Missouri conservation officials have shipped in hundreds of prairie chickens over the last 40 years, the native species has steadily declined…
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A new, tiny resident will now greet visitors to the St. Louis Zoo Primate House.Princess Buttercup, a female mongoose lemur, is the first of her species…