Today: September 08, 2024
Today: September 08, 2024

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Environment|Science

Botanists are scouring the US-Mexico border to document a forgotten ecosystem split by a giant wall

Botanists and citizen scientists armed with the iNaturalist app on their smartphones are recording the biodiversity along the U.S.-Mexico border

Botanists are scouring the US-Mexico border to document a forgotten ecosystem split by a giant wall
Economy|Environment|News

California tribe that lost 90% of land during Gold Rush to get site to serve as gateway to redwoods

The Yurok Tribe will be getting back a slice of its ancestral land dotted with redwoods and a key creek for salmon spawning

California tribe that lost 90% of land during Gold Rush to get site to serve as gateway to redwoods
Economy|News|World

Atlanta is the only place in US to see pandas for now. But dozens of spots abroad have them

Only four pandas remain in the United States

Atlanta is the only place in US to see pandas for now. But dozens of spots abroad have them
Economy|Environment|News|Science|World

China plans to send San Diego Zoo more pandas this year, reigniting its panda diplomacy

China is planning to send a new pair of giant pandas to the San Diego Zoo after nearly all the iconic bears in the U.S. were returned to the Asian country in recent years

China plans to send San Diego Zoo more pandas this year, reigniting its panda diplomacy
News|Political|World

US Navy sailor sentenced to over 2 years in prison for accepting bribes from Chinese officer

A U.S. Navy sailor has been sentenced to 27 months in federal prison for transmitting sensitive U.S. military information to a Chinese government’s intelligence officer

US Navy sailor sentenced to over 2 years in prison for accepting bribes from Chinese officer
Business|News

'Fat Leonard' seeks new attorneys ahead of sentencing in Navy bribery case, causing another delay

Convicted Malaysian defense contractor Leonard Francis who led a daring escape weeks before he was scheduled to be sentenced in 2022 is seeking new defense attorneys now that he is back in U.S. custody after the Venezuelan prisoner swap last month

'Fat Leonard' seeks new attorneys ahead of sentencing in Navy bribery case, causing another delay
Environment|News|Science

From urchin crushing to lab-grown kelp, efforts to save California's kelp forests show promise

After purple urchins helped nearly wipe out 96% of California's iconic underwater bull kelp forests over a six-year span, biologists say they are seeing promising signs that efforts to save them may be helping

From urchin crushing to lab-grown kelp, efforts to save California's kelp forests show promise
Health|News

US government says it plans to go after legal goods tied to illegal fentanyl trade in new strategy

The U.S. Customs and Border Protection has announced a new government-wide strategy that will target not only fentanyl but precursor materials used to make the synthetic opioid

US government says it plans to go after legal goods tied to illegal fentanyl trade in new strategy

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