Latest "endangered species" stories

How the armed forces inadvertently helped to decimate, then save, the osprey (feathery kind)

Along the shores of the Chesapeake Bay, nearly 20,000 Ospreys now arrive to nest each spring — the largest concentration of breeding pairs in the world. Two-thirds of them nest on buoys and channel markers maintained by the U.S. Coast Guard, who have become de facto Osprey guardians.

By Alan Poole, Cornell University

5 years ago

Navy will help save right whales

Starting in mid-November, the Navy will expand areas off the East Coast where it limits the use of sonar and explosives. It also will broadcast more information on sightings to prevent military and commercial ships from striking right whales.

5 years ago

Officials euthanize bird shot aboard Coast Guard museum cutter

Authorities arrested 22-year-old Josiah Fetzer on charges of cruelty to animals and violating the Migratory Bird Treaty Act.

5 years ago

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