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Environmental groups are challenging the Trump administration’s decision to remove the gray wolf from the federal endangered species list.  A wolf from the Wapiti Lake pack stands by a hot spring in Yellowstone National Park, Wyo., Jan. 24, 2018. Credit Jacob W. Frank / National Parks Service Multiple lawsuits accuse the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service of acting prematurely and ignoring science in its decision to scrap protections for the gray wolf. The agency argues that because critical wol...

Dire wolves were some of the largest and most significant predators of Ice Age North America between 250,000 and 13,000 years ago, but not much is known about the details

Jan 14, 2021 08:10 AM EST Before they gained notoriety in the famous television series, Game of Thrones, dire wolves have since captured every fantasy fans and geeks imagination. (Photo : Wikimedia Commons: Eden, Janine and Jim) Dire Wolf skeleton All over the fantasy genre, these creatures are shown as giant-sized wolves that are capable of putting fear into the hearts of the bravest warriors. Many thought that these beasts were only real in the hearts of fantasy lovers; however, they thought ...

Bringing color to conservation: a conversation with wildlife artist Morgan Richardson Many of the visuals we’re used to seeing in conservation are ones of despair: forests being torn down for palm oil production, pangolins and rhinos being slaughtered for the scales and horns, blue glaciers calving into the ocean, fires destroying majestic trees, and vigils to environmental defenders slain for their efforts to protect the planet. Morgan Lee Richardson, a Los Angeles-based artist, takes a diff...

The La Niña phenomenon is leaving predictions for temperatures and precipitation in the upcoming winter months uncertain for Iowa. According to the National Ocean Service, La Niña is sometimes referred to as the cold phase of the El Niño-Southern Oscillation cycle, which describes the fluctuations in temperature between the ocean and atmosphere in the east-central Equatorial Pacific. Meteorologist Ray Wolf from the National Weather Service Quad Cities Office says that because of La Niña th...

Afraid of Turkey? It seems the Athenian elite are Search for: The mini-war with Turkey is just around the corner if “Greece does not leave aside its begging syndrome”, as Professor George Margaritis noted on SLPress a few months ago. At the same time, Greece must stop invoking international law, as if it were the uncle from America! Turkey also invokes international law. Why am I saying this? Greece could invoke international law everyday since it is 100% on its side, but because we know t...

Minnesota State Animal Should be Gray Wolf Minnesota is one of 23 states that has no state animal or mammal designation.  Dont you think we should have?  After all Minnesota has a state mushroom, state gem, state muffin and state photograph. What made me think about this was information I saw about the state animal in Missouri.  The Show Me State designated its official animal the mule in 1995. Iowa is the birthplace of my Mother.  Its where my parents met and fell in love.  Iowa has no of...

Drive-thru ceremony allows Lourdes grads to graduate in front of their families Graduates were able to receive their diploma and honors awards in an abbreviated one-on-one meeting with Lourdes University President Mary Ann Gawelek. Credit: WTOL Published: 5:00 PM EST December 12, 2020 Updated: 8:06 PM EST December 12, 2020 The Commencement Ceremony at Lourdes University could best be described as a drive up and walk through hybrid. While the need for social dista...

  U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), a Senate Armed Services Committee member, issued the following statement after the Senate passed this year’s National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA): “As it has every year for the last 60 years, Congress passed legislation today to fulfill our most foundational obligation of providing for the defense of our nation. This year’s National Defense Authorization Act strengthens our military, supports our troops, enhances national security, and contains s...

>> well, chris, just to be honest and frank, this administration is at war with american wildlife. they have all our incredible species in the cross hair, and when you take this congress and this administration, i believe it will equal extinction. we probably have about four or five species that within the next three or four years will likely fall under the precipice of extinction because of this administration. there has never been a presidential administration more willfully negligent when it ...