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The Georgia Environmental Protection Division wants the public to weigh in on whether a titanium mine will be allowed to operate near the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge. Conservation groups are urging Georgias EPD to block permits for the Twin Pines Minerals mine near the Okefenokees intact freshwater wetland system, which extends into Florida. Ben Prater - southeast program director for the group Defenders of Wildlife - said the Okefenokee refuge is one of the largest east of the Missi...

Advocates are petitioning the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to save the smallest rabbit species in North America, the pygmy rabbit. Its habitat, the so-called Sagebrush Sea of the Intermountain West, stretches from Oregon to Wyoming. ...

The world’s smallest rabbit, the pygmy rabbit, is losing its sagebrush habitat in Utah and the West due to wildfires, invasive species like cheat grass, and development. Learn more.

Advocates are petitioning the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to save the smallest rabbit species in North America, the pygmy rabbit.

Center for Biological Diversity: SALT LAKE CITY— Conservation organizations submitted a petition to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today requesting protection of pygmy rabbits under the Endangered Species Act.

As the Bureau of Land Management for the third time crafts a blueprint for protecting the iconic Western bird, the Biden administration could find itself in

Following an exhaustive investigation by officials at Brigham Young University (BYU), it appears as though a female Duke University volleyball player may have committed another racial hate hoax. [...]

Students and several sources have reportedly disputed Duke University student Rachel Richardson's claim of being pelted with racial slurs.

Duke University volleyball player Rachel Richardson, a black woman, accused someone in the Brigham Young University student section of repeatedly hurling racial slurs during a recent game and BYU school

"Connor" believes “BYU is an easy target… ultimately it’s her word against ours. We’ll look bad just calling a black woman a liar." And that's the bottom line. Racist hoaxes