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Issued: Fri, 07 May 2021 07:30:00 BST An international team of 91 scientists and conservationists, including from the University of Glasgow, has joined forces to create the first-ever global atlas of ungulate (hooved mammal) migrations, working in partnership with the United Nations’ Convention on Migratory Species (CMS). The detailed maps of the seasonal movements of herds worldwide will help governments, indigenous people and local communities, planners, and wildlife managers to identify current and future threats to migrations, and advance conservation measures to sustain them in the fac...

Share An international team of 91 scientists and conservationists, including from the University of Glasgow, has joined forces to create the first-ever global atlas of ungulate (hooved mammal) migrations, working in partnership with the United Nations’ Convention on Migratory Species (CMS). The detailed maps of the seasonal movements of herds worldwide will help governments, indigenous people and local communities, planners, and wildlife managers to identify current and future threats to migrations, and advance conservation measures to sustain them in the face of an expanding human footprin...

Updated 5/5/2021 7:36 PM Amid rumors that a professional sports franchise such as the Chicago Bears or Chicago White Sox could be interested in buying Arlington Park to build a new stadium, three state lawmakers who represent the area differ on whether they'd support public funding. Democratic state Sen. Ann Gillespie and Republican state Rep. Thomas Morrison say they would not support a proposal in which public funds were used to build a stadium.   Democratic state Rep. Mark Walker, however, said he "probably would support" public funding for a stadium. All three represent portions of Arlin...

Suburban lawmakers split on party lines on requiring protocols for awareness and prevention of youth suicide in K-12 schools. Local Republicans worried the legislation would add liability to school districts, while suburban Democrats backed the legislation unanimously.

Suburban Republican lawmakers are critical of a rule change proposed by the Illinois State Board of Education called "culturally responsive teaching and leading standards," saying the move will "inject politics" into classrooms statewide.