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Millions more Americans travel to bird-watch. Texas businesses are cashing in.

by Elizabeth Trovall
May 8, 2024
Up to 10,000 birders visit High Island each spring, boosting business for the small restaurants and motels near and along the coastal area.
Visitors watch for warblers and other migratory birds at the Boy Scout Woods bird sanctuary in High Island, Texas.
Elizabeth Trovall/Marketplace
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For animal shelters, higher temperatures mean higher volume and higher stress

by Sarah Leeson
Aug 15, 2023
Record heat in Arizona has brought an influx of mouths to feed at Liberty Wildlife along with high water and electricity bills.
A hawk receiving aid at Liberty Wildlife in Phoenix. Heat waves are a threat to animals as well as people.
Courtesy Laura Hackett
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Removing a dam, reconnecting communities

by David Boraks
Apr 7, 2023
Dismantling a century-old barrier in North Carolina would reopen a river, restore species and benefit Indian land. But will it be funded?
Joey Owle of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians helped bring partners together in the effort to remove the Ela Dam — if the project gets federal funding.
David Boraks/WFAE
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A wildlife crossing near Los Angeles aims to expand the terrain where animals can roam

by Michelle Loxton
Apr 19, 2022
Most of the $90 million price tag for the crossing — about 60% — comes from private donations.
An artistic rendering of what the crossing will look like from the south of Highway 101. The crossing will be 175 feet wide and 210 feet long – that’s about the width of an American football field going over 10 lanes of highway.
Courtesy Living Habitats LLC and The National Wildlife Federation
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One tourism company tries to bounce back after being hit with travel bans

by Jonathan Frewin and Anais Amin
Dec 30, 2021
John Gibson, a director at Chobe Holdings, said that although the U.K.'s COVID travel bans hurt business, bookings are starting to pick up.
A picture from one of Chobe Holdings' game drives on Botswana's Boteti River.
John Gibson
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Bear Cam founder explains the (nonprofit) business of live streaming

by Sean McHenry
Jul 13, 2017
Can't take your eyes away? You're not the only one.
A brown bear.
JEAN CHRISTOPHE VERHAEGEN/AFP/Getty Images
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Now hiring: Hedgehog Officer

by Adriene Hill
Jul 6, 2016
Suffolk Wildlife Trust in the U.K. is looking for the new face of hedgehog conservation
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The food chain of rodenticide

by Jed Kim
Jan 20, 2014
Most people would be happy to get rid of rat problems, but that can lead to effects on other wildlife, too.
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Roadkill: Not the best way to get dinner

by Adriene Hill
Mar 22, 2013
Montana legislators debate whether drivers who hit large game like deer should be allowed to take the carcass home. But there's not much edible meat on an animal hit full speed.
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