Tag: Fish, Birds and Animals
How wildfire smoke impacts pets and wildlife

As smoke spreads, experts explain how animals can suffer serious health effects and what we can do to help.
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Protect Yourself: Why Ticks Are Spreading in the Great Lakes region

Ticks are at their highest levels in nearly 10 years, experts share how to protect yourself from the tiny parasites.
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Illinois state agencies at odds over endangered species protections

The state’s top transportation authority has been running afoul of Illinois’s wildlife regulators according to internal documents obtained by WBEZ and Grist.
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Will Canada protect the piping plover before it returns to Wasaga Beach?

The stretch of the popular southern Ontario beach used by the endangered bird is no longer provincially protected. Environmental groups are taking the federal government to court over delays in stepping in.
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Rewilding, a new way to heal the land this Earth Day

From state policy to private yards, a growing movement is bringing nature back to life.
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