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Sea turtle egg rescue plan announced

Scientists will be rescuing sea turtle nests and eggs in the Gulf of Mexico to protect them from the BP oil spill. The US Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) is calling the plan the “Sea Turtle Late-Term Nest Collection and Hatchling Release Plan”. Eggs, mostly of endangered loggerhead sea turtles, will be taken to Florida [...]

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Oil spill puts birds at risk

The next victims of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico could be the birds that depend on the region’s fertile shorelines, bayous and marshes. In this video from the Discovery Channel, Michael Fry of the American Bird Conservancy talks to Jorge Ribas about the situation and highlights the birds at risk. It’s a very [...]

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