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Experts stunned as killer conditions trigger massive animal die-off

Seabird populations across vast stretches of the Pacific and even into Antarctic waters are collapsing under a combination of ...
San Diego Union-Tribune

Scientists say they have solved the mystery of what killed more than 5 billion sea stars

WASHINGTON (AP) — Scientists say they have at last solved the mystery of what killed more than 5 billion sea stars off the Pacific coast of North America in a decade-long epidemic. Study finds climate ...
WLRN

'The new normal?' What the die-off mystery in the Keys means for endangered sawfish

Researchers prepare to perform a necropsy on an endangered sawfish in March 2024 at the Florida Fish and Wildlife Research Institute. Nearly two years after one of the planet’s rarest fish began ...
AZFamily

Health officials worry about prairie dog die-off near Flagstaff

FLAGSTAFF, AZ (AZFamily) — Arizona health officials are concerned about a prairie dog die-off northeast of Flagstaff that could be the result of a bigger problem. The Coconino County Health and Human ...
AZ Central

Prairie dogs are dying in northern AZ. Officials think it's the plague

Coconino County officials are investigating and collecting fleas for testing after a pairie dog die-off. Residents are advised to take precautions to avoid exposure to the plague, including using flea ...
WGRZ

State leaders respond to Ischua Creek fish kill investigation

BUFFALO, N.Y. — New York State leaders are responding to the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation investigation following a massive fish die-off at Cattaraugus County creek. The New ...
Hartford Business

26 years after lobster die-off, CT lobstermen reflect on a net loss

Bart Mansi used to haul a thousand pounds of lobster a day. Now he sets out just a couple dozen traps, out of curiosity — or force of habit — and he’s lucky to catch 10 lobsters. “I’ve been doing it ...