threatened species
Coverage of threatened species in the Nexus archive.
- How to identify Michigan’s only venomous snake after an Oakland County man was bitten by one
A 41-year-old Novi man was bitten by Michigan's only venomous snake, the Eastern Massasauga Rattlesnake, at a boat launch in Commerce Township on July 21. The snake, a threatened species found in wetlands, was identified with specific physical traits, and the article outlines safety measures for encounters and bites.
- These beach beetles are disappearing from Virginia shorelines
The beach beetles, a threatened species, are disappearing from Virginia's shorelines due to habitat loss caused by beach erosion around the Chesapeake Bay.
- Assam documents butterflies of Bodoland Territorial Region
Assam has documented 346 butterfly species in the Bodoland Territorial Region's 3,653 sq. km. forest landscape under a Sixth Schedule council. The area supports several rare, endemic, and threatened butterfly species.
- Federal government accused of watering down proposal to protect Australia’s threatened species and ecosystems
Green groups accuse the Albanese government of weakening a proposal to protect Australia’s threatened species and ecosystems. The national environmental standards, a key part of nature law reforms passed in November, were criticized for undermining their intended purpose of reversing biodiversity decline.