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Isla Isabel – Mexico’s Galapagos

10,000 Birds

It was made a National Park in the 1980s and is a major breeding and nesting area for over 30,000 seabirds. These nutrient-rich currents provide sustenance for a variety of marine-life, including the many thousand of seabirds that call this place home. A male Magnificent Frigatebird in full breeding regalia.

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Birds In a Changing Climate: A Primer

10,000 Birds

As the climate warms and snowpack decreases on mountain peaks, habitats (and their plant and animal communities) downslope will inevitably shift higher and higher in altitude to keep up with changing temperatures and precipitation. Though they breed on the tundra, Pomarine Jaegers spend most of their lives at sea.

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PETA's Orca Lawsuit Dismissed by Federal Judge

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Full story posted on Global Animal and from the Huffington Post. On February 8, a federal judge said ‘no,’ stopping a historic case filed by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals against SeaWorld for violating the 13th Amendment on slavery. Here's hoping we see more of these legal challenges.

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