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Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida

10,000 Birds

It spends its life flying or floating on ocean water, sometimes staying up to ten years between landfalls; earning it the additional moniker “Wideawake Tern.” Perhaps it’s fitting that Sooty should choose to nest with all its family on one of the most inaccessible national parks (for humans) in the world. Sooty Tern. Brown Noddy.

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Christian Science Monitor Calls for Endangered Species Hour

Critter News

Commerce vs. conservation is often at the center of environmental battles, whether they involve global warming or the spotted owl. Over the years, environmentalists have learned that arguing solely on behalf of other life forms is not enough.