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Author: RACHEL NUWER

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Sonoran Desert Toads, With Their Psychedelic Powers, Appear to Be in Decline

July 10, 2025RACHEL NUWERComments Off on Sonoran Desert Toads, With Their Psychedelic Powers, Appear to Be in Decline

New research suggests Sonoran Desert toads went into steep decline after stories of their mind-bending chemical properties began circulating among drug users.

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There’s an Effective Way to Deter Rhino Poachers, a New Study Finds

June 5, 2025RACHEL NUWERComments Off on There’s an Effective Way to Deter Rhino Poachers, a New Study Finds

Poaching rates dropped by more than half in African reserves where veterinarians removed the animals’ horns, which are in high demand in some parts of Asia.

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The Taxidermy Bat Market Is Compounding Threats to a Species’ Existence

July 25, 2024July 26, 2024RACHEL NUWERComments Off on The Taxidermy Bat Market Is Compounding Threats to a Species’ Existence

Online sales appear to be compounding threats from climate change and habitat loss, according to new research.

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Monkeys in Puerto Rico Got Nicer After Hurricane Maria

June 20, 2024June 24, 2024RACHEL NUWERComments Off on Monkeys in Puerto Rico Got Nicer After Hurricane Maria

Macaques, reeling from a hurricane, learned by necessity to get along, a study found. It’s one of the first to suggest that animals can adapt to environmental upheaval with social changes.

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Long Before Amsterdam’s Coffee Shops, There Were Hallucinogenic Seeds

March 21, 2024RACHEL NUWERComments Off on Long Before Amsterdam’s Coffee Shops, There Were Hallucinogenic Seeds

A nearly 2,000-year-old stash pouch provides the first evidence of the intentional use of a powerful psychedelic plant in Western Europe during the Roman Era.

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Black Rhinos, Horns Cut Off, Lose Some of Their Gusto

June 12, 2023June 14, 2023RACHEL NUWERComments Off on Black Rhinos, Horns Cut Off, Lose Some of Their Gusto

New research shows a conservation strategy can disrupt the animals’ social networks.

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Killing of Ranger Protecting Rhinos Raises Fears for Conservation Efforts

August 16, 2022August 18, 2022RACHEL NUWERComments Off on Killing of Ranger Protecting Rhinos Raises Fears for Conservation Efforts

The fatal shooting of the head ranger at the Timbavati reserve in South Africa has stoked concerns that organized poaching syndicates are targeting wildlife protectors.

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Extinction Is Not Inevitable. These Species Were Saved.

September 12, 2020September 12, 2020RACHEL NUWERComments Off on Extinction Is Not Inevitable. These Species Were Saved.

Conservation efforts have saved up to 48 mammal and bird species since 1993, but scientists say much more is needed to stem biodiversity loss.

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Mass Extinctions Are Accelerating, Scientists Report

June 2, 2020June 2, 2020RACHEL NUWERComments Off on Mass Extinctions Are Accelerating, Scientists Report

Five hundred species are likely to become extinct over the next two decades, according to a new study.

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Elephants Really Can’t Hold Their Liquor

May 20, 2020May 20, 2020RACHEL NUWERComments Off on Elephants Really Can’t Hold Their Liquor

Humans and other species have a gene mutation that lets them digest alcohol. In other species, it’s missing.

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