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Scientists Launch Massive Quest to Catalog California’s 30,000+ Insects

California is home to an estimated 30,000-35,000 insect species—but scientists admit they don’t know the exact number. This knowledge gap has sparked an ambitious new project called the California Insect Barcode Initiative, which aims to identify and catalog every single…

Photo & article source: Mongabay • Rhett Ayers Butler • Oct 29, 2025 • Animals • Biodiversity • biological inventory • Biology • Conservation • DNA • DNA barcoding • Endangered Species • Environment • Green • Insects • Interviews • Invertebrates • Surveying • and Wildlife

Australia’s Whale Recovery Success Threatened by Krill Fishing Crisis

Australia’s humpback whale population has achieved one of the most remarkable conservation comebacks in recent history. From just a few hundred survivors when commercial whaling was banned in the 1970s, east coast humpback numbers have surged to an estimated 50,000…

Photo & article source: Mongabay • Mike DiGirolamo • Oct 28, 2025 • Conservation • Featured • Happy-upbeat Environmental • Interviews • Marine • Marine Animals • Marine Biodiversity • Marine Conservation • Marine Crisis • Marine Ecosystems • Marine Mammals • Oceans • and Podcast

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