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Rodents a Major Pain in California Orchards This Year

Rodents, particularly rats, have wreaked havoc in California orchards and vineyards this year, with some farmers reporting yield losses, damage to trees and destruction of irrigation lines, electrical wiring, and other infrastructure. Farmers face soaring costs not only to replace what has been destroyed or damaged but to control populations of the pests. …

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Endangered Polynesian Storm Petrels Return to Kamaka Island, French Polynesia

Endangered Polynesian storm-petrels, ground-nesting seabirds also known as White-throated storm-petrels, are returning to Kamaka Island, French Polynesia after more than 100 years absence thanks to a successful restoration and rewilding project by Island Conservation, Société d’Ornithologie de Polynésie (SOP Manu), the Reasin family, and the Mangareva Community as part of the Island-Ocean Connection Challenge. …

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