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The Sonoran Desert toad.
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Low-frequency noise is pervasive. Does that matter?
Environment

Low-frequency noise is pervasive. Does that matter?

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The threatened Chiricahua leopard frog, in Sycamore Canyon, Arizona. The species can be difficult to spot in the murky, often deep, water holes that they inhabit.
Science

New genetic tools have dramatically changed wildlife conservation

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Top: Beans at the CIAT gene bank in Colombia, which has just sent its latest consignments of seeds for conservation at the Global Seed Vault in Svalbard, Norway.
Agriculture

In the face of extreme weather, scientists look to adapt crops

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Farmers and scientists unite to save the home of an endangered salamander
Wildlife

Farmers and scientists unite to save the home of an endangered salamander

By Lourdes Medrano/Undark

A DACA supporter holds up a sign saying, "Our dreamers are the future of our nation"
COVID-19

Dreamers have been leading America’s pandemic response, despite their own shaky future

By Lourdes Medrano/Undark

The facade of the Movimiento Juventud 2000 migrant shelter.
COVID-19

Migrants don’t carry more viruses than anyone else

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