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2 weeks ago | washingtonpost.com | Dino Grandoni

These female apes found a way to limit male aggression (washingtonpost.com) These female apes found a way to limit male aggression By Dino Grandoni 2025042415000000 When a male bonobo oversteps his bounds — say, by hopping into a tree and shaking the branches while others are trying to feed — females in the troop tend to act fast.

2 weeks ago | washingtonpost.com | Jake Spring |Dino Grandoni

Trump officials consider shrinking 6 national monuments in the West (washingtonpost.com) Trump officials consider shrinking 6 national monuments in the West By Jake Spring; Dino Grandoni 2025042410005400 Trump officials are analyzing whether to remove federal protections for national monuments spanning millions of acres in the West, according to two people familiar with the matter and an internal Interior Department document, in order to spur energy development on public lands. Interior...

3 weeks ago | washingtonpost.com | Dino Grandoni |Maxine Joselow

Interior secretary gives DOGE aide sweeping powers to remake department (washingtonpost.com) Interior secretary gives DOGE aide sweeping powers to remake department By Dino Grandoni; Maxine Joselow 2025042116061600 Interior Secretary Doug Burgum has given a former oil executive and aide to Elon Musk broad latitude to cut costs and consolidate work within his vast department, which oversees more than 500 million acres of land across the United States.

3 weeks ago | nzherald.co.nz | Jonathan Edwards |Dino Grandoni

An adult Atlantic salmon in Sweden. Photo / Jörgen WiklundYoung salmon in central Sweden must endure a gauntlet to migrate from their freshwater spawning grounds to the Baltic Sea. Their 28-km route along the Dal River is rife with danger, from northern pike and seabirds to hydropower dams. Four out of five fish don’t make it. Some Atlantic salmon recently got an unexpected edge, after scientists dosed them with antianxiety drugs meant for humans, not fish.

3 weeks ago | adn.com | Dino Grandoni

In what could be one of the most significant actions the Trump administration has taken on the environment, officials have proposed redefining what it means to “harm” a plant or animal under the Endangered Species Act, excluding habitat destruction from activities deemed a threat to protected species. Officials said the move would reduce an unnecessary regulatory burden.