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Wolf hunting now legal but still controversial

For the first time in decades, the hunting of the gray wolf is legal again in the United States. And that's a good thing for ranchers like Cindy Siddoway of Terreton, Idaho, whose sheep are threatened every day by wolves.

Environmentalists blast changes to Endangered Species rules

The Bush administration cleared the way Thursday for federal agencies to skip consultations with government scientists when embarking on projects that could impact endangered wildlife, the interior secretary said.

Elephant ivory smuggled into U.S., authorities say

U.S. authorities arrested six people Wednesday on suspicion of smuggling African elephant ivory worth hundreds of thousands of dollars, law enforcement officials said.

Time.com: The Last of the Tasmanian Devils (and Other Critters)

How habitat loss and degradation are driving down the numbers of thousands of mammalian species

Time.com: Scientists: 1 in 4 Mammals Faces Extinction

Conservationists have taken the first detailed look at the world's mammals in more than a decade, and the news isn't good

Time.com: Study Says Grizzlies Thriving in Montana

The majestic grizzly bear, once king of the Western wilderness but threatened with extinction for a third of a century, has roared back in Montana

Time.com: Duck Stamp Error Sends Callers to Sex Line

People calling a federal phone number to order duck stamps are instead greeted by a phone-sex line, due to a printing error the government says would be too expensive to correct

Port chief: Oil spill costing $275 million a day

The oil spill that closed the Mississippi River at New Orleans is costing the U.S. economy $275 million a day, the head of that city's port authority told CNN.

Eco quiz: Plastic bags

How many of the estimated two million albatrosses on the Pacific Midway Islands contain some quantity of plastic?

Time.com: Ailing Penguins Signal Sea Problems

The dwindling march of the penguins is signaling that the world's oceans are in trouble, scientists now say

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