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Dana Kobilinsky

Bats face complicated links between contaminants and disease

January 26, 2021

Cecilia Sánchez was studying flying foxes in Australia when she discovered that bats captured in areas with a larger human impact tended to have higher concentrations of metal contaminants in their fur. She also examined …

Conservation News

High levels of novel chemicals found in Great Lakes eagles

May 8, 2020

For bald eagles nesting close to the shores of the Great Lakes, high chemical levels — including compounds previously found in the species and new or emerging ones — may impact the species’ ongoing recovery. …

Julia John

Emerging pollutants present serious risk to polar bears, study finds

January 10, 2017

For years, the polar bear (Ursus maritimus) has been the posterchild of climate change, but recent research reveals that the species also faces a serious threat from a host of new pollutants in the ecosystem. …

Conservation News

Ospreys recover in Chesapeake despite pollutants

April 18, 2016

The Chesapeake Bay is now home to around 10,000 mating pairs of ospreys despite constant levels of some chemical pollutants in the water. “The osprey population in the Chesapeake is really at an all-time high,” …

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