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A rare desert plant in Nevada,
called threecorner milkvetch,
✅ increased from just 12 known plants to 93
after a large solar power project was built nearby.
💥Rather than clearing everything away, the project was designed in a way that allowed the plant not only to survive, but to grow in greater numbers than before
@…

Plant species near extinction mysteriously rebounded and is now thriving after a solar power project was installed
A plant called threecorner milkvetch, nearly extinct, has grown eightfold thanks to solar panels, surprising scientists and conservationists.

Environmental group
"Extinction Rebellion" said on Wednesday it was under federal US investigation
and that some of its members had been visited by FBI agents,
including from the agency’s taskforce on extremism, in the last year.
Asked for comment, the FBI said it could neither confirm nor deny conducting specific investigations, citing justice department policy.
“On the evening of 6 February, a former member of [Extinction Rebellion NYC] was visited by…

Activist group Extinction Rebellion says it is under FBI investigation | Climate Crisis News | Al Jazeera
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/2/19/activist-group-extinction-rebellion-says-it-is-under-fbi-investigation?traffic_source=rss

Three Andean condor chicks hatch in Colombia as species nears local extinction https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/01/three-andean-condor-chicks-hatch-in-colombia-as-species-nears-local-extinction/<…

Three Andean condor chicks hatch in Colombia as species nears local extinction
Since July 2024, three Andean condor chicks have hatched at an artificial incubation program located near Bogotá, Colombia’s capital city, contributor Christina Noriega reported for Mongabay. The artificial incubation program is run by the Jaime Duque Park Foundation, a Colombian conservation nonprofit that has worked since 2015 to counter the birds’ population decline. Globally, the […]

"Sea urchin species on brink of extinction after marine pandemic"
#Oceans #SeaUrchin

Crypto VC firm Dragonfly closes a $650M fund, its fourth, as the crypto VCs go through a "mass extinction event"; Dragonfly backed Polymarket's Series B (Leo Schwartz/Fortune)
https://fortune.com/2026/02/17/dragonfly-fou…

Exclusive: Crypto venture firm Dragonfly closes $650 million fourth fund—even as blockchain VCs face ‘mass extinction’
An inside look at the fast-rising firm, from its early Polymarket bet to its mysterious founding partner.

Hey, at least we’ll still have billionaires. https://aus.social/@jhaue/115725409869759980

"North Atlantic right whale birth rate is up but extinction still looms"
#Whales #Animals

North Atlantic right whale birth rate is up but extinction still looms
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — One of the world’s rarest whale species is having more babies this year than in some recent seasons, but experts say many more young are needed to help stave off the possibility of extinction. The North Atlantic right whale’s population numbers an estimated 384 animals and is slowly rising after several years of […]

North Atlantic right whale birth rate is up but extinction still looms North Atlantic right whale birth rate is up but extinction still looms https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/01/north-atlantic-right-whale-birth-rat…

North Atlantic right whale birth rate is up but extinction still looms
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — One of the world’s rarest whale species is having more babies this year than in some recent seasons, but experts say many more young are needed to help stave off the possibility of extinction. The North Atlantic right whale’s population numbers an estimated 384 animals and is slowly rising after several years of […]

@Ohhthat'sRICH on FB:
A year after pitching the #ExtinctionBurst theory and #maga confirms it outright, on stage, at the Heritage Foundation. I’m loving their quiet part out loud era. #project2025 #trump #obama See less
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