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California’s ‘Dwarf’ Fox Is Back From the Brink
Fox has one of the fastest recoveries in the Endangered Species Act’s history.

One of America’s rarest mammals, found only on six Channel Islands, the island fox was driven nearly to extinction in the 1990s by predatory golden eagles. By 1999, there were only about 85 island foxes left on Santa Cruz Island, while nearby San Miguel and Santa Rosa Islands were each down to about 15.
Today, the species is on the verge of a dramatic recovery—one of the fastest in the history of the Endangered Species Act—with nearly 2,500 on the Channel Islands.

A villager offers flowers to a female adult elephant lying dead on a paddy field in Panbari village.
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Caddisfly larvae build protective cases using materials found in their environment. Artist Hubert Duprat supplied them with gold leaf and precious stones. This is what they created.http://www.utaot.com/ Mysteries, science, art and spirit.