Central Valley steelhead are federally listed as a threatened species.—Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 15 Mar. 2024 This decade may see several triumphant lunar landings, but the gas stations will cement our status as an advanced spacefaring species.—Marina Koren, The Atlantic, 14 Mar. 2024 Which species was spotted in the Atlantic Ocean after over 200 years?—CNN, 14 Mar. 2024 Though the brown tree snake was accidentally brought to Guam, new snake species are being introduced to Ireland on purpose.—Sarah Fecht, Popular Science, 14 Mar. 2024 Mason Schwartz’s black crappie is the first record for the species that TPW has ever recognized on the Concho River.—Travis Hall, Field & Stream, 13 Mar. 2024 The species, which is the largest type of sheep in the world, is prohibited in Montana as a way of protecting native sheep from disease and hybridization.—Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 13 Mar. 2024 Populations have declined from habitat loss, water diversion and competition with nonnative fish and bullfrog species.—Hayleigh Evans, The Arizona Republic, 12 Mar. 2024 The two species differ genetically by 5.5%, Fry shared.—USA TODAY, 2 Mar. 2024
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