endangered species

• Published

  December 11, 2023
  

  Endangered species list grows by 2,000, and Atlantic salmon are near threatened

  Climate change is making it harder for the salmon to find food and easier for alien species to compete, but there are some signs of hope: Their numbers ticked up in Maine this year.

• Published

  March 31, 2023
  

  Local creators publish a children’s book about Higgins Beach piping plovers

  Half of the profits from the book will go to Maine Audubon's Piping Plover Recovery Project.

• Published

  February 18, 2023
  

  A rare bird and bumblebee fight for survival in Maine

  The state wants to add the Saltmarsh sparrow and Ashton's cuckoo to its endangered list, and designate four other birds, a bat and a beetle as threatened.