The government is on a deadline to review the more than 700 species that researchers have petitioned to be added to the endangered species list.
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In light of the looming threat of extinction of North American bat populations brought on by the lethal and rapidly spreading disease known as white nose syndrome, the US Fish and Wildlife Service unveiled this week a national plan for coordinating
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