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Congress Takes Animal Off Endangered Species List
Usually the way off the Endangered Species List does not head through legislators, but Congress let the Rocky Mountain wolf off the list, angering environmentalists who believe the reclassification was inappropriate. More »

Buy Your Giant Snakes While They're Still Affordable
Wired reports that the government is considering a ban on the import of Burmese pythons and eight other "injurious species" of snake, because loser pet owners in Florida keep releasing them into the wild where they breed and take over. If enacted, the ban would only affect imports, not sales by breeders in the US, but prices will probably shoot up. More »

Sushi "Tuna" Might Be Endangered, Dangerous, Or Fake

—>Biologists testing DNA code identification technology discovered that the tuna they ordered at sushi restaurants was actually hazardous or fake fish, or even an endangered species.  More »