A federal appeals court in Washington, D.C., has dismissed the timber industry's lawsuit challenging threatened species protection for the marbled murrelet, a seabird that nests in old growth trees. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia...
WASHINGTON, June 5 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say the little-known, but controversial, Preble's meadow jumping mouse should continue to receive federal threatened species protection.