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Giant salamander having a snack
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Saw this on Reddit, always amazed at the size of these salamanders- never fails to impress.
Giant salamander having a snack
Went for a walk...
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Found this Imigur photo gallery of a wetland walk, Went for a walk in the woods behind my house. Hope you enjoy! the authors sense of wonder and surprise is palpable and includes great photos of newts and crawfish.
Wetlands in the News
20 October 2026
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Study: Wetlands flora needs support to bounce back after restoration
Restoring natural water levels alone may not be enough to rehabilitate severely degraded wetlands, according to a new study. Restoration efforts must also actively encourage vegetation recovery,...
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Earth has lost one-fifth of its wetlands since 1700—but most could still be saved
Like so many of the planet's natural habitats, wetlands have been systematically destroyed over the past 300 years. Bogs, fens, marshes and swamps have disappeared from maps and memory, having been...
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Wetlands get treated as the ugly duckling of L.A.’s natural spaces. It’s time to change that
Happy World Wetlands Day from the driest big city in the world. OK, that’s not true. We may think of our city as arid, but Los Angeles harbors its very own rich wetlands (plus, Yuma beats us on...
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How Wetlands Protection Narrowed After Sackett
Wetlands Protection under the Clean Water Act narrowed after Sackett, leaving conservation, flood-control and permitting questions unresolved.
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Hot, Fresh & Flooded: These Wetlands Spew Out the Most Methane
Your local wetland could send hundreds of tons of planet-warming methane into the atmosphere every year. Or virtually none. Kristen Goodhue Your local wetland could be sending over 500 metric tons of...