August 28, 2026

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Midway Atoll eradicated invasive rats after Bonin petrels had fallen to fewer than 5,000 nesting pairs; by 2008 the seabird colony had rebounded to more than 135,000 pairs

Aj Mix Editor August 21, 2026
Black rat eradication restored Midway Atoll’s ecosystem, helping Bonin petrels rebound from fewer than 5,000 to over...
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After a 1962 storm battered Fire Island, Robert Moses proposed a highway along the New York barrier island; residents fought it and 17 private communities now sit inside a national seashore

Aj Mix Editor August 21, 2026
Robert Moses at the placing of final steel, Fire Island Inlet Bridge 1962. A powerful nor’easter hit...
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In 2005, California began eradicating 5,036 feral pigs from Santa Cruz Island as part of a wider fox recovery effort; by 2015 its native fox population had risen from under 70 to about 2,100

Aj Mix Editor August 21, 2026
An aggressive campaign to eradicate 5,036 feral pigs from Santa Cruz Island triggered the fastest successful recovery...
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A mother spent £170,000 building a two-storey annexe to give her disabled daughter a safe home in Worcester; it now faces demolition after neighbours complain

Aj Mix Editor August 21, 2026
Clair Birch says her £170,000 annexe was designed around her disabled daughter’s needs, but planning officials have...
Read More Read more about A mother spent £170,000 building a two-storey annexe to give her disabled daughter a safe home in Worcester; it now faces demolition after neighbours complain