{"id":89116,"date":"2023-10-25T13:22:46","date_gmt":"2023-10-25T17:22:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/?post_type=news&#038;p=89116"},"modified":"2023-10-25T13:22:46","modified_gmt":"2023-10-25T17:22:46","slug":"bachmans-warbler-20-other-species-declared-newly-extinct","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/news\/bachmans-warbler-20-other-species-declared-newly-extinct\/","title":{"rendered":"Bachman&#8217;s warbler, 20 other species declared newly extinct"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Bachmans_Warbler_800x600.png\" alt=\"Illustration of a male Bachman's warbler.\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 0.85em;\">Bachman&#8217;s warbler. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biodiversitylibrary.org\/page\/40383550#page\/176\/mode\/1up\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cropped lithograph from Audubon&#8217;s &#8220;The Birds of America.&#8221;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Last week the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service removed 21 species from the Endangered Species Act due to extinction. The list includes eight mussels, one bat and 10 birds. One of these birds, Bachman\u2019s warbler, is native to the Carolinas and was last spotted in the 1980s. Queen City News spoke to NCMNS Ornithology Collections Manager <a href=\"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/staff\/brian-oshea\"><strong>Dr. Brian O\u2019Shea<\/strong><\/a> about the report.<\/p>\n<p>O&#8217;Shea says:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;&#8230; climate change and habitat loss top the list of threats for birds. \u201cI think that the disappearance of the Bachman\u2019s Warbler is sort of a symptom of broader ecological decay. As ecosystems become more homogenized and more disturbed they lose the resilience that could help protect us against climate change and also protect biodiversity. And I think that\u2019s a big lesson to be taken from the extinction.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.qcnews.com\/news\/21-species-declared-newly-extinct-including-one-bird-last-seen-in-carolinas-65-years-ago\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read the full article on Queen City News<\/a><\/h4>\n<hr class=\"cleardiv\" \/>\n<p><em>For more information about our upcoming activities, conservation news and groundbreaking research, follow @NaturalSciences on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/naturalsciences\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/naturalsciences\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/naturalsciences\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":89117,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/89116"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/89116\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/89117"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}