Topic: Endangered Species
The Puerto Rican parrot looks like a large green parakeet with a squared-off tail. This bird is so rare that it’s illegal to possess, buy or sell one — or its feathers, eggs or nest. Discover the Puerto Rican parrot — today on Earth and Sky.
Related PLT Activities
- PreK-8 Guide
- Exploring Environmental Issues: Focus on Risk (9-12)
The Canada lynx is a wildcat that’s abundant in Canada, but exceedingly rare in the United States. A survey is underway in the U.S. to determine how many there are and where they live. We’ll talk about the Canada lynx on Earth and Sky.
Related PLT Activities
- PreK-8 Guide
- Exploring Environmental Issues: Focus on Risk (9-12)
In the gold rush days, California had gold in its hills — and millions of native red-legged frogs in pristine wetlands. Both the wetlands and the frogs have declined, but there’s hope. Learn more — today on Earth and Sky.
Related PLT Activities
- PreK-8 Guide
- The Changing Forest: Forest Ecology (9-12)
- Exploring Environmental Issues: Focus on Risk (9-12)
What a rise in global temperature might mean to plants and animals
Related PLT Activities
- PreK-8 Guide
- Exploring Environmental Issues: Focus on Forests (9-12)
- Exploring Environmental Issues: Focus on Risk (9-12)
- Exploring Environmental Issues: Municipal Solid Waste (9-12)
- Exploring Environmental Issues: Places We Live (9-12)
Some scientists think that there’s only a third as many fish in the sea now as 50 years ago. We answer a listener’s question about when Atlantic cod might be gone — on today’s Earth and Sky.
Related PLT Activities
- PreK-8 Guide
- Exploring Environmental Issues: Focus on Risk (9-12)
- Exploring Environmental Issues: Places We Live (9-12)
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