New York City employees are back in the office, and many of them are not happy about it. Source: New York Times
Posts published in “Endangered and Extinct Species”
Casino Bonanza May Soon Hit New York
By Gotham Rex on March 30, 2022
The Legislature is likely to permit three casinos in the New York area, and Mayor Eric Adams wants the city to get two of them. Source: New York Times
Meet the People Rescuing Piping Plover Birds In New York
By Gotham Rex on September 6, 2021
A group of volunteers patrols beaches where endangered Piping Plovers nest. Source: New York Times
Red Knots in Steepest Decline in Years, Threatening the Species’ Survival
By Gotham Rex on June 5, 2021
The annual count along the Delaware Bay beaches showed another severe drop in numbers of the shorebird, whose migration is one of the longest avian journeys in the world. Source: New York Times
April the Giraffe, Who Became an Internet Sensation in 2017, Dies
By Gotham Rex on April 3, 2021
April, 20, gained fame giving birth as millions watched via livestream. She was euthanized on Friday because of her worsening arthritis. Source: New York Times
New York Man Kept Sharks in Pool in His Basement
By Gotham Rex on March 18, 2021
Investigators found seven sandbar sharks in an aboveground pool in a house in Dutchess County, the authorities said. The case spotlighted an underground market for exotic and protected fish. Source: New York Times
Drones, Hooks and Blood: Secrets of the Shark Fisherman of Long Island
By Gotham Rex on September 6, 2020
‘I don’t want to encourage other people to do this.’ Source: New York Times
What It Took to Free a Whale Entangled in 4,000 Pounds of Fishing Gear
By Gotham Rex on September 1, 2020
The influx of whales to cleaner waters off New York City has meant that the number of them injured or killed there is on the rise. Source: New York Times