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John Snell
Top Story
Why are coyote populations expanding? Partly, a lack of wolves
Updated: Aug. 3, 2023 at 2:08 PM CDT
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By
John Snell
Experts say coyotes thrive in our modern world
Special Reports
New Audubon Insectarium and Aquarium reopens after $41 million renovation
Updated: Jun. 8, 2023 at 11:39 AM CDT
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By
John Snell
A $41 million renovation reimagines New Orleans riverfront attractions
Coast in Crisis
Thousands of people in the River Parishes anticipate their first hurricane protection levee
Updated: Mar. 15, 2023 at 11:15 PM CDT
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By
John Snell
Contractors are crafting a $760 million levee through the swamp that surrounds vulnerable River Parish communities.
Coast in Crisis
COAST IN CRISIS: Coastal restoration project in Orleans Parish aims to provide hurricane protection
Updated: Mar. 1, 2023 at 11:41 PM CST
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By
John Snell
Dredging in the New Orleans landbridge is aimed at providing hurricane defenses.
Special Reports
Controversy over pogy boats in Louisiana waters rages on
Updated: Oct. 27, 2022 at 9:01 PM CDT
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By
John Snell
Also called pogy and fatback, menhaden are by far Louisiana’s largest fishery, generating upwards of 500 million tons per year. That’s more than shrimp, crabs, and oysters combined.
News
It’s a girl! Rare okapi calf born at Audubon Institute’s breeding center
Updated: Oct. 18, 2022 at 1:00 PM CDT
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By
John Snell
A rare okapi has given birth at the Audubon Species Survival Center.
News
Audubon Zoo’s lone black bear cub will get new playmates from Alaska
Updated: Oct. 14, 2022 at 7:58 AM CDT
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By
John Snell
Eight-month-old orphaned black bear cubs will be taken from Alaska to their new home in New Orleans.
Coast in Crisis
Free coastal project? Or a threat to navigation?
Updated: Jul. 12, 2022 at 10:57 PM CDT
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By
John Snell
Coastal activists question Army Corps plan to partially close Neptune Pass
News
Update: Audubon Nature Institute’s reimagined insectarium takes shape on the New Orleans riverfront
Updated: Jun. 8, 2022 at 10:27 AM CDT
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By
John Snell
$34 million renovation will transform the 30-year-old aquarium site
Weathering the Storm
Incomplete Test: Hurricane Ida was not the ultimate challenge for the area’s levee system
Updated: May. 24, 2022 at 1:04 PM CDT
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By
John Snell
Hurricane Center warns West Bank levees could be overtopped if a carbon copy of Ida veered 15 miles to the east
Radar
John Snell
Higher Mississippi River turns the Bonnet Carre Spillway into a bald eagle paradise
Updated: Apr. 19, 2022 at 3:11 PM CDT
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By
John Snell
Higher river levels draw dozens of bald eagles to the Bonnet Carre Spillway.
Coast in Crisis
Despite Hurricane Ida’s surge, a cypress planting results in a 98% survival rate
Updated: Mar. 31, 2022 at 12:07 PM CDT
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By
John Snell
Early results show positive signs for efforts to plant a new forest in Madisonville.
Top Story
Months after Ida, Louisiana’s forest industry copes with the loss of thousands of trees
Updated: Mar. 24, 2022 at 10:34 PM CDT
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By
John Snell
LSU Ag Center estimates Hurricane Ida caused $315 million in damage to Louisiana's forest owners
Top Story
A baby boom comes to the Audubon Nature Institute west bank facility
Updated: Feb. 24, 2022 at 10:45 PM CST
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By
John Snell
A partnership between the New Orleans and San Diego zoo organizations breeds endangered species
Top Story
Roux, the Audubon Zoo’s baby orangutan, keeps gaining strength
Updated: Feb. 22, 2022 at 10:12 PM CST
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By
John Snell
Two-month-old Sumatran orangutan Roux needs to hit more milestones before his public debut.
John Snell
Students ‘garden’ oysters at St. Stanislaus in Bay St. Louis
Updated: Feb. 7, 2022 at 10:16 PM CST
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By
John Snell
Marine Science Program takes advantage of a living laboratory to teach lessons that last a lifetime.
News
The Audubon Zoo’s baby orangutan shows signs of improvement
Updated: Jan. 28, 2022 at 4:36 PM CST
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By
John Snell
Handlers have been bottle feeding the infant.
Coast in Crisis
Coast in Crisis: Louisiana suffers the fastest rate of land loss in North America
Updated: Dec. 24, 2021 at 9:11 AM CST
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By
John Snell
In years when there are major disasters, the results can be devastating.
Top Story
City Park crafts a new story to accompany its train ride through the oaks
Updated: Dec. 3, 2021 at 11:56 AM CST
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By
John Snell
The Will-o'-the-wisps is the newest attraction at Celebration in the Oaks
Top Story
Baby on board: Louisiana’s west bank breeding facility awaits a special delivery
Updated: Nov. 19, 2021 at 10:39 AM CST
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By
John Snell
The Audubon Nature Institute may have something to rival the excitement, at least in the zoo world.
John Snell
Hurricane Ida dealt a serious blow to Louisiana’s “floating marsh”
Updated: Nov. 3, 2021 at 10:52 PM CDT
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By
John Snell
Significant portions of the marsh on the north and western sides of Barataria Bay appear to have been lost to Ida’s surge and waves.
John Snell
Hurricane Ida is a reminder of how much Louisiana’s coast is changing
Updated: Oct. 8, 2021 at 6:45 PM CDT
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By
John Snell
All that was left of that little spot was a little island, a small spit of land, separated from the shoreline with a lone cypress tree.
Top Story
Hurricane Ida piled massive amounts of debris onto South Lafourche levees
Updated: Oct. 5, 2021 at 7:46 PM CDT
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By
John Snell
Levee district juggles with ways to remove marsh grass while avoiding a cash crunch
Coast in Crisis
Satellite imagery seems to indicate Hurricane Ida caused significant damage to parts of Louisiana’s coast
Updated: Sep. 23, 2021 at 12:40 PM CDT
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By
John Snell
Satellite images show damage to wetlands from Ida appears most severe in areas around Barataria Bay
John Snell
Areas hardest hit by Hurricane Ida deal with housing issues
Updated: Sep. 9, 2021 at 5:49 PM CDT
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By
John Snell
25% of the homes in Lafourche Parish are destroyed or uninhabitable
Recovery
Drone photos show fishing camps on the West Bank of Plaquemines Parish
Updated: Sep. 7, 2021 at 1:54 PM CDT
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By
John Snell
Ida heavily damaged or destroyed six of the roughly 20 camps along the Wilkinson Canal
Top Story
Neighbors outside the New Orleans levees plead for more natural storm defenses
Updated: Aug. 27, 2021 at 7:52 AM CDT
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By
John Snell
The 2020 hurricane season claimed more land around the Irish Bayou community
John Snell
Visitors to the Insta-Gator Ranch play ‘mom’ to baby alligators
Updated: Aug. 17, 2021 at 9:25 PM CDT
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By
John Snell
This working alligator farm, like many businesses, copes with the COVID-19 pandemic
John Snell
The ‘Mighty’ Mississippi River’s humble beginnings
Updated: Aug. 10, 2021 at 5:45 AM CDT
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By
John Snell
Lake Itasca State Park in Minnesota draws thousands of visitors curious to see the source of the Mississippi River
Top Story
Fly Bayou: The tiny fruit fly helps researchers in the fight against cancer
Updated: Jul. 29, 2021 at 10:41 PM CDT
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By
John Snell
Louisiana scientists explain fruit flies and humans share many of the same cancer-related genes.
John Snell
The Audubon Nature Institute experiences a baby boom of endangered crane chicks
Updated: Jul. 14, 2021 at 5:26 PM CDT
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By
John Snell
Whooping crane conservation efforts recover after being "severely impacted" by COVID-19
Coast in Crisis
Billy Nungesser emerges as the most prominent opponent of a large coastal project
Updated: May. 24, 2021 at 9:15 PM CDT
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By
John Snell
Lt. Governor warns the Mid-Breton sediment diversion would kill Louisiana seafood industry.
Coast in Crisis
Louisiana’s Atchafalaya Basin ‘feels like a national park’
Updated: May. 19, 2021 at 10:00 PM CDT
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By
John Snell
A tour guide hopes to raise awareness about America’s largest river swamp.
Coast in Crisis
One tree at a time, volunteers and activists grow a new forest of Louisiana cypress trees
Updated: May. 6, 2021 at 10:58 PM CDT
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By
John Snell
Young trees may already provide a degree of hurricane protection
Coast in Crisis
One determined brown pelican makes a 700-mile trip home Louisiana
Updated: Apr. 8, 2021 at 11:12 AM CDT
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By
John Snell
A brown pelican injured during the BP oil spill found its way from Georgia home to Louisiana
Coast in Crisis
Planting 2,400 trees could be just the start of restoring a cypress forest
Updated: Mar. 23, 2021 at 9:25 PM CDT
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By
John Snell
The Pontchartrain Conservancy sows a little hope south of Madisonville.
Coast in Crisis
Supporters of Louisiana’s largest coastal project welcome the findings in a new federal report
Updated: Mar. 5, 2021 at 5:53 PM CST
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By
John Snell
Draft Environmental Impact Statement examines proposed $2 billion sediment diversion.
Coast in Crisis
A $16 million home renovation gives new life to Louisiana’s Rabbit Island
Updated: Feb. 17, 2021 at 9:50 PM CST
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By
John Snell
Settlement money from the 2010 BP oil spill funded the island restoration.
Top Story
Looking back on a hurricane season that fit right into 2020
Updated: Dec. 22, 2020 at 12:55 PM CST
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By
John Snell
A record-breaking five storms made landfall in Louisiana.
Top Story
Take a spin on the City Park train
Updated: Dec. 4, 2020 at 5:51 AM CST
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By
John Snell
New Orleans City Park offers train rides as an add on to Celebration in the Oaks
Top Story
The Audubon Nature Institute works to save 30 sea turtles cold-stunned in New England
Updated: Dec. 1, 2020 at 3:47 PM CST
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By
John Snell
West Bank facility nurses Kemps ridley turtles back to health
Coast in Crisis
Coast in Crisis: Rising seas and sinking land challenge Louisiana coastal effort
Updated: Nov. 16, 2020 at 9:56 PM CST
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By
John Snell
Louisiana has talked about its coastal land loss for years but finally it’s doing something about the problem.
Coast in Crisis
A camp owner’s “island paradise” stands up to the 2020 hurricane season
Updated: Nov. 11, 2020 at 9:33 PM CST
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By
John Snell
Late season repairs may have come just in time
Top Story
Zeta destroyed some City Park oaks, but spared the centuries-old giants
Updated: Oct. 29, 2020 at 7:08 PM CDT
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By
John Snell
Hurricane tossed about Celebration in the Oaks displays
Top Story
Gulf Shores and Orange Beach reopen their beaches following Hurricane Sally
Updated: Oct. 2, 2020 at 6:15 PM CDT
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By
John Snell
Still far from rebuilt, the Alabama Gulf Coast shows resiliency
Top Story
West Bank woman rides out Hurricane Sally on the Alabama-Florida state line
Updated: Sep. 16, 2020 at 1:29 PM CDT
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By
John Snell
"The whole building was shaking"
Top Story
Coastal project aims to use river mud to build land
Updated: Sep. 4, 2020 at 10:13 PM CDT
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By
John Snell
$750,000 in grant money builds speed bumps and new channels in the marsh to capture sediment
John Snell
LDWF investigating large fish kill in Lake Charles following Hurricane Laura
Updated: Sep. 4, 2020 at 5:58 AM CDT
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By
John Snell
Among the casualties of Hurricane Laura are massive amounts of fish.
John Snell
Louisiana sailor had a front-row seat to the formal end of World War II
Updated: Sep. 2, 2020 at 4:30 PM CDT
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By
John Snell
94-year-old Lee Ray Broussard witnessed formal signing ceremony on U.S.S. Missouri
Top Story
50,000 birds nest on a brand new Louisiana island
Updated: Aug. 14, 2020 at 5:30 PM CDT
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By
John Snell
Man-made Gunn Island hosts the state's largest bird colony
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