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Peter Petokas, from the Clean Water Institute at Lycoming College, and Michelle Herman, from The Wetland Trust, with a young hellbender they helped raise in captivity and released in 2018. Laura Benshoff/NPR hide caption

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Wildlife conservation tends to save charismatic species. That may be about to change.

Bald eagles have soared back from the brink. Grizzly bear numbers are rebounding. But thousands of less charismatic species are competing for scarce conservation resources in the United States.

Workers typically rely on plastic hard hat styles designed in the 1960s. But newer technology does a better job at protecting brains, especially from oblique impact caused by falls. Al Bello/Getty Images hide caption

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How a new hard hat technology can protect workers better from concussion

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Peter Petokas, from the Clean Water Institute at Lycoming College, and Michelle Herman, from The Wetland Trust, with a young hellbender they helped raise in captivity and released in 2018. Laura Benshoff/NPR hide caption

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Laura Benshoff/NPR

Wildlife conservation tends to save charismatic species. That may be about to change

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