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Animal extinction of most recent times is mainly the result of expanding human demand for animal and other natural resources. Explore these and other causes in depth here.
Gorilla conservation efforts have already achieved a lot of success in the process of helping this critically endangered species on their road to recovery. But much more still needs to be done.
Mountain Gorillas have become extremely endangered in the wild due to many decades of their persecution by people. But conservation efforts are finally paying off. Read more here.
Endangered gorillas, our close relatives, are a constant reminder to us that if we do not save them from extinction, we may never be able to gain more knowledge about evolution of life on Earth.
As more and more amphibian species disappear or become endangered, amphibian conservation is gaining special importance for the global environmental health. Read more here.
Wildlife organizations do a fantastic job saving endangered animals in the wild. But they also attract some criticism about the way they work. Read more here.
Yellow Toadstool Leather Coral Sarcophyton tenuispiculatum "What could be more splendid than a bright yellow mushroom your reef? An easy keeper?… well I am!" 1/10/2011 The Yellow Toadstool Leather is a large toadstool or mushroom coral crowned in yellow! The Yellow Toadstool Leather Coral or Gold-Crowned Leather Coral Sarcophyton tenuispiculatum is popular leather coral favorite [...]
Guest post by Jim Beers As this is being written: -Union rioters are seizing State Capitol buildings in Wisconsin, Indiana, and Ohio. -State legislators are fleeing their states to avoid the wrath of their Union supporters. -Chronic national unemployment is on everyone’s mind. -National and State debts threaten to bankrupt and even destroy government. -National [...]
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Dachshund Canis lupus familiaris"I am very friendly and outgoing, making me a great companion!" The Dachshund, bred to flush out badgers, is long and muscular with short legs, giving it an elongated ‘weiner’ or ‘sausage’ appearance. The Dachshund, whether a Standard or a Miniature Dachshund, is a lively and entertaining companion dog. They are often [...]
Image via Wikipedia The emerald ash borer was accidentally realsed into the United States from Asia. Since its release, the invasive beetle has been extremely destructive to native ash trees in the United States. Scientists travelled to China to study the emerald ash borer and to try and discover the emerald ash borer’s Achilles heel — or a [...]
Gasland, a documentary that tackles the environmental side effects associated with drilling for natural gas, is up for an Oscar for the best documentary feature at the Academy Awards ceremony tomorrow. Not surprisingly, the fossil-fuel industry attacked the claims that are made in the documentary. However, given the history of environmental litigation that’s associated with fossil-fuel companies [...]
Available in PDF form here. (The PDF version shows which parts of the Idaho Code have been added and deleted.) DRAFT LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO Sixty-First Legislature First Regular Session – 2011 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HOUSE BILL NO. BY REPRESENTATIVES ____________________________________________ AN ACT RELATING TO WOLVES IN IDAHO; AMENDING TITLE 36, [...]
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Check out the Animal-World entry to the Fresh Step contest! Fresh Step is running a contest where anyone can enter a video of their cat doing something cute, funny, silly, crazy, beautiful, interesting, WHATEVER and have a chance to get their cat featured in a national advertisement! I just put up my video of my [...]
This week a major new report, three years in the making, on the current status of the world’s coral reefs called Reefs at Risk Revisited has been published. The report found that 75% of the world’s coral reefs are threatened by local threats such as overfishing, pollution and coastal development as well as thermal stress. [...]
At Ouwehands Zoo in Rhenen, in the Netherlands’ Utrecht province, mama polar bear Freedom and her twin cubs born in November had their first fresh-air outing in public Monday, Feb. 21. The day was sunny and cold, with the temperature around freezing.
You can watch their first outing in a video posted on North Carolina’s WNCT-TV’s [...]
Blue Coral Heliopora coerulea"Am I blue? Well yes I am, but its my pretty skeleton that is blue, not my feelings!" 9/20/2010 The beautiful skeleton of the exotic Blue Coral is usually hidden, unless it gets broken in rough sea storms! The Blue Coral Heliopora coerulea is actually a soft coral, rather than a stony [...]
Dog, Cat, Rat video is something I thought I had posted some time back but due to “local pressure” to share this again–here it is for your pure enjoyment as a reminder that we all should work toward getting along no matter what the differences.
Earlier this week I blogged, Are you fulfilling your pet’s needs or yours? and included a photo of a dog dressed up in public. So now, I want to know what you think about dressing up pets, is it cruel or cute? Chime in below. What do you think about dressing animals?online surveys Photo Credit: [...]
Last month five Indus River dolphins (Platanista gangetica minor) were found dead in Pakistan with three females and a male found at the village of Ali Wahan and another female found floating further upstream the Indus River. The cause of death is yet to be determined and post-mortems are being carried out on three of [...]
Pamela Oland of Windermere has a “Winn-Dixie” cat — a gray tabby named Sadee found at a Winn-Dixie on State Road 535 that has since closed. Pamela says Sadee was about 8 months old when she was found at the end of January 2004. “She is my husband’s best friend and always will be. They [...]
This is an update from Joe Nunez on the Last Survivors project.
It’s been far too long since our last blog but then we have been incredibly busy on all fronts.
The team attended the VII Congress of Caribbean Biodiversity which was held at the “Universidad Autonoma de Santo Domingo (UASD)” at the start of February. It [...]
From our sister paper in Fort Lauderdale comes the story of Tim O’Neill, the lone falconer remaining in Palm Beach County. Lifting a few key points from the report:
O’Neill, 39, a lawyer when he doesn’t have a bird of prey on his fist, got hooked on falconry while he was a college student studying [...]
Lake Worth in Palm Beach County has adopted an ordinance requiring that dogs and cats sold in the city must be bred and raised on the seller’s property.
The ordinance is a preventive measure to keep puppy-mill and kitten-mill animals out of Lake Worth, although currently no pet stores there sell dogs and cats.
The city also [...]
The Thunder Butte area of Pike National Forest southwest of Denver was devastated by fire in 2002, which took a toll on the bighorn sheep population.
But now, the sheep are coming back, as this excerpt from a story in The New York Times says:
Sheep restoration began in the area last year with the first 12 [...]
A news release from Flexcin International, which operates the FlexPet Shelter Program to assist the adoption of older dogs:
An online survey indicates more people may be adopting an older dog because they don’t have the time or patience to train a puppy.
In the survey, Flexcin asked approximately 1,250 pet owners nationwide between the ages of [...]
They sure look cute – with their tiny faces and tinier feet, lapdogs make you want to take one home yourself. But before you go shopping for these toy dogs, it’s best to learn all you can about them, because as you should be aware, looks can be deceiving. Some of these pooches may seem [...]
Via the Post Carbon Institute: Filed under: Climate Change, Consumerism, Consumption, Economy, Energy, Environment, Externalities, Policy, Pollution, Social Issues, Society, Video Tagged: Big Oil, Coal Externalities, Crude Oil, Energy Externalities, Examples of Negative Externalities, Externalities, Externalities Definition, Externalities Examples, Externalities in Health Care, Externalities Market Failure, Fossil Fuel, Fossil Fuels, Fossil-Fuel Energy Subsidies, Negative Externalities, Negative [...]
Image via Ian’s Pizza on Facebook Since the Koch brothers are imposing their agenda onto Wisconsin through Governor Walker, Governor Walker’s actions aren’t about fiscal responsibility but power. The governor is willing to give away tax breaks to corporations, but he isn’t interested in negotiating with union leaders who are willing to make concessions. Via the Honolulu [...]
The annual swallows return to Capistrano is a popular event, and as a native of southern California, I’ve been fortunate to have witnessed the arrival of the swallows of Capistrano more than once. I say fortunate because over the past few years the avian visitors have gone missing–and the swallows have actually headed for the [...]
We have a report from Patrick Wintour of The Guardian about the newest resident of No. 10 Downing Street, Larry the mouser. He came to Prime Minister David Cameron from the Battersea Dogs and Cats Home to help rid both the office and the residence of rats.
Check out Larry’s story.
Here’s something to note and mark on your calendar. If you want to participate as an artist or vendor, make arrangements soon by calling 407-644-2969.
The eighth annual Doggie Art Festival will take place Sunday, April 3, starting at 10 a.m. at Canton and Park avenues in downtown Winter Park.
The festivities are presented each year by [...]
A report by Dermot Cole of the Daily News Miner in Fairbanks, Alaska, shows how things may not always be what they seem.
Here’s how the story starts:
FAIRBANKS — A state review of the shooting of a black bear highlighted on the cable TV show “Gold Rush: Alaska” has found that the Oregon miners did not shoot the [...]
Chinchilla Chinchilla lanigera. "You will love to cuddle with me!" Chinchillas have great appeal, like cuddly little “balls of fur”. Their exceedingly soft, dense coat has more fur per square inch than any other known mammal! Chinchillas have the finest fur of all the mammals which makes them very soft. They are very clean with [...]
Image: Each red square illustrates an area that could capture three terawatts of solar energy. Together, the red squares could supply the world’s energy needs There is no such thing as unlimited growth, so the U.S. government and other governments must understand the connection between energy availability and population growth by integrating sustainability into energy [...]
During August and December 2010 Conservation International (CI), in collaboration with the IUCN Amphibian Specialist Group (ASG) and Global Wildlife Conservation (GWC), supported expeditions to 21 different countries across 5 continents to find amphibian species that have not been seen in the past decade or more.
Just four species on Conservation International’s Top 100 list of [...]
Yellow Leather Coral Sarcophyton elegans "This has got to be one of the most attractive leather corals… and just a tad more difficult to keep then others!" 1/10/2011 When the Yellow Leather Coral is happy its tentacles come out, giving it a fuzzy look! The Yellow Leather Coral Sarcophyton elegans is a favorite coral from [...]
The latest update from EDGE Fellow Werner Conradie.
Hewitt’s Ghost Frog (Heleophryne hewitti) was considered critically endangered, with a declining population. This was due to the fact that big fires and floods caused many of the streams to silt up. Big floods in 2007 cleared the streams from al lot of these silt and improved the [...]
Snow Corn Snake Elaphe guttata "I do well with being handled frequently!" The Snow Corn Snake is one of the most beautiful of the corn snakes! Like all corn snakes the Snow Corn Snake, or Complete Albino Corn Snake, makes an excellent pet for the advanced beginner. These colorful snakes will tame down in a [...]
Animal attacks are a topic of interest for me since early in my career with animals I observed more than my fair share of them at close range. Close hands-on work with large predators and powerful animals (such as elephants) always come with an inherent risk and are an occupational hazard. However, there are animal [...]
Via the U.S. Department of Energy on YouTube, a video on how wind turbines work: Filed under: Energy, Environment Tagged: Department of Energy, Home Wind Power, Offshore Wind, Offshore Wind Power, Recommended YouTube, Wind Energy Facts, Wind Energy Video, Wind Energy Video Clip, Wind Energy Video for Kids, Wind Energy Video Kids, Wind Farm, Wind [...]
We’re starting to think about scheduling expeditions again to gather data, photos, video, etc. of marine life and issues for marinebio.org. Check out http://marinebio.org/research/expeditions for the possibilities and contact us if you’re interested in joining us.
Green Eyed Cup Coral Mycedium Sp. "Eyes and Noses, that me! I’m also known as the Elephant Nose Coral!" 2/07/2010 The Green Eyed Cup Coral is handsome, especially with those special ‘nose’ protrusions that distinguish the Elephant Nose Corals! The Mycedium genus is very hardy and one of the easiest to keep corals of the [...]
This is the second guest blog from George Tyson, a graduate journalist with a keen interest in conservation.
Rondo Dwarf Galago - Galagoides rondoensis
This tiny primate’s existence has only been known of since 1996. In the time since its discovery, it has been classified as the smallest of the galago (bushbaby) species, and moved from a [...]
Connemara Pony Equus caballus "I’m a well-known sports pony, I love to jump and win all sorts of competitions!" The Connemara Pony is Ireland’s only indigenous pony! The Connemara Pony was bred, and gets its name from, the Connemara Region in the western part of Ireland. This is an area of rugged rocky and mountainous [...]
The aggressive wolverine may not be powerful enough to survive climate change in the contiguous United States, new research concludes. Wolverine habitat in the northwestern United States is likely to warm dramatically if society continues to emit large amounts of greenhouse gases, as per new computer model simulations carried out at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Boulder, Colo........
In November 2010 a workshop was held in Liberia, West Africa to develop a conservation strategy for the pygmy hippo, EDGE mammal number 29. The pygmy hippo is a highly endangered mammal endemic to the Upper Guinea Forest of Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea and Côte d’Ivoire and is so secretive that its existence was regarded [...]
ScienceDaily (Feb. 5, 2011) — Things are not always what they seem when it comes to fish — something scientists at the Smithsonian Institution and the Ocean Science Foundation are finding out. Using modern genetic analysis, combined with traditional examination of morphology, the scientists discovered that what were once thought to be three species of [...]
Oysters are disappearing from coastlines around the world because of overharvesting and disease, researchers said. An estimated 85 percent of global wild oyster reefs and beds vanished in the past 20 to 130 years, according to a study led by Michael Beck, lead marine scientist at the University of California at Santa Cruz. His team [...]
Things are not always what they seem when it comes to fish�something researchers at the Smithsonian Institution and the Ocean Science Foundation are finding out. Using modern genetic analysis, combined with traditional examination of morphology, the researchers discovered that what were once believed to be three species of blenny in the genus Starksia are actually 10 distinct species. The team's findings appear in the scientific journal ZooKeys, Feb. 3........
A new, wide-ranging survey that compares the past and present condition of oyster reefs around the globe finds that more than 90 percent of former reefs have been lost in most of the "bays" and ecoregions where the prized molluscs were formerly abundant. In a number of places, such as the Wadden Sea in Europe and Narragansett Bay, oysters are rated "functionally extinct," with fewer than 1 percent of former reefs persisting. The declines are in most cases a result of over-harvesting of wild populations and disease, often exacerbated by the introduction of non-native species........
Happy New Year! Today is the first day of the Chinese New Year and 2011 is the Year of the Rabbit.
In celebration of the Chinese year of the Rabbit, sales of cute and fluffy rabbits in China have risen and restaurants have seen increasing demand for rabbit based dishes. Amid the celebrations however, conservationists are [...]
Between 2005 and 2009, oil and gas service companies injected more than 30 million gallons of diesel fuel or hydraulic fracturing fluids containing diesel fuel in wells in 19 states, according to an investigation released by House Energy and Commerce Committee Democrats. — Politico Image of frackwater via Keith Srakocic/Associated Press. Frackwater is a byproduct [...]
Image via NASA, and the storm can be tracked at NOAA Australia “hasn’t seen anything like Yasi.” The massive cyclone “is forecast[ed] to be the most powerful cyclone to hit the country ever,” and it is producing wind gusts of almost 190 miles per hour. The Sydney Morning Herald reports that “Cyclone Yasi is expected to [...]
Polar bear images via Dave Hogg and ucumari on Flickr Scientists believe that polar bears are having to swim greater distances to search for Arctic sea ice. Polar bears rely on sea ice to hunt for seals. However, their icy habitat is disappearing due to anthropogenic climate change. Scientists from the U.S. Geological Survey tracked a polar [...]
EDGE Fellow Bayarbaatar Buuveibaatar, known as Buuvei has sent in his latest update on the progress of his saiga research in Mongolia. The saiga (Saiga tatarica) is one of the world’s fastest animals and poaching has caused a huge population decline. In this blog Buuvei outlines his current research and reports on what he has [...]
A recent news article has revived some of the same old questions about compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFL's). So EDF's Elena Craft has summed up the issue on our sister blog, Texas Energy Exchange. After compiling the most frequestly asked questions, and their answers, Elena concludes: Are CFLs the perfect energy solution? No, but they are a big [...]
For the first time, researchers have mapped the genome--the genetic code--of orangutans. This new tool appears to be used to support efforts to maintain the genetic diversity of captive and wild orangutans. The new map of the orangutan genome may also be used to help improve our understanding of the evolution of primates, including humans........
This is the first in a series of blogs written by George Tyson, a graduate journalist with a keen interest in conservation.
As the conditions of global fishing hit the headlines and catch the attention of the public with Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall’s Fish Fight, an accidental victim to the tragedy of bycatch through trawling continues to suffer.
The [...]
I thought I’d share the latest post by David Suzuki and Faisal Moola at the David Suzuki Foundation concerning the recent news about birds dropping dead from the sky and mass fish kills, etc.: Aflockalypse Now: Mass animal die-offs and the ongoing extinction crisis On New Year’s Eve, 5,000 red-winged blackbirds dropped out of the [...]
Galician scientists have studied the evolution in the introduction of non-native fresh water species in Galicia over the past century, and have compared this with the rest of the Iberian Peninsula. The results show that 31 exotic aquatic species out of the 88 recorded for the entire Iberian Peninsula have become established in the region over the past century........
An 18-year study of Kenya's coral reefs by the Wildlife Conservation Society and the University of California at Santa Cruz has observed that overfished reef systems have more sea urchins�organisms that in turn eat coral algae that build tropical reef systems. By contrast, reef systems closed to fishing have fewer sea urchins�the result of predatory fish keeping urchins under control�and higher coral growth rates and more structure........