"Endangering Species: Listing Can Make Animals Valuable Black Market Commodities"
"By certifying species as endangered, government programs can backfire."
Source: Scientific American, 09/09/2009
Biodiversity
Things related to the web of life; ecology; wildlife; endangered species
Japan: "Hunters Pass On Opening Day Of Dolphin Season"
After the dolphin hunt in Taiji, Japan, was covertly filmed in the award-winning documentary, "The Cove," no hunting seemed to be going on on the opening day of this year's hunting season.
Source: NPR, 09/08/2009
"Study Finds Risk to Some Birds Nesting Near Oil Fields in Alaska"
Birds on the North Slope in Alaska may be threatened by predators whose populations are encouraged by oil exploration and production.
Source: NYTimes, 09/08/2009
"Wild Asian Cattle Resembling Antelopes Near Extinction"
"One of the world's rarest mammals, discovered just 16 years ago, is on the brink of extinction, warn conservation biologists."
Source: ENS, 09/04/2009
"Smalltooth Sawfish Get More Federal Protection"
"They are not cute and cuddly, but the smalltooth sawfish is getting more federal protection in Southwest Florida waters."
Source: Naples News, 09/03/2009
"Idaho Resumes Hunting Of Gray Wolves"
"Wolf hunting season opened Tuesday in the state of Idaho."
Source: NPR, 09/02/2009
"Mice Morphing at Warp Speed"
"Evolution takes place over long stretches of time: millennia and epochs. But some new research shows that animals might be changing much faster than nearly anyone thought. ... Those changes ... seem to be linked to humans."
Source: Environment Report, 08/28/2009
"Restoring the Skagit"
Tidelands in Skagit County are being flooded to help restore the estuary.
Source: KOUW, 08/28/2009
Judge Orders USDA To Release Data on Wolf Program
The locations of conflicts in New Mexico and Arizona between livestock and Mexican gray wolves, which were reintroduced in 1998, will now be made public in hopes of identifying problem areas and taking preventive steps.
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Info on Rare Orchid Handled Like Nuclear Secret
The Canby's bog orchid, not seen in Maryland for 20 years, has reappeared at the Nassawango Nature Preserve. A Washington Post reporter was allowed to see and write about it, but with unusual restrictions.
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