![In Sri Lanka, Efforts to Save Earth’s Largest Animal](/assets/image-cache/images/wpImages/2012/07/2048px-Blue_whale_tail-1024x682.4194a5b7.jpg)
by Kathryn Dixon
Sri Lanka, an island located off the southern coast of India, has been called “The Pearl of the Indian Ocean” due to its rich culture, tropical forests, diverse landscapes and abundant biodiversity. The…
Read more![Cyclists and Pedestrians Help Wildlife with Roadkill Survey](/assets/image-cache/images/wpImages/2012/07/4848088053_d85d9a9953_b-150x150.4194a5b7.jpg)
by Alexandre Manigault
Roads are omnipresent in most landscapes around the globe. Roads provide a high level of connectivity in a human engineered and industrialized environment, but there is a price to pay. Whatever land a…
Read more![Canada’s Vanishing Sage Grouse](/assets/image-cache/images/wpImages/2012/06/5162182815_53f666206f_b3-300x239.46980fe9.jpg)
by Merri Collins
A dramatic decrease in Canada’s sage grouse population reported this spring has led many to believe this prairie bird, listed as endangered in Canada since 1998, is facing extinction.
Read more![The First Sumatran Rhino to be Born in Captivity in Indonesia](/assets/image-cache/images/wpImages/2012/06/230px-Sumatran_Rhino_range-216x300.3b353e28.png)
by George Stevens
Last Saturday, June 23, 2012, at the Sumatran Rhino Sanctuary in Way Kambas National Park, the female rhino Ratu gave birth to a baby male after a 16-month gestation period. The baby rhino was named Andatu,…
Read more![Atrazine, a continued concern for all](/assets/image-cache/images/wpImages/2012/06/3664685499_6287208d3f_b-300x225.46980fe9.jpg)
by Jessica Schmonsky
Research published earlier this year, detailing the effects of the popular herbicide atrazine on amphibians, reignited ongoing controversy over using chemicals to control our environment.
Read more![Saving New Zealand’s Rarest Kiwi Bird](/assets/image-cache/images/wpImages/2012/06/rowi-kiwi-465.46980fe9.jpg)
by Kathryn Dixon
Twenty young flightless rowi kiwis got the chance to fly this week, as part of intense conservation efforts by the BNZ Save The Kiwi Trust to preserve this rarest of kiwi birds.
Read more![Lead Poisoning Threatens Condor Population](/assets/image-cache/images/wpImages/2012/06/condor.46980fe9.jpg)
by Michael Warren
A recent study published in the Proceedings of the National Academies of Science has made a clear connection between lead poisoning in California Condors and the lead found in hunting ammunition. An article…
Read more![Tracking the Pacific Octopus](/assets/image-cache/images/wpImages/2012/06/4733543381_641eed7d55_z.46980fe9.jpg)
by Merri Collins
The solitary and elusive Giant Pacific octopus, found in coastal waters of the North Pacific, holds the title of largest and longest-lived of the octopus species. The largest Pacific octopus on record…
Read more![The Extinction of the Tasmanian Tiger](/assets/image-cache/images/wpImages/2012/06/Tasmanian-Tiger-262x300.46980fe9.jpg)
by George Stevens
The last known wild Tasmanian tiger (thylacine) was shot in 1930, and the last thylacine in captivity died six years later in the Hobart Zoo. The Tasmanian tiger was officially declared extinct in 1986,…
Read more![Saving the Ghosts of the Forest](/assets/image-cache/images/wpImages/2012/06/2694295566_de10f2e526-199x300.46980fe9.jpg)
by Merri Collins
The silky sifaka is a rare species of white lemur, known in Madagascar as the “ghost of the forest”, for its ability to evade the human eye by swinging swiftly through the tree tops. Silkies are one of…
Read more![Climate Change – Why It Disproportionately Affects Women](/assets/image-cache/images/wpImages/2012/06/Ugandan-women.46980fe9.jpg)
by George Stevens
Everyone is affected by global climate change, but some are affected more than others. The poor fare worst of all, and most of the world’s impoverished people are women. According to UNECA, 70% of the…
Read more![The Delicate Balance of Species Dependence](/assets/image-cache/images/wpImages/2012/06/crabs.46980fe9.jpg)
by Kathryn Dixon
What do horseshoe crabs, and red knots have in common? Survival. Two different, but vital, annual migrations bring these animals together every year. Both are fighting to survive.
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