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Club Medusae
Jellyfish are everywhere, and that's not a good thing |
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18 Jun 2008 |
News |
| Posted at 11:33 AM on 18 Jun 2008 Photo: Neil Harmon The natural cycle of Mediterranean jellyfish populations is to swell every 12 years, plateau for four to six years, then subside. But massive groups of gelatinous jellies have been showing up for the past eight years, and they show no sign of flagging. In fact, jellies are proliferating worldwide, and that makes scientists nervous. "Jellyfish are an excellent bellwether fo ... |
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| Topics: biodiversity, fishing, news, oceans, wildlife (all these topics) |
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Remember Wren?
One in eight bird species may go extinct |
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19 May 2008 |
News |
| Posted at 3:04 PM on 19 May 2008 One in eight bird species is threatened with extinction, according to the International Union for the Conservation of Nature. In the latest update of the IUCN's Red List of threatened species, 190 birds are designated "critically endangered"; eight of those were added this year. Sixteen other bird species were also moved to a higher level of threat on the list, while only two found their prospects ... |
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| Topics: biodiversity, endangered species, lists, news, wildlife, World Conservation Union (all these topics) |
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Cane, You Hear Me Now
Animal-welfare group backs toad-killing in Australia |
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03 Apr 2008 |
News |
| Posted at 4:48 PM on 03 Apr 2008 Australian politician Shane Knuth has proposed a special "Toad Day Out" for residents of the state of Queensland to kill cane toads, a poisonous invasive species that Knuth calls "the greatest environmental vermin and probably the most disgusting creature known to man." The plan even has the backing of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals -- with ... |
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| Topics: animal welfare, Australia, biodiversity, news, wildlife (all these topics) |
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That's Life
Massive database of species goes online |
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26 Feb 2008 |
News |
| Posted at 12:38 PM on 26 Feb 2008 An online Encyclopedia of Life that aims to eventually include every living organism on the planet has unveiled its first detailed pages. Read up on the 24 species that have entries complete with text, pictures, and video, or sift through 30,000 others with preliminary information. Those involved with the encyclopedia, which got its start from a 2003 paper written by famed biologist E.O. Wilson, hope it will he ... |
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| Topics: biodiversity, endangered species, news, wildlife (all these topics) |
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Swan Ache
Swans a nuisance in Connecticut |
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28 Dec 2007 |
News |
| Posted at 3:04 PM on 28 Dec 2007 To many, swans are a picture of beauty and grace -- but to others, they're miscreants hell-bent on environmental destruction. In Connecticut, mute swans -- considered an invasive species -- can eat eight pounds of shoreline plants per day and, in the process, uproot an additional 20 pounds of vegetation. Their gluttony can disrupt ecosystems, displacing crabs, oysters, and native birds. Conservationists, including the st ... |
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| Topics: biodiversity, Connecticut, news, wildlife (all these topics) |
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Lions and Tigers and Bears, Oh Bye
Humans have intruded on large-mammal habitat, says study |
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27 Dec 2007 |
News |
| Posted at 4:57 PM on 27 Dec 2007 Humans have driven out large mammals in, um, droves, says a new study in the Journal of Mammalogy. Since the year 1500, at least 35 percent of mammals weighing over 44 pounds have seen their range cut by more than half, thanks to humans moving on in. Well gee, maybe if the animals had brought over a welcome basket we would have been more neighborly. source: BBC News < ... |
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| Topics: biodiversity, news, placemaking, sprawl, wildlife (all these topics) |
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Puffin rescue
Save the funny-looking seabirds! |
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27 Aug 2007 |
Gristmill |
| Saving baby seabirds -- awww. |
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| Topics: biodiversity, cutesy, Iceland, news, oceans, wildlife (all these topics) |
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Good News, Sad News
Six species discovered in Congo, four endangered gorillas shot |
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09 Aug 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| Good News, Sad News Six species discovered in Congo, four endangered gorillas shot A research expedition to a remote forest in the Democratic Republic of the Congo found six new animal species -- a bat, a rat, two shrews, and two frogs -- and may have found new plant species as well. The trip, which ran from January to March and was led by the Wildlife Conservation Society, represented ... |
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| Topics: biodiversity, Congo, endangered species, extinction, news, wildlife (all these topics) |
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Wild Thing, You Make My Heart Sink
Wilderness is pretty much a thing of the past, says report |
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02 Jul 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| Wild Thing, You Make My Heart Sink Wilderness is pretty much a thing of the past, says report Regardless of whether humankind was given dominion over the earth, we've most certainly taken it. A new report in Science calculates that only 17 percent of global land mass has been untainted by human dwellings, agriculture, or roads. And that was as of 1995; we'd venture to guess that the percentage is e ... |
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| Topics: agriculture, biodiversity, habitat loss, news, wildlife (all these topics) |
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With Protectors Like This ...
Wildlife-trade regulators approve massive sale of ivory |
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04 Jun 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| With Protectors Like This ... Wildlife-trade regulators approve massive sale of ivory The world's only body that can limit trade in endangered species kicked off a 12-day meeting this weekend with one hell of a bang: The Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, or CITES, approved the sale of some 60 tons of ivory by three African nations to Japan. That's what the kids call ironical, ... |
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| Topics: biodiversity, news, wildlife (all these topics) |
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