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Ranger crew encounters jellyfish swarm Overfishing, pollution contribute to exponential rise	Andrew Sharpless	11 Jul 2007	Gristmill

Topics: biodiversity, fishing, oceans, wildlife (all these topics)

Time for a 'Dear Knut' letter The cuddly polar bear's not so cuddly anymore	Sarah van Schagen	11 Jul 2007	Gristmill

Topics: celebrity, green living, wildlife (all these topics)

Hope There's a High Ceiling for the Kangaroos Australia to build 1,740-mile corridor for wildlife affected by climate change		09 Jul 2007	Daily Grist
Hope There's a High Ceiling for the Kangaroos Australia to build 1,740-mile corridor for wildlife affected by climate change State and federal leaders in Australia have agreed to create a 1,740-mile wildlife corridor spanning the east coast of the continent -- in part to allow plants and animals to flee the effects of global warming. "The effects of climate change will likely be less sev ...
Topics: Australia, climate, climate change adaptation, news, wildlife (all these topics)

Wild Thing, You Make My Heart Sink Wilderness is pretty much a thing of the past, says report		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 ...
Topics: agriculture, biodiversity, habitat loss, news, wildlife (all these topics)

Gillnetters get the boot Latest victory protects Pacific sea turtles	Andrew Sharpless	20 Jun 2007	Gristmill

Topics: fishing, oceans, wildlife (all these topics)

Birds of a Feather Decline Together Common American bird populations have dropped sharply		15 Jun 2007	Daily Grist
Birds of a Feather Decline Together Common American bird populations have dropped sharply Populations of 20 common American bird species have declined by at least half in the last 40 years, according to a new analysis from the Audubon Society. Hard-hit species include the whippoorwill, meadowlark, common tern, field sparrow, ruffed grouse and -- our favorite to say -- common grackle. Bird declines "reflect other ...
Topics: biodiversity, United States, wildlife (all these topics)

Buffalo and Behold Herds of migrating wildlife survive and thrive in southern Sudan		14 Jun 2007	Daily Grist
Buffalo and Behold Herds of migrating wildlife survive and thrive in southern Sudan Wildlife populations are thriving in, of all places, war-wracked southern Sudan. The first aerial wildlife survey of the country taken in 25 years found herds of more than a million gazelle and antelope, migrating in formations up to 30 miles across and 50 miles long. The numbers compare to or even surpass the throngs of wildebeest on the famous Serengeti pl ...
Topics: Sudan, wildlife (all these topics)

Raptor 'Round Their Fingers U.S. suggests saving imperiled owls by shooting other owls		05 Jun 2007	Daily Grist
Raptor 'Round Their Fingers U.S. suggests saving imperiled owls by shooting other owls Despite 17 years of conservation measures, the northern spotted owl is still in trouble. So the Bush administration has issued a cease-and-desist order on logging in the owl's Pacific Northwest habitat. Ha ha ha! No, the feds' recent draft spotted-owl protection plan instead vilifies the barred owl, a nonnative competito ...
Topics: endangered species, habitat loss, news, wildlife (all these topics)

With Protectors Like This ... Wildlife-trade regulators approve massive sale of ivory		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, ...
Topics: biodiversity, news, wildlife (all these topics)

Not to Mention It's Wildly Inhumane Critics say U.S.-Mexico border fence could threaten wildlife, cause flooding		25 May 2007	Daily Grist
Not to Mention It's Wildly Inhumane Critics say U.S.-Mexico border fence could threaten wildlife, cause flooding The U.S. government is moving forward with plans to build 700 miles of fencing along the Mexican border, but opposition is swelling faster than the Rio Grande after a rainstorm. This week, the International Boundary and Water Commission said the fence could not only cause flooding but could, in effec ...
Topics: insanity, Mexico, news, politics, wildlife (all these topics)

Mongabay highlights for May '07 Good reading on Mongabay	biodiversivist	23 May 2007	Gristmill

Topics: agriculture, biodiversity, biofuels, endangered species, energy, ethanol, wildlife (all these topics)

The Beak In Review West Nile virus hitting bird populations hard, says new study		18 May 2007	Daily Grist
The Beak In Review West Nile virus hitting bird populations hard, says new study The West Nile virus soldiers on, declares a report published yesterday in Nature. Eight years after the virus left the West Nile and made its way to the U.S. Northeast, chickadee populations in the region have dropped 53 percent, while Eastern bluebird populations have been diminished by 44 percent. American crows have been hit the harde ...
Topics: green living, health, news, wildlife (all these topics)

Wikipedia rules Encyclopedia of Life off to a slow start	biodiversivist	13 May 2007	Gristmill

Topics: biodiversity, websites, wildlife (all these topics)

All that we have left behind What was it like 430 million years ago	Adam Browning	01 May 2007	Gristmill

Topics: climate, wilderness, wildlife (all these topics)

Shark tales down under Bull sharks abound in Golden Coast canals	Andrew Sharpless	27 Apr 2007	Gristmill

Topics: fishing, food, green living, wildlife (all these topics)

Dead frog hopping Not all amphibians are toast	biodiversivist	25 Apr 2007	Gristmill

Topics: biodiversity, endangered species, wildlife (all these topics)

The Elephant in the Room Hammer Simwinga provides alternatives to African poaching	Michelle Nijhuis	24 Apr 2007	Main Dish
In the 1970s, one of the densest populations of elephants on the African continent roamed the Luangwa Valley of Zambia. By the end of the next decade, massive poaching for the ivory trade had decimated herds throughout Africa, and the elephant population in North Luangwa National Park had plunged from 17,000 to 1,300. Though international authorities shut down the ivory trade in 199 ...
Topics: heroes, wildlife, Zambia (all these topics)

Megadroughts projected for southwest: bears	Kit Stolz	20 Apr 2007	Gristmill

Topics: climate, climate change impacts, wildlife (all these topics)

Buzz Light Year Could cell phones be the culprit in honeybee disappearance?		17 Apr 2007	Daily Grist
Buzz Light Year Could cell phones be the culprit in honeybee disappearance? Apiarists in the U.S. and Europe have been scratching their heads for months over rapidly waning honeybee populations. Now some scientists who have combed through the data are all abuzz with a new theory: cell phones. In bad news to mobile-attached ears, British researchers are suggesting that phone radiation could be disrupting bees' navigation system ...
Topics: green living, news, wildlife (all these topics)

Birds fight back Beaked inhabitants of the world, unite	Adam Browning	13 Apr 2007	Gristmill

Topics: funnies, wildlife (all these topics)

Tastes like chicken T. Rex with feathers	biodiversivist	13 Apr 2007	Gristmill

Topics: biodiversity, funnies, wildlife (all these topics)

Wildlife pincushions Sometimes you have to take risks to save endangered species	biodiversivist	05 Apr 2007	Gristmill

Topics: wildlife (all these topics)

Drown and Out Baby seals drown from melting ice as Canada hunt begins		04 Apr 2007	Daily Grist
Drown and Out Baby seals drown from melting ice as Canada hunt begins Pop an antidepressant before reading this: Canada has reduced this year's quota for its annual harp seal hunt by 20 percent, to a mere 270,000 -- not because of pressure from conservationists and animal activists, but because thousands of baby seals have already fallen through melting ice in the Gulf of St. Lawrence and drowned. ...
Topics: Canada, climate, climate change impacts, news, wildlife (all these topics)

In case you're feeling down	David Roberts	27 Mar 2007	Gristmill

Topics: cutesy, wildlife (all these topics)

Tomb Aiders Taiwan freeway officials help butterflies find their way		27 Mar 2007	Daily Grist
Tomb Aiders Taiwan freeway officials help butterflies find their way Bracing for the migratory peak of millions of purple milkweed butterflies, officials in Taiwan are closing one lane of a major highway, installing netting to encourage the butterflies to rise above traffic, and using ultraviolet lights to guide them under a busy bridge. "Human beings need to coexist with the other species, even if they are tiny butterflies,&qu ...
Topics: news, Taiwan, wildlife (all these topics)

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