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U.S. and Canada to Increase Scrutiny of Flea and Tick Pet Products11/19/09
Pictured here is a bearded splash pullet Silkie.
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new ancient crocodile species fossils found A 20-foot-long
crocodile with three sets of fangs — like wild boar
tusks — roamed parts of northern Africa millions
of years ago, researchers reported Thursday.While
this fearsome creature hunted meat, not far away
another newly found type of croc with a wide, flat snout
like a pancake was fishing for food.And a smaller, 3-foot-long
relative with buckteeth was chomping plants and grubs in
the same region. • Kaprosuchus saharicus, nicknamed "BoarCroc," found in Niger. BoarCroc was a 20-foot-long meat-eater with an armored snout for ramming and three sets of dagger-shaped fangs for slicing. The tusks stuck out above and below the jaw like a modern warthog, said Larsson. "This has never been seen before on any crocodile." • Araripesuchus rattoides, which the researchers call "RatCroc," found in Morocco. This 3-foot-long croc was a plant- and grub-eater with a pair of buckteeth in the lower jaw it used to dig for food. • Laganosuchus thaumastos, or "PancakeCroc," found in Niger and Morocco. Also 20 feet long, it was a squat fish-eater with a 3-foot pancake-flat head and spike-shaped teeth on slender jaws. Sereno said it probably remained motionless for hours, its jaws open and waiting for prey. In addition the researchers found new fossils of two previously named species: • Anatosuchus minor, "DuckCroc," found in Niger, a 3-foot-long fish-, frog- and grub-eater with a broad snout and Pinocchio-like nose. Special sensory areas on the snout end allowed it to root around on the shore and in shallow water for prey. Its closest relative is in Madagascar. • Araripesuchus wegeneri, or "DogCroc," found in Niger, a 3-foot-long plant- and grub-eater with a soft, doglike nose pointing forward. Sereno has focused since 2000 on fossils in the Sahara Desert, his first find being Sarcosuchus imperator, a 40-foot-long creature that would have weighed 8 tons and which he called "SuperCroc." 11/16/09 B REX Lesley Stahl meets the inspiration for the lead character in the classic film Jurassic Park and reports on how famed dinosaur hunter Jack Horner is shaking up the paleontology world. See the video at the link ..what was found that was so surprising and challenges conventional ideas once more. 11/13/09
11/5/09 Thousands of Northwest seabirds killed by algal foam The killer foam that hit Northwest seabirds has subsided but conservationists are worried about a death toll they say numbers in the thousands. The first algal foam that hit Washington's Olympic Peninsula in mid-September claimed more than 10,000 scoters, or seaducks, said Julia Parrish, a University of Washington marine biologist and seabird specialist. She says that toll, mostly surf scoters and white-winged scoters, amounts to 5 percent to 7 percent of their overall population on the West Coast 10/30/09 Musical birds on a wire Inspiration comes in many forms. A Brazilian artist was flipping through a local newspaper. He saw a photo of birds sitting on power lines. To most people it was just a pretty picture. But the artist saw music. The birds were sitting on five evenly spaced power lines. It looked like a musical staff. What would happen if you turned the birds into notes? Could nature have written a unique melody? See and hear for yourself. Massive ant colony This YouTube video will change how you think about ants. You’ve all seen ants crawling from cracks in your driveway. But there are more powerful breeds of ants. Ants live in underground kingdoms. We see the relatively small exits on the surface. But you won’t believe the structures they build below. A group of researchers, armed with tons of cement, will show you. 10/27/09
10/26/09
Elephant
Gives Birth and Kick Starts Baby video This is an incredible video of a baby elephant being born.
As it seems more and more likely that this is a stillbirth,
mom's encoding takes over and she frantically tries to get
baby to breathe.
10/25/09 Kansas Agency Confirms Mountain Lion Sighting Kansas wildlife officials confirm a deer hunter's close encounter with a mountain lion in the northwestern part of the state.The Department of Wildlife and Parks said its staff have verified that a big cat photographed by the hunter northwest of WaKeeney was a mountain lion. The agency said it's the first documentation of a live, wild mountain lion in the state. 10/21/09 'Giant' orb web spider discovered A new and rare species of "giant" orb web spider has been discovered in Africa and Madagascar.Only the females of this groups of species are giants, with a leg span of up to 12cm (4.7in); the male spiders are tiny by comparison. Scientists say the female spiders are capable of spinning webs that reach up to 1m (3ft 3in) in diameter. Toxic algae 'wiped out dinosaurs' Previous studies had claimed an asteroid impact produced devastating climate changes and rising sea levels which caused the mass extinctions over the earth's 4.5 billion year existence. But a team of American geologists and toxicologists claim algae commonly found naturally around the world could be the culprit that led to the demise of the dinosaurs. They say the current environmental conditions show significant similarities to times when previous mass extinctions occurred and warned that levels of toxic algae are increasing. ....(are they saying this is what point we also have come to and are facing extinction also? ...more at the link 10/17/09 Bear Run! Black bear chills in Wis. beer cooler Mystery 125 pound black bear surprises shoppers at Marketplace Foods in Hayward, going right through automatic doors and heading for the Beer Cooler. Climbing up 12 feet onto a shelf, he sat for about an hour while employees got customers out and then wildlife officials tranqualized him and took him out. He seemed sober at the time but they didn't do a sobriety test on him. 10/6/09 Flying feline, hidden kitten: The fur flies in amazing 'Ninja' cat fight Leaping through the air, claws outstretched these cats appear locked in mortal combat. But rather than a deathly duel over a mouse or territory, this acrobatic pair are simply play-fighting.Dubbed the 'ninja cats' after the Japanese feudal warriors, the sparring pair are in fact Muffi and his friend Tiger. 10/2/09 Custer of Dinosaur Eggs found in Southern India Geologists have found a cluster of fossilized dinosaur eggs, said to be about 65 million years old, in a village in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, according to media reports."We found layer upon layer of spherical eggs and body parts of dinosaur and each cluster contained eight eggs," M. Ramkumar, a geologist at Periyar University who led a survey team, said Thursday, according to The Hindu newspape
10/1/09 Fossil
of giant 'Devil Toad' found A frog the size of a bowling
ball, with heavy armor and teeth, lived among dinosaurs millions
of years ago -- intimidating enough that scientists who unearthed
its fossils dubbed the beast Beelzebufo, or Devil Toad. 9/24/09 12-ft. shark carcass washes up on Ore. beach Beach-goers may have gotten more than they bargained for Monday when a 12-foot-long thresher shark washed ashore in Seaside. Adult thresher sharks can grow up to 20 feet long, Chandler said. “It’s a pretty good sized shark - thresher sharks are half tail. This shar is 12 feet but 6 feet of that is tail; they have these really long tails and swim through schools of fish, stunning them,” he said, adding, “They’re really cool fish.” 9/18/09 Carcasses of dead walruses spotted on Alaska coast ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Up to 200 dead walruses have been spotted on the shore of Chukchi Sea on Alaska's northwest coast. Federal wildlife researchers from the U.S. Geological Survey on their way to a walrus tagging project spotted 100 to 200 of the animals' carcasses near Icy Cape about 140 miles southwest of Barrow. They report the dead walruses appeared to be mostly new calves or yearlings. However, neither the age of the dead animals nor the cause of death is known, said Bruce Woods, spokesman for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. "It's just too early to say until we can get someone on the ground," Woods said. 9/8/09 The Unintended Consequences of Wolf Hunting By GEORGE WUERTHNER (excerpt) As the ecologist Aldo Leopold noted years ago, wolves also play an important biological role as a top down predator that has many ecological ramifications across the landscape. Unfortunately most hunters have not yet developed the ability to “think like a mountain” as Leopold admonished. 9/2/09 Charlie
Vandergaw's "Bear Haven" may have hosted its last
summer camp for bears.
Long unhappy with Vandergaw's intimate relationship with
wild Alaska bears, state authorities are moving
to put Bear Haven out of business. Vandergaw
has already been cited for feeding bears, but
the charges levied against him next could go much farther. 8/30/09  Coelacanth
In Ganges River?
Breaking news out of the country of India gives some
pause. Has a new population of coelacanth been discovered?
Reports are being accompanied by the photograph above
that a coelacanth (Latimeria sp.?) has been recovered from
the Ganges River.
Of course, such a find would be a remarkable discovery, extending the known ranges of the fish often called a “living fossil” beyond those of Latimeria chalumnae near the Comoros, Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, Madagascar, and in iSimangaliso Wetland Park, Kwazulu-Natal in South Africa, and Latimeria menadoensis off the shore of Sulawesi, Indonesia.
8/12/09 Video: Aesop's Fable - or fact? Meet the world's cleverest bird As the 2000-year-old story goes, the crow filled the bucket of water with stones until the level became high enough for him to quench his thirst. Just a fable? Apparently not. Footage shows a rook - a relation of the crow - performing the feat to reach a worm floating on the water's surface.8/2/09 King salmon vanishing in Alaska, smokehouses empty ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Yukon River smokehouses should be filled this summer with oil-rich strips of king salmon — long used by Alaska Natives as a high-energy food to get through the long Alaska winters. But they're mostly empty. The kings failed to show up, and not just in the Yukon. One Alaska river after another has been closed to king fishing this summer because significant numbers of fish failed to return to spawn. The dismally weak return follows weak runs last summer and poor runs in 2007, which also resulted in emergency fishing closures8/1/09 Melissa Schultz: Wastewater chemicals affect fish Antidepressants may benefit people, but they’re not much help to fish. That’s according to Melissa Schultz, an environmental chemist at the College of Wooster, in Ohio. She said that antidepressants and other medications we excrete and flush down the toilet are winding up in rivers, possibly harming wildlife.7/31/09 Beluga whale 'saves' diver A drowning diver has told how she was saved by a whale that pushed her back to the surface when she suffered crippling cramps. Yang Yun thought she was going to die when her legs were paralysed by arctic temperatures during a free diving contest without any breathing equipment."We suddenly saw the girl being pushed to the top of the pool with her leg in Mila's mouth. She's a sensitive animal who works closely with humans and I think this girl owes her life." Intelligent Belugas were among the first whales to interact with man and have facial muscles that allow them to smile. Pet cat catches the daily bus for four years Casper, which is 12 years old, boards the No3 service at 10.55am from outside his home in Plymouth, Devon, and travels the entire 11-mile route before returning home about an hour later. On the route, the cat passes an historic dockyard and naval base, a city centre, several suburbs and the city's red light district. He has been making the journey for so long that all First Bus drivers have now been told to look out for him to ensure he gets off at the right stop.
7/27/09 Oldest Animal Fossils Found in Lakes, Not Oceans Conventional wisdom has it that the first animals evolved in the ocean.Now researchers studying ancient rock samples in South China have found that the first animal fossils are preserved in ancient lake deposits, not in marine sediments as commonly assumed. These new findings not only raise questions as to where the earliest animals were living, but what factors drove animals to evolve in the first place. For some 3 billion years, single-celled life forms such as bacteria dominated the planet. Then, roughly 600 million years ago, the first multi-cellular animals appeared on the scene, diversifying rapidly. The oldest known animal fossils in the world are preserved in South China's Doushantuo Formation. These fossil beds have no adult specimens - instead, many of the fossils appear to be microscopic embryos. Near-extinct frog coming back in Southern California Once, the sweet croaking sound of the mountain yellow-legged frog could be heard in various spots of Southern California. Then modernity all but wiped it out.Now, the frog seems to be making a comeback, with help from mankind.As The Times' Louis Sahagun reported recently, a frog was discovered in the Tahquitz Creek area of the San Jacinto Mountains. Another discovery was made about two miles away, suggesting a possible colony in the making. (Other extant colonies are more bunched up.)Now, the San Diego Zoo's Institute for Conservation Research reports the first successful breeding of the frog in captivity. The long-range plan is to release captive-breed frogs into the wild. 7/25/09 ‘Extinct’ Leopard Cub Discovered in Bangladesh Conservationists in Bangladesh are thrilled after the discovery by local villagers of a clouded leopard cub, a species which was previously thought extinct in that country.This is the first time a clouded leopard has been spotted in Bangladesh in 20 years. The cub, which was captured by the villagers, was seen with a sibling and their mother while they were eating a dead monkey. That means there may be a small but healthy breeding population surviving in the wild.
 Scientists
Discover Dragon A new species of monitor lizard closely
related to the Komodo dragon has been discovered by German
scientists in Indonesia.The discovery was made after close
examination of the new specimen using morphological characteristics
and DNA analysis. Taxonomically classified as Varanus lirungensis,
the new species “illustrates
the high diversity of monitor lizards in Indonesia,” according
to André Koch, who found the lizard.
7/14/09 Massive Shark Washes Up on Long Island Surfers off Long Island, N.Y., caught more than waves Tuesday morning, as they watched a 20-foot-long shark circle the waves and then wash ashore. The basking shark was dead on the beach at Gilgo State Park by the time officials arrived, Newsday reported.7/12/09 A whale of a day near the Farallones The natural history trip with the Oceanic Society ventured 30 miles offshore from San Francisco. In the course of 3 1/2 hours, Sherman reported the following sightings: Six orcas, two humpback whales, one gray whale, 500 Northern right whale dolphins, 100 Risso's dolphins, 50 Pacific White-sided dolphins, 50 harbor porpoises, along with California sea lions and Northern fur seal and many birds sightings: 15 albatross, a rare Xantus' murrelet, along with murres, guillemots, fulmars, shearwaters, puffins, oystercatchers, grebes, gulls, terns, auklets, cormorants and pelicans."Of the 150-plus trips I have led to the Farallon Islands, this was the best trip ever," said Sherman, who has worked as a senior naturalist for 25 years.If you want to goCost: $120 for day, includes DVD of Farallon Islands. Schedule: Trips run weekends through fall; leave at 8 a.m. at the San Francisco Harbor Marina (end of Scott Street); return at 4 p.m. Reservations advised. Wear: Warm clothes, waterproof shell, hat that won't blow off, good-gripping shoes. Bring: Binoculars, wildlife ID book, drinks, lunch, seasick pills. Recent trip sightings: (415) 474-0488. Contacts: Oceanic Society, (800) 326-7491 or (415) 441-1106, oceanicsociety.org. 7/709
6/27/09 Wildlife Faces Cancer Threat While cancer touches the lives of many humans, it is also a major threat to wild animal populations as well, according to a recent study by the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS).Green turtles around the globe are dying from fibropapillomatosis, a disease that causes tumors on the skin and internal organs. (Credit: Cynthia Lagueux)more at the link 6/26/09 Sharks threatened with extinction The first assessment of the global fortunes of 64 species of pelagic, or open ocean, sharks and rays found 32 per cent were under threat including the great white shark and basking shark.The study by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) blamed tuna and swordfish fisheries that often catch sharks as accidental "by-catch". Sharks are also being increasingly targeted themselves to supply growing demand for shark meat and fins. 'Immortal' jellyfish swarming across the world The Turritopsis Nutricula is able to revert back to a juvenile form once it mates after becoming sexually mature. Marine biologists say the jellyfish numbers are rocketing because they need not die. Dr Maria Miglietta of the Smithsonian Tropical Marine Institute said: "We are looking at a worldwide silent invasion." (oooo theme for a new movie? "Invasion of the Jellyfish", be afraid, be very afraid!) Suryia and Roscoe - Friends at First Sight This is video footage of Suryia the orangutan and Roscoe the dog who became best friends upon meeting each other. Woman houses over 700 cats, saves lives vid Fossil Solves Mystery of Dinosaur Finger Evolution' Bird wings clearly share ancestry with dinosaur "hands" or forelimbs. A school kid can see it in the bones. But paleontologists have long struggled to explain the so-called digit dilemma. Here's the problem: The most primitive dinosaurs in the famous theropod group (that later included Tyrannosaurus rex) had five "fingers." Later theropods had three, just like the birds that evolved from them. But which digits? The theropod and bird digits failed to match up if you number the digits from 1 to 5 starting with the thumb. Theropods looked like they had digits 1, 2 and 3, while birds have digits 2, 3 and 4.That mismatch failed to support the widely accepted evolutionary link between dinosaurs and birds. Now, newly described fossilized hands from a beaked, plant-eating dinosaur, called Limusaurus inextricabilis, reveal a transitional step in the evolution of modern wings from dino digits. The finding could resolve a debate over which fingers ultimately became embedded in the wing. "Limusaurus is another one of those discoveries that makes one excited to be a paleontologist," said Matthew Lamanna of the Carnegie Museum of Natural History in Pittsburgh, who was not involved in the new study. "The discovery of a toothless, plant-eating Jurassic ceratosaur, from Asia of all places, is something that nobody in our field ever expected." The remains of the dinosaur were discovered in the Junggar Basin of Xinjiang, in northwestern China. The deposits date back some 159 million years.
Only 50 years left' for sea fish There will be virtually nothing left to fish from the seas by the middle of the century if current trends continue, according to a major scientific study. Stocks have collapsed in nearly one-third of sea fisheries, and the rate of decline is accelerating
The bernhardi monkey has a striking red beard
A Dutch scientist working in Brazil, Marc Van Roosmalen,
has discovered two previously unknown species of monkey in
the Amazon jungle.
'Noah's Ark' forest clings on in Brazil A few hotspots around the world hold the key to the survival of a large proportion of the world's endangered species. Tim Hirsch visits one of them as part of Planet Under Pressure, BBC News Online's series on some of the world's biggest environmental problems. It is barely the size of Manhattan in New York, and despite being protected in Brazilian law, continues to face severe threats which could wipe out the unique species it harbours. Fighting a fatal fungus There is an international pandemic killing off millions of amphibians, and university biology professor Karen Lips is trying to save them. Lips and her colleagues discovered an unusual fungus called Chytridiomycosis that thrives in cold, moist environments and infects the skin of amphibians, killing them by hampering their ability to absorb both oxygen and water. The effect on international ecosystems has been drastic, Lips said, and while she's not optimistic about finding a cure for the fungus, she is trying to develop a better understanding of "chytrid" to better predict where it will hit next. The secret life of penguins revealed Famous for its cuteness and comic gait on land, the penguin also has an enigmatic life at sea, sometimes spending months foraging in the ocean before returning to its breeding grounds.Zoologists have long wondered where the flightless seabird goes during these long spells away from land -- and now French scientists, in a study published in Wednesday, believe they can supply the answer PBSO and state investigations launched in deaths of 21 horses in Wellington The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services and the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office launched parallel law enforcement investigations of the horses' deaths today as scientists and veterinarians try to figure out what killed them. Females get along fine without males - in the world of tropical ants
Thousands of dolphins block Somali pirates Thousands of dolphins blocked the suspected Somali pirate ships when they were trying to attack Chinese merchant ships passing the Gulf of Aden, the China Radio International reported on Monday. The Chinese merchant ships escorted by a China's fleet sailed on the Gulf of Aden when they met some suspected pirate ships. Thousands of dolphins suddenly leaped out of water between pirates and merchants when the pirate ships headed for the China's
Mystery woman looked after elephant in back yard Belfast Zoo has launched a bid to identify a mystery woman who looked after one of its elephants in her backyard to save it from German bombs during the Second World War. The baby elephant, Sheila, was moved out of the zoo because of fears it could be killed or freed to wreak havoc by bombers during the 'Belfast Blitz' of 1941.Zoo manager Mark Challis said: "The care provided by our mystery lady is unique to zoo history and we would like to make contact with her family and properly document this gap in our past."The zoo has a couple of grainy black and white photographs of two women sitting on a garden seat watching Sheila drinking out of a tin bucket beside the back door of the house.
Spookfish Have World's Strangest Eyes The four-eyed spookfish may have seemed strange enough. Now researchers say it doesn't really have four eyes. Instead, it is the known first vertebrate to use mirrors, rather than lenses, to focus light in its eyes. Cache of Ice Age fossils found in Los Angeles LOS ANGELES – Scientists are studying a huge cache of Ice Age fossil deposits recovered near the famous La Brea Tar Pits in the heart of the nation's second-largest city.Among the finds is a near-intact mammoth skeleton, a skull of an American lion and bones of saber-toothed cats, dire wolves, bison, horses, ground sloths and other mammals.Researchers discovered 16 fossil deposits under an old parking lot next to the tar pits in 2006 and began sifting through them last summer. The mammoth remains, including 10-foot-long tusks, were in an ancient riverbed near the fossil cache.The La Brea Tar Pits ranks among the world's famous fossil sites. Between 10,000 and 40,000 years ago, mammoths, mastodons, saber-tooth cats and other Ice Age beasts became trapped by sticky asphalt that oozing upward through cracks and fissures in the ground. The newly recovered fossils were also in asphalt. Page Museum: http://www.tarpits.org/ Golden Ray Photos of Amazing Mass Migration Looking like giant leaves floating in the sea, thousands of Golden Rays are seen here gathering off the coast of Mexico . The spectacular scene was captured as the magnificent creatures made one of their biannual mass migrations to more agreeable waters.
Love your down pillows? Even wonder where the down comes from?....link 50 Wolves Dead in Alaska -- New Hope to Stop Palin As America looks toward a new era of hope and change, Alaska Governor Sarah Palin and special interests are working feverishly to expand her out-of-control wolf killing frenzy. With your compassionate support, Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund can fight Palin’s wolf-killing program and expose her determined efforts that will harm wolves, polar bears, belugas and other imperiled species.
Texas drought worsens, cattle dying Drought conditions in Texas are so bad cattle are keeling over in parched pastures and dying. Drought conditions worsened significantly in the past week, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor map released Thursday. Seventy-one percent of the state is now in some stage of drought, up from 58.3 percent last week. A week ago the two worst drought designations - extreme and exceptional - covered 9.1 percent of the state. This week the two categories cover 15.1 percent of the state, with a circle near San Antonio and Austin widening in all directions. Only the eastern and southeastern parts of Texas are without any drought status
1/24/09 45 sperm whales beached off Australian island HOBART, Australia: Rescuers poured water on the parched skin of sperm whales beached on a remote sand bank off Australia's coast Friday to keep them alive until the next high tide, after a stranding that left at least 38 whales dead. Wildlife officials said the whales had beached Thursday on the bank about 160 yards (150 meters) off Perkins Island on the northwest of Tasmania state, and all but seven had died by the time they were spotted. Did whale beaching foretell disaster?
Removing cats to protect birds backfires on island It seemed like a good idea at the time: Remove all the feral cats from a famous Australian island to save the native seabirds.But the decision to eradicate the felines from Macquarie island allowed the rabbit population to explode and, in turn, destroy much of its fragile vegetation that birds depend on for cover, researchers said Tuesday. Pelicans fall out of sky from Mexico to Ore.Pelicans suffering from a mysterious malady are crashing into cars and boats, wandering along roadways and turning up dead by the hundreds across the West Coast, from southern Oregon to Baja California, Mexico, bird-rescue workers say. Baby Fish In Polluted San Francisco Estuary Waters Are Stunted And Deformed Striped bass in the San Francisco Estuary are contaminated before birth with a toxic mix of pesticides, industrial chemicals and flame retardants that their mothers acquire from estuary waters and food sources and pass on to their eggs, say UC Davis researchers. Sticking it to the Man,21st Century style…..Here is the back and forth between Captain Paul Watson (animal defender extraordinaire, founder of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, and courageous practitioner of extensional self defense on behalf of marine animals) and Jason Miller (associate editor of Cyrano’s Journal Online and founding editor of Thomas Paine’s Corner): Native hunters say climate affecting herds Chief Bill Erasmus of the Dene nation in northern Canada brought a stark warning about the climate crisis: The once abundant herds of caribou are dwindling, rivers are running lower and the ice is too thin to hunt on. WHAT IS KILLING THE BEES? An article in Natural News by David Gutierrez on September 30, 2008 has linked the bee die-off in the Baden-Wurttemburg state of Germany to direct contact with the insecticide clothianidin found on corn seeds A Tale of Two Whales Pity the poor whale. All it wants is to peacefully swim in the ocean. Instead it finds itself caught up in a net of litigation and rule making processes. Writing for the majority, Chief Justice Roberts said, “the most serious possible injury would be harm to an unknown number of marine mammals” whereas imposing restrictions on Naval exercises would force “the Navy to deploy an inadequately trained antisubmarine force” that would jeopardize “the safety of the fleet.” Whales
and penguins at risk in krill harvest Mystery
of the 5-Legged Freaks In
Hard Times for Humans, Hardships for Pets, Too Wildlife
gives early warning of 'deadly dozen' diseases spread by climate
change
NEPA Buzz Kill: Is the Agency Hiding Colony Collapse Disorder Information? RDC Forced to Sue to Get Public Records on Bee Mystery. The Natural Resources Defense Council filed a lawsuit today to uncover critical information that the US government is withholding about the risks posed by pesticides to honey bees. NRDC legal experts and a leading bee researcher are convinced that the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has evidence of connections between pesticides and the mysterious honey bee die-offs reported across the country. The phenomenon has come to be called “colony collapse disorder,” or CCD, and it is already proving to have disastrous consequences for American agriculture and the $15 billion worth of crops pollinated by bees every year. Plastics Suspect In Lobster Illness The search for what causes a debilitating shell disease affecting lobsters from Long Island Sound to Maine has led one Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) visiting scientist to suspect environmental alkyphenols, formed primarily by the breakdown of hard transparent plastics. Waves
of disaster By Roberta
Staley Extraordinary
Creative & Psychic Powers of Animals vid The Bush Administration’s Plan To Make The Endangered Species Act Extinct Today, the AP reports on new draft rules being proposed by the Bush administration to gut the Endangered Species Act. This would be the biggest change to the groundbreaking legislation since 1988, and would not require the approval of Congress. 8/1/08 Rough to the Gills: Judge says Calif. salmon in trouble but offers no short-term solution 5/22/08Soldier's donated horses head for Slaughter5/17/08 An epidemic of extinctions: Decimation of life on earth
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