Recent Posts Tagged With 'endangered species'

• Friendship between LION, TIGER and BEAR [VIDEO]

  Posted on Monday December 21st, 2009 at 06:13 in society, animals, disney, endangered species, friendship, atlanta, georgia, tiger, bear, leo, animal cruelty, baloo

  This post contains additional media. Click here to view the full post. . If we could all just get along like these three unusual friends, we would live in a much different world. In human society, people often do not like others simply because they a...

• Some Restaurant Sushi Contains Endangered Species

  Posted on Wednesday November 25th, 2009 at 18:22 in endangered species, sushi, bluefin tuna

  A recent study has produced some astonishing and disturbing results. Tuna was ordered from 31 sushi restaurants. Genetic tests were then used to identify the species of fish ordered. Nineteen of the restaurants surveyed incorrectly described or c...

• MSNBC to Air 2 Hour Special on Animal Conservation: “100 Heartbeats”

  Posted on Wednesday November 18th, 2009 at 19:45 in animals, endangered species, conservation, msnbc, animal cruelty, jeff corwin, video & media, action & activism, nature & conservation, 100 heartbeats

  Writing for GreenOptions I sometimes get contacted by PR firms wanting to promote projects. Sight unseen I usually shrug them off, I happen to only write about items that I have seen or used, and can feel good about endorsing. When MSNBC contacted ...

• Union of Concerned Scientists and the Scientific Integrity Editorial Cartoons

  Posted on Tuesday October 20th, 2009 at 16:53 in politics, Environmental Policy, endangered species, cartoons, legislation, comic art, union of concerned scientists, ucs, planetsave, scientific integrity

  Have you seen the comic art for the 2010 Union of Concerned Scientists Scientific Integrity Cartoons? Shown above is a cartoon about science and the Endangered Species Act. The entire calendar shows how “the absurdity of political interference...

• Yellowstone Grizzlies Back on Endangered Species List

  Posted on Tuesday September 22nd, 2009 at 21:20 in endangered species, bears, legislation, law, bear, yellowstone, environmental policies, grizzly, environmental & climate science, nature & conservation, action & activism, endangerd

  In 2007 federal protections were dropped for the protection of Yellowstone grizzlies. Ever since then, the Greater Yellowstone Coalition have been fighting to give protection back to the bears. They argued that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (F...

• California Fires Not the Only Thing Hurting Communities in California

  Posted on Wednesday September 2nd, 2009 at 14:41 in global warming, science, climate change, animals, Ecology, endangered species, Nature, conservation, California, migration, birds, biodiversity

  Communities of all sorts are being disturbed by the fires in California. As another result of climate change, bird communities are expected to see some big changes in other ways, according to a new report released on September 1. Read more of this...

• Ocean Conservancy and Reef Relief say Parrotfish Need More Attention

  Posted on Tuesday July 28th, 2009 at 13:47 in endangered species, coral, parrotfish, planetsave, nature & conservation, endangered coral, endangered ocean life, endangered parrotfish

   The beautiful parrotfish (family Scaridae) performs many roles in coral reef ecosystems. With their large teeth they munch algae off the coral so that it stays healthy and alive. Parrotfish are constantly eating and digesting bits of coral whole, ...

• Nuclear Power Plant’s Water Rights Threaten Endangered Species

  Posted on Friday June 5th, 2009 at 16:19 in water, endangered species, Nature, Utah, nuclear, nuclear power, endangered species act, nuclear energy, nature conservancy, colorado river, water rights, green river

  In southeast Utah rests a peaceful town located on the banks of a peaceful river. Here the Green River flows between two canyons, Gray and Labyrinth, allowing for farming and ranching in an arid desert. Driving through Green River, Utah doesn’...

• Trophy Hunting Pushing Marco Polo Sheep Toward Extinction

  Posted on Saturday March 28th, 2009 at 12:13 in endangered species, hunting, sheep, extinction, trophy hunting, anti-environmentalism, nature & conservation

  A rare species of sheep discovered by Marco Polo in the 13th century is edging closer to extinction due to increased trophy hunting in Central Asian countries, new research reports. The species, once prominent in the Pamir Mountains on the border of...

• 300+ Gorillas Killed Each Year for Bushmeat in the Congo

  Posted on Saturday March 28th, 2009 at 11:34 in congo, africa, endangered species, animal rights, primates, great apes, bushmeat, nature & conservation

  An undercover investigation by Endangered Species International has disclosed the horrific scale of the endangered species market in the Republic of Congo. The nonprofit found that hunters source 95% of bushmeat around the Kouilou region, one of th...

• Importing Bear Bile Into the US Could Get You 20 Years in Jail

  Posted on Saturday March 28th, 2009 at 11:15 in endangered species, animal rights, animal cruelty, arrest, black bears, anti-environmentalism, bile farms, stomach bile, trafficing

  A South Korean woman living in Los Angeles has been charged with importing bear bile from China to illegally sell as an aphrodisiac. She faces up to 20 years in prison if convicted. Investigators intercepted a package addressed the Seongja Hyun whi...

• Alaska to Kill Over 75% of Wolf Population in New Aerial Hunt

  Posted on Wednesday March 18th, 2009 at 12:14 in endangered species, alaska, caribou, cull, sarah palin, palin, anti-environmentalism, aerial hunting, palin administration, nature & conservation, wolf hunt

  Alaska abruptly resumed shooting wolves from helicopters this weekend in hopes that shooting the wolves will increase the population of caribou for hunters to kill. The state plans to kill up to 328 wolves, sparing under 100 in the Yukon area. Not ...

• First Sea Lion Killed in Controversial Cull; Media Banned

  Posted on Friday March 13th, 2009 at 01:38 in endangered species, animal rights, killing, sea lions, overfishing, wildlife conservation, marine mammals, in defense of animals, nature & conservation, action & activism

  The first two sea lions were captured today in the joint Oregon and Washintgon sea lion killing program, with one being euthenized shortly after capture. The sea lions are being targeted because they eat salmon. The animal was given a health exam w...

• Fisherman Faces Year in Jail for Harming Humpback Whale

  Posted on Monday March 9th, 2009 at 20:29 in Fishing, endangered species, court, law, trial, charges, whales, humpback whales, whaling, nature & conservation

  Fishing nets often inadvertantly become entangled around whales, and while that is a crime under the Endangered Species Act, hardly anyone ever faces charges. But one unlucky fisherman has been caught in the act. Robert J. Eldridge Jr. faces up to a...