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Adopt A Polar Bear from the World Wildlife Fund
Why Palin | 15 hours ago by Angel
How many of us are disgusted by Sarah Palin’s views to move polar bears off of the endangered species list? What can we do about it? Here’s a start; donate to the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and adopt a polar bear! Please visit their read more
Nearly One In Four Of World’s Mammals At Risk Of Disappearing F…
World Wildlife News | 17 hours ago by Adela
Endangered Rimatara Lories Making Babies!
Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted) | October 10th 2008
tags: parrot, Lories, Lorikeet, Loriinae, Loriidae, Rimatara Lorikeet, Kuhl's Lory, Vini kuhlii, conservation, ornithology, South Pacific Islands Endangered Rimatara Island (Kuhl's) lory, Vini kuhlii, peer down upon their fledgling chick in a read more
Seventh Individual Sentenced for Protected Wildlife Product Traff…
Net News Publisher | October 10th 2008 by Terry
Martin Villegas Terrones, a Mexican national, was sentenced to 24 months in prison for his role in an illegal smuggling operation that trafficked in protected sea turtle species, the Justice Department has announced. Along with the prison term, Vil read more
Whooping Crane Family--Part IV
Vickie Henderson Art | October 9th 2008
In the first days of its life, a whooping crane chick quickly attaches to and follows his parents through an instinct called imprinting. But following is an effort that takes practice.A lot of stumbling takes place until the chick develops strength a read more
Are Family Values Negotiable?
Roncesvalles | October 9th 2008
I finally managed to summarize the rest of the discussion at Terry Morris' Webster's Blogspot about traditional family values. The first instalment can be found here. It was triggered off by Sarah Palin's somewhat doubtful role as a paragon of "conse read more
Yes, WHY are Female Executives Giving Palin's Thin Credentials a…
Roncesvalles | October 9th 2008
The header of this (and the previous) entry is the title of an embarrassingly self-congratulatory article at HuffingtonPost.As a women's magazine journalist, and now Editor of More Magazine I've spent my entire career championing, celebrating, highli read more
Why are Female Executives Giving Palin's Thin Credentials a Pass?
Roncesvalles | October 9th 2008
I wonder how leftists come to denounce Palin for her "far (FAR!) right-wing views" and how conservatives can laud her as a conservative icon. A truly conservative woman would NOT get a full-time job when she has children and push her husband into the read more
Planet mammals face mass extinction
Life with passion ! | October 8th 2008 by Life with Passion
Mans actions is costing dear to the Wild life, the latest report by the International Union of Conservation IUCN has warned that many of the species living in the wild are directly threatened to extinction if no further efforts are made by the author read more
The Disgrace of Aerial Wolf Hunting -- Sarah Palin's Shame
Vaboomer - Baby Boomer Culture and Support | October 8th 2008 by Virginia Cornue
Aerial hunting of wolves is cruel and unethical. Photo by Jim BrandenburgThere are about 10,000 wolves in Alaska. The last frontier. Wolves once wandered throughout the dark forests of North America.Congress outlawed Aerial HuntingIn 1972 the U.S. Co read more
ENVIRONMENTAL NEWS PICKS
The Conservation Report | October 8th 2008 by Buck Denton
AGRICULTURE: SCIENTIST AT WORK | NORMAN T. UPHOFF: Food Revolution That Starts With Rice ANIMAL WELFARE: Boy fed zoo reptiles to crocodile: A seven-year-old boy has been filmed going on the rampage at a popular zoo in Australia, killing rare rep read more
Wolverine Sighted in Shasta County, California
Robert Lindsay | October 7th 2008
There was an unconfirmed sighting of a wolverine in Shasta County, California two weeks ago, on Friday, September 26, 2008. The sighting occurred at 1 PM on a sunny day. The wolverine was crossing Highway 89 from north to south. It was walking fast m read more
Scientists prove how global warming threaten species
Science Says | October 7th 2008 by Jeff
The World Conservation Union (IUCN) continued their annual conference today, and released a fascinating report that details the way global warming can push species towards extinction. This report shows that animals in certain types of habitat are dyi read more
It’s Not Easy Being Green
Catherine Sherman | October 7th 2008 by Catherine Sherman
This is the Year of the Frog. Although it’s late in the year, it’s not too late to raise awareness about the serious problems facing amphibians. Scientists believe that one-third to one-half of the earth’s 6,000 amphibian spe read more
Mammals going extinct, humans not far behind
Grendiary | October 7th 2008
What do the ferocious Bengal Tiger, the majestic Gorilla and the extremely swift African Cheetah have in common? They are all either threatened, endangered or equally in peril. Destruction of habitats and poaching are the main reasons for the rapid.. read more
The Sex Goddess Bardot Says NOOO to the sexy Prude
Vaboomer - Baby Boomer Culture and Support | October 7th 2008 by Virginia Cornue
Sex Goddess and outspoken animal rights activist Brigette Bardot says no to the "sexy" prude anti polar bear Palin. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/07/brigitte-bardot-sarah-pal_n_132671.html At 74, Bardot is still my idea of a sex goddess--natu read more
Leading Conservationists Warn That Africa’s Species are Facing…
Net News Publisher | October 7th 2008 by Terry
Leading conservationists have warned here that Africa’s species are speedily facing extinction, with a quarter of the world’s mammals at risk of extinction. The global analysis of threatened species by the International Union for the Conservation read more
uVu: Down the Drain
nevertheless | October 7th 2008 by pcd2k
Ultra Violet Uforia or uVu are a blend of psychedelic and progressive rock that draw their influences from Grateful Dead, Pink Floyd and Jefferson Airplane.They recently performed at the Seattle Peace Concert in Seattle, WA and since there isn't muc read more
Sarah Palin Injured in Polar Bear Attacked
Future Update: Humorous Headlines of Tomorrow | October 7th 2008 by Skip Dekades
by Skip DeKades October 7, 2028 — Fox News.com personality Sarah Palin was severely injured yesterday when a rare polar bear jumped out of its confines at the National Zoo in Washington, D.C. and attacked her. Palin, 64, is recuperating at George W read more
ENDANGERED SPECIES: Study reveals that 1 in 4 mammals are threate…
The Conservation Report | October 6th 2008 by Buck Denton
Mammals are at risk from (1) anthropogenic activities such as slash-and-burn agriculture; (2) climate change; and (3) habitat degradation, loss, and fragmentation. Larger mammals, especially predators such as big cats and wolves in addition to migrat read more
To Save Animals, Replant Forests
Kitty Mowmow's Animal Expo | October 6th 2008 by MJ Schindler
How to plant a forest from Chronicle Project on Vimeo. Everything on earth, living and non-living, affects everything else on earth, even in distant, infinitesimally small ways. The deforestation shown in this video provides a sad illustration of th read more
25% of Mammals in Danger of Extinction
Animal Fact Guide's Wildlife Blog | October 6th 2008 by Abi
The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), an environmental network of government agencies, non-government organizations, and volunteer scientists, released their latest findings on the status of the world’s mammals. Their read more
Dow Jones Average for Endangered Animals
Zooillogix - Don't Stick Your Fingers in the Cage | October 6th 2008 by Andrew Bleiman
Scientists in England working with an international conservation group have compiled a sample list which will be used much like the Dow Jones Industrial Average to track the overall status of endangered and threatened species in the world. Andrew a read more
A Quarter of Mammals at Risk of Extinction
Views from the Emerald Isle | October 6th 2008 by The Emerald Islander
At least a quarter of the world's mammal species are at risk of extinction, according to a first assessment of their status for a decade.The Red List of Threatened Species says populations of more than half of mammalian species are falling, with Asia read more
More Mammals Move Closer to Extinction
Net News Publisher | October 6th 2008 by Terry
Marine mammals, such as the Narwhal and Irawaddy dolphin, and land mammals, such as tree kangaroos were confirmed to be closer to extinction by IUCN’s updated Red List of Threatened Species. The Red List ranks species according to their population read more
1 in 4 Mammals Could Go Extinct in the Near Future
Science Says | October 6th 2008 by Jeff
What does an extinct species looks like? Look no further: the Pere David’s Deer is officially extinct in the wild. Additionally, the World Conservation Union (IUCN) announced at their annual meeting in Spain today that 1 in 4 mammals in the wor read more
New Amradillo for Louisville Zoo
Susan's Zoo | October 6th 2008 by Susan B. Evans
The Louisville Zoo has a new three-banded armadillo named Primo. The 1-year-old male recently arrived from the Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago. Primo, who lives in the MetaZoo Education Center, is the Louisville Zoo's first three-banded armadillo.There a read more
Exxon-led project faces Russian lawsuit over endangered whales
Marine animal news | October 5th 2008 by prakash kumar
Russian environmental groups launched Friday legal action against an oil and gas project led by US energy giant Exxon for threatening critically endangered whales in Russia's far east. The Russian... Extensive site includes news of various topics li read more
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