Articles in the Category: Endangered Species
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Animals, Biology, Endangered Species, Environment, SciClips on 01 20th, 2010 | No Comments
Make Room for the Mesopredators
The top predators in every animal niche are disappearing. Development and other forces are pushing these animals toward the brink of extinction.
New research shows that conservation efforts and a plan to return apex predators to the wild may be more cost-effective than trying to control the predators...
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Animals, Biology, Climate, Endangered Species, Global Warming, Oceanography, Physics and Chemistry, SciClips, Video, Weird Weather on 01 13th, 2010 | No Comments
Cold Snap Masks Global Warming for a Minute
Much of the country and for that matter the Northern Hemisphere has been locked in an icy weather pattern that sent records tumbling and even forced Florida produce growers to seal oranges and strawberries in ice to protect them from frigid temperatures.
Some scientists are saying this is yet another...
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Animals, Biology, Climate, Diseases, Endangered Species, Genetics, Health and Medicine, Podcast, Politics and Science, SciClips on 01 10th, 2010 | No Comments
The Growling Uncertainty of Science
One thing is for sure. Science doesn’t do certainty. No matter how close a researcher gets to complete certainty there is always room to know more. Therefore uncertainty is a scientific fact. And we need to get comfortable with it.
From taxonomic tussles over classifying the giant panda to more...
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Animals, Biology, Endangered Species, Featured Articles, Marine Science, SciClips, Video on 12 18th, 2009 | No Comments
Sea Turtle Flies to Miami
An injured hawksbill sea turtle flew First Class from the Caribbean island of Curacao to Miami on Tuesday. Little Anita rode in her own seat, next to marine biologist Alina Szmant.
The endangered turtle is now settling into her new home at the Hidden Harbor Marine Environmental Project’s “Turtle...
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Animals, Biology, Endangered Species, Environment, Featured Articles, Global Warming, SciClips, Video on 12 17th, 2009 | No Comments
Tree Kangaroos Fate Up in the Air
Matschie's Tree Kangaroo courtesy of Woodland Park Zoo
Climate negotiations over how to limit carbon dioxide emissions are heating up in Copenhagen. But one other important area negotiators are addressing — how to sequester existing CO2.
Climate sinks — like oceans, forests and permafrost...
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Adaptation and Extinction, Animals, Biology, Ecology, Endangered Species, Global Warming, New Species, SciClips on 10 23rd, 2009 | 1 Comment
Tiny Frog Now Big Hawaiian Pest
A little green frog is causing big problems across Hawaii, where the coqui has become the latest invasive species to get a strong foothold.
But Hawaii may be the only place experiencing a surging frog population. Around the world, frogs are dying in droves from a fungus called a chytrid.
What can we...
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Animals, Biology, Diseases, Endangered Species, Featured Articles, Video on 06 4th, 2009 | No Comments
One-on-One with Bat Man Tom Kunz
Bat expert and Boston University professor of biology Tom Kunz speaks with host Edgar B. Herwick III about his research trips around the globe, his encounter with the world’s largest bat, and why after forty-five years of studying these winged mammals he still wants to learn more.
Photo: Thermal...
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Animals, Biology, Endangered Species, Featured Articles, Marine Science, SciClips on 04 23rd, 2009 | No Comments
British Columbian Blues
It’s a whale of a tale. The gentle yet giant blue whales–the biggest mammal on Earth–has returned to the cool ocean off the coast of British Columbia for the first time in many decades.
Scientists believe they are following their primary food source–krill–and it may have...
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Adaptation and Extinction, Animals, Endangered Species, Environment, Global Warming, Video on 03 31st, 2009 | No Comments
Disney Launches Earth-friendly Studio, movie, Earth Day, April 22
Disney’s goal is going to plant one tree for every ticket sold. Disney will oversee the planting of the trees in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest, which is considered the most endangered rain forest in the world. Today, only 7 percent of the Atlantic Forest remains. Disney is committed to ensuring...
Posted by Michael Bradbury in 12 Days of Science, Animals, Biology, Endangered Species, SciClips, SciLebs, Video on 12 30th, 2008 | No Comments
In Search of Bears
Courtesy of Wildlife Media
Bear biologist Chris Morgan is one of the foremost experts on grizzly and other rare bears. He travels the world raising awareness about these feared and revered animals.
From the last remaining Cascade Grizzlies to the rare sun bear on the island of Borneo, Dr. Morgan is...
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Animals, Anthropology, Biology, Endangered Species, New Species, SciClips on 11 25th, 2008 | No Comments
Trailing Tarsiers
Pygmy Tarsier, Sept. 2008, courtesy of Sharon Gursky-Doyen, Texas A&M.
They look like the animated robots, called Furbys, from the 1990s. And, they could be mistaken for the fictional gremlins.
But pygmy tarsiers are real. And, much to the surprise of many scientists, they are not extinct.
They...
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Animals, Biology, Endangered Species, Video on 11 18th, 2008 | No Comments
Scientists Wait as Last Galapagos Turtle Eggs Develop
Hopes are fading that Lonesome George, a giant Galapagos tortoise, will become a father. George was thought to have managed to fertilize as many as 11 eggs. But now scientists say the eggs are in danger of not hatching.
Scientists Find More Gorillas in the Mist
Can there be more lurking in the mist? Despite a startling find that doubled the estimated number of western lowland gorillas in central Africa, scientists warned that hundreds of primate species remain in danger of extinction.
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Adaptation and Extinction, Animals, Climate, Endangered Species, Environment, Global Warming, SciClips on 07 14th, 2008 | No Comments
Penguin-o-Meter
Adelie Penguins, photo by Dee Boersma, courtesy of University of Washington
Are penguins the new canary in the coal mine when it comes to warning the world about global warming?
One conservation biologist at Unviersity of Washington says, Yes.
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Posted by Michael Bradbury in Animals, Biology, Diseases, Endangered Species, Health and Medicine, Video on 06 25th, 2008 | No Comments
Hearty Apes
Captive great apes are developing high blood pressure and heart problems, two distinct human diseases. In an effort to figure out why plant biologists have stumbled on a plant that could hold promise for both the apes and for humans.
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Animals, Biology, Endangered Species, SciClips on 06 17th, 2008 | No Comments
Panda Pandemonium
Woolong Nature Preserve Pandas, courtesy of Panda International
The 7.9 earthquake that rocked China last month has shaken the giant panda population, too.
It’s too early to tell the range of destruction but early estimates indicate widespread damage to the only wild panda habitat left.
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Posted by Michael Bradbury in Animals, Biology, Endangered Species, Marine Science, SciClips on 04 28th, 2008 | No Comments
Whale Listening Network Alerts Ships
North Atlantic Right Whale breaching, courtesy of NOAA
Collisions with ships are becoming a significant danger for the rare North Atlantic Right Whale.
Oil and natural gas tankers have been running over the whales, which are already severely threatened. Now a new acoustic warning system aims to give...
Colony Collapse Disorder is Decimating Bee Populations
Last year 27 billion bees disappeared. That’s 36 percent of the total U.S. bee population. the mysterious Colony Collapse Disorder has scientists puzzled and beekeepers scrambling. Only a few states are left unaffected by this situation. California has been hit the hardest and its $2 billion almond...
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Adaptation and Extinction, Endangered Species, Global Warming, Podcast, SciClips on 02 8th, 2008 | No Comments
Pacific Walrus on the Brink
courtesy of US Fish and Wildlife Service
First the polar bears and now the Pacific Walrus are being squeezed off the melting ice and onto the brink of extinction. Could listing the walrus under the Endangered Species Act save the tusked mammal or is global warming making it too hot for the walrus to...
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Adaptation and Extinction, Endangered Species, Politics and Science, Video on 09 24th, 2007 | No Comments
Threatened Species List Published
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Adaptation and Extinction, Endangered Species, Podcast, SciClips on 07 19th, 2007 | No Comments
Butterfly Back
photo by: Larry Orsak
For the blue butterfly in Southern California, all is not lost. The species that only months ago was near extinction is making a come back.
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Posted by Michael Bradbury in Bioethics, Biology, Diseases, Endangered Species, Global Warming, Podcast, SciClips on 06 29th, 2007 | 2 Comments
Bad Buzz
What’s killing all the honey bees? No one knows for sure. But a lot of different people are pointing at more than one culprit. Colony Collapse Disorder is the newly-minted term for bees abandoning their hives when they go out to pollinate fruit and vegetable crops . Even the Secretary of Agriculture...
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Animals, Endangered Species, New Inventions, Podcast, SciClips on 05 2nd, 2007 | No Comments
Elephant Detector
TrailGuard
Picture elephants walking past invisible metal detectors–much like herds of people at airports. Instead of rushing off to their flights, these pachyderms are merely roaming their favorite trails. The invisible TrailGuard is designed to help protect endangered species from poachers....
