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  • Sino-Russian border island opens to Chinese tourists Wednesday, July 20, 2011 @ 4:48AMOne hundred and fifty Chinese tourists landed on the Chinese part of Heixiazi Island, a Sino-Russian border island in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, on Wednesday morning.
  • More bear cubs die as ice retreats: Study Wednesday, July 20, 2011 @ 12:10AMPolar bear cubs forced to swim long distances with their mothers as their icy Arctic habitat melts appear to have a higher mortality rate. -Reuters
  • Tornado victims ask for help to shelter animals Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 11:12PMATOKA, OK-Three months after a tornado struck the town of Tushka, an Atoka family struggles to rebuild, not only their home, but also the sanctuary of dozens of animals.
  • Animal rights activists oppose rodeo in China Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 10:54PMA coalition of 68 animal rights groups calls for the cancellation of Rodeo China, a Sino-U.S. cultural exchange event. Animal rights activists in Beijing are directing their attention away from fur farms, dog meat and zoos toward a less likely target in China: a rodeo.
  • Charleston Apartment Building Fire; Occupants Out Safely Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 10:45PMAn apartment building was quickly cleared when a fire broke out Tuesday night.
  • Budget deal clears path to wolf hunting Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 9:38PMDNR could set season once animal leaves endangered list.
  • Wendy Keefover-Ring: The Ugly Cost of Killing Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 7:52PMMany of us are struggling financially, even while we watch Congress wrangle over deficit levels, tax cuts or increases and political ideology. Much is wrong...
  • Birds, animals disappearing as we keep building Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 7:28PMPat Call of Stratham recently wrote to me with her concerns about the lack of wood thrush and brown rabbits in the area. She wrote:
  • Marquesas Islands in French Polynesia yield 18 new species of rare ferns and flowering plants Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 8:59AMRecent botanical exploration efforts in the rugged Marquesas Islands (French Polynesia) have increased the known flora of the archipelago by an impressive 20%. Field research and collecting in conjunction with the Vascular Flora of the Marquesas Islands and Flore de la Polynesie française projects have yielded 62 new species of ferns and flowering plants bringing the total native species to 360 ...
  • Tortoise populations can withstand fires every 30 years Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 8:59AMPopulations of spur-thighed tortoises (Testudo graeca), a species classified as vulnerable and at risk of extinction, can withstand fires if outbreaks occur once every three decades or more. However, the youngest tortoises are more vulnerable, and disappear after each fire. These are the results of a study by Spanish researchers, who analysed the impact of a 2004 forest fire in the Sierra de la ...
  • Artivist Film Festival - Hollywood Edition Unveils 2011 Film Line-up Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 8:30AMLOS ANGELES -- The Artivist Film Festival, a unique showcase of films exploring socially active themes, has selected its 2011 features and short film line-up for the festival's eighth annual Hollywood edition, to be held August 18-20 at the historic Egyptian Theater on Hollywood Boulevard.
  • Scientist open UN supported conference on endangered species Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 6:58AMNew York, Jul 19 : Scientists from around the world gathered in Geneva on Monday for the opening of a meeting of the United Nations-backed international organization aimed at stopping trade in endangered species.
  • South Africa: Nation's Singita Scoops Top Travel Award Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 6:55AMSouth African hospitality group Singita Game Reserves is now firmly at the top of the industry after walking off with the honours in the 2011 US Travel + Leisure World's Best Awards readers' survey.
  • Cleanup aims to save 10,000 birds each year Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 6:44AMWork will begin on Midway Atoll next month to remove lead-based paint that dooms 10,000 Laysan albatross chicks each year to a heartbreaking and apparently painful death.
  • Polar bear cubs dying as climate change melts Arctic and forces them on long swims Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 4:17AMResearchers used satellites and tracked 68 polar bear females equipped with GPS collars over six years, from 2004 until 2009.
  • Whitebark pines’ decline ‘rapid’ - Tue, 19 Jul 2011 PST Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 2:26AMRavaged by an introduced pest and facing threats from climate change, stands of whitebark pines are disappearing rapidly from the West’s high-elevation forests. The gnarly looking pines, whose fat-laden seeds are an important grizzly food, could be extinct within 120 years, U.S. Fish and Wildlife officials said Monday. While the trees are worthy of federal protection, officials said whitebark ...
  • Family Ecotourism Epicenter, Greenloons.com, Expands Costa Rica Offerings to Include Luna Lodge Eco-Vacations Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 2:19AMLocated in Costa Rica’s Lush Osa Peninsula, Luna Lodge Provides Guests with Unforgettable Family Eco-Vacation Experiences. (PRWeb July 19, 2011) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2011/7/prweb8646454.htm
  • Study shows small-scale fisheries' impact on marine life Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 1:59AMSmall-scale fisheries could pose a more serious threat to marine life than previously thought. Research led by the University of Exeter, published today (19 July) in the British Ecological Society's Journal of Applied Ecology, shows that tens of thousands of turtles from across the Pacific are being captured through the activities of small-scale fisheries.
  • Birdbooker Report 179 #books Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 12:38AMCompiled by an ardent bibliophile, this is a weekly report about all those wonderful nature, science and history books that are hot-off-the-presses in North America and the UK Books to the ceiling, Books to the sky, My pile of books is a mile high. How I love them! How I need them! I'll have a long beard by the time I read them. ~ Arnold Lobel [1933-1987] author of many popular children's books ...
  • Town park progressing Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 11:52PMThe 108 acres of land to build the Cambria Town Park off of Upper Mountain Road was purchased in 1999 as a place for youth recreation leagues to play and for residents to enjoy. Twelve years later, the park is moving along slowly — but surely — as the town hopes to have half of the park completed in the next three or four years, said George J. Bush, Town of Cambria Councilman, and Chairman of ...
  • Grand Cayman blue iguana: Back from the brink of extinction Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 11:37PMWhile thousands of species are threatened with extinction around the globe, efforts to save the Grand Cayman blue iguana represent a rarity in conservation: a chance for complete recovery, according to health experts from the Wildlife Conservation Society's Bronx Zoo and other members of the Blue Iguana Recovery Program.
  • Highest numbers of critically rare gibbon discovered in Vietnam Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 10:56PMHanoi - The largest population of a critically endangered gibbon species has been discovered in Vietnam, a conservation group said Tuesday.
  • Pine tree found threatened by climate change Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 9:02PMWASHINGTON - The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service determined Monday that whitebark pine, a tree found atop mountains across the American West, faces an "imminent" risk of extinction because of factors including climate change.
  • More polar bear cubs die as Arctic ice melts Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 8:55PMWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Polar bear cubs forced to swim long distances with their mothers as their icy Arctic habitat melts appear to have a higher mortality rate than cubs that didn't have to swim as far, a new study reports.
  • Largest population of rare gibbon found Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 6:16PMConservationists listening to a critically endangered primate's morning calls in central Vietnam's mountains heard a surprising response.
  • Wolf poaching case to trial in September Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 4:55PMSPOKANE — Members of a Methow Valley ranch family accused of poaching protected wolves and smuggling their hides out of the country pleaded not guilty, and face federal trial in September.
  • Vancouver: City of glass Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 3:19PMWIND turbines create a lot of controversy in New Zealand but, whether you consider them to be an eyesore or green, it's pretty awesome to be on top of one.
  • Grand Cayman Blue Iguana: Back from the Brink of Extinction Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 2:59PMEfforts to save the Grand Cayman blue iguana represent a rarity in conservation: a chance for complete recovery, according to health experts from WCS and other members of the Blue Iguana Recovery Program.
  • More polar bear cubs die as Arctic ice melts - study Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 2:48PMWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Polar bear cubs forced to swim long distances with their mothers as their icy Arctic habitat melts appear to have a higher mortality rate than cubs that didn't have to swim as far, a new study reports.
  • Pining for Protection: Feds Agree Widespread Tree Species Likely to Go Extinct Because of Climate Change Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 1:58PMCHICAGO (July 18, 2011) – In response to a petition the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) the US Fish & Wildlife Service agreed that the whitebark pine, a wide-ranging species of tree found on mountain tops in much of western North America, faces an “imminent” risk of extinction brought on by climate change. The “warranted but precluded” decision acknowledges that climate change is ...
  • Candid Camera Study in Afghanistan Gives Hope for Snow Leopards | 80beats Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 1:40PMWhat’s the News: Sometimes, finding out you don’t know everything is a wonderful surprise. Videos captured by motion-sensitive cameras in remote Afghanistan show that there are more snow leopards out there than we thought. What’s the Context: The Wakhan Corridor in northeastern Afghanistan is on the border with China and is one of the few places in the world where snow leopards make their homes ...
  • A Park A Day: Griffith Park, Los Feliz Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 1:33PMJuly is National Parks & Recreation Month , and all month long LAist will be featuring a hand-selected park a day to showcase just a few of the wonderful recreation spaces--big or small--in the Los Angeles area. [ more › ]
  • Community of rare gibbons found in Vietnam Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 8:19AMThe lively morning calls of a rare species of gibbon has led to the discovery of the only known "viable" community of the talkative primates in remote Vietnamese forests, conservationists said Monday.
  • Largest population of rare gibbon found in Vietnam Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 7:53AMConservationists listening to a critically endangered primate's morning calls in central Vietnam's mountains heard a surprising response. About 455 animals were counted there based on their calls, making it the largest known population of northern white-cheeked crested gibbons.
  • Antelope Boost Brookfield Zoo Baby Boom Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 7:41AMThree endangered female addax antelope join a population of less than 300 antelopes in the world.
  • Nature Conservancy buying swamp on R.I., Conn. border Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 7:02AMPawcatuck Borderlands Project wants to preserve 89-acre Bell Cedar Swamp in North Stonington, described as one of 'most rugged, wild places you can go in Connecticut'
  • DELAWARE: Naturalists studying state's bats Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 5:39AMAlthough they're known as big brown bats, the little flying mammals studied Friday have bodies the size of chickadees. / GARY EMEIGH Holly Niederriter (left), the state's nongame and endangered species coordinator, and co-worker Erin Adams take a hair sample from one of the trapped bats Friday.
  • Hometownstations.com-WLIO- Lima, OH News Weather SportsLargest population of rare gibbon found in Vietnam Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 3:51AMHANOI, Vietnam (AP) - Conservationists say they have discovered the largest population of a critically endangered primate living in central Vietnam.
  • Rare gibbons found in Vietnam Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 2:41AMThe lively morning calls of a rare species of gibbon has led to the discovery of the only known "viable" community of the talkative primates in remote Vietnamese forests, conservationists said Monday.
  • Stop wildlife crimes Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 9:53PMKL: Animal trafficking Monday, July 18th, 2011 10:34:00 I REFER to the smuggling of exotic species of turtles, chameleons and snakes at KL International Airport allegedly by a Madagascan woman who was detained for eight months and later deported back to her country. Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) learnt that before her deportation, she had lodged an official report disclosing details of the ...
  • South African scientists to track penguins Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 5:16PMSouth African scientists are fitting young penguins raised by humans with satellite transmitters so they can track them once released into the wild, hoping to gather information that might one day lead to new breeding colonies of the endangered birds.
  • Conservancy to buy swamp in North Stonington Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 9:08AMNORTH STONINGTON, Conn. (AP) — From the spongy sphagnum moss carpeting the squishy, acidic soil, to the 15-foot-tall rhododendrons bursting with white blooms, to the ramrod-straight Atlantic white cedars seeming to touch the sky, the world of Bell Cedar Swamp feels like a place apart.
  • Elusive Snow Leopards Discovered In Remote Corner Of Afghanistan Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 7:33AMA "surprisingly healthy" population of rare snow leopards has been discovered in the remote northeastern stretches of Afghanistan, one of the few areas largely unaffected by the near decade-long war in the country. ...
  • Sir David Attenborough says only wildlife most people see today are rats and pigeons Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 7:13AMCity-dwellers are now so "divorced from nature" the only wild animals they are likely to see is a rat or a pigeon, according to Sir David Attenborough.
  • Decline of predators throws food chains out of whack Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 5:07AMThe decline of large predators — such as big cats, wolves, sharks and giant whales — may be "humankind's most pervasive influence on the natural world," causing prey animals to swell in population and throw food chains out of balance, a new report says.
  • ScienceBlog: Finding Good Information On The Internet Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 3:10AMIntellpuke: This scenceblog was written by Kevin McCluney and posted on Scientific American's website edition for Saturday, July 16, 2011. McCluney is a postdoctoral research associate in the School of Life Sciences at Arizona State University, also receiving his PhD in biology from this institution in 2010. McCluney conducts research on rivers and streamside animal communities and how water ...
  • Galleries: 'Facts and Fables' mixes sculpture with an outdoor stroll Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 2:47AMTake a hat, lather on the sunscreen, and lose the flip-flops - this year, the Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education has decided to make you hike to its annual summer outdoor sculpture exhibition. It's an unchallenging ramble along the center's Widener Trail, as it turns out, through lovely, sun-dappled woods, open meadows, and an unexpected pine grove, with birds and other wildlife your ...
  • Wolverine, other animals jump to top of endangered review list with agreement Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 11:30PMIn part because they're so good at evading biologists, Montana 's elusive wolverines nearly escaped a bureaucratic roundup - and a chance at earning federal Endangered Species Act protection.
  • The Jellyfish that Conquered Land -- and Australia Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 2:24PMMost people know jellyfish and their ilk — the cnidarians, of sea pen, anemone, coral, and man’o'war fame — live in water and (happily for us) stay pretty well confined to it. [More]
  • Noosa may be Coast's dumping ground Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 9:00AMAS landfills across the Sunshine Coast rapidly reach capacity, eyes are turning to pristine Noosa to become a "mega tip" for the entire region.