— “the listing of twenty species at once makes this the largest endangered species act ruling ever” read article: number of threatened coral species
art ecology science & animals
From August, 2014
DIVERSE MILITARY LANDSCAPES
— “u.s. army’s largest live-fire range in europe creates environments for donor populations of species, which are fighting for survival in civil cultivated landscapes”
GRACEFUL INDICATOR OF ECOLOGICAL CONDITIONS
IGNITED DEBATE
— “this is not a question of whether we can have industry or not,” rutledge said. “the mineral is being retrieved and the bird is being protected” http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/215814-vanishing-bird-ignites-debate-over-endangered-species-rules http://www.durangoherald.com/article/20140824/NEWS01/140829739/State’s-sage-grouse-protections-questioned-
MONKEYFLOWER
— “the monkeyflower grows in sandy areas at low elevations close to the coast in a region in western santa barbara county known as burton mesa, which lies between the purisima hills and the santa ynez river. the biggest threat to the monkeyflower is competition from invasive plants. it is also threatened by military activities, residential and commercial development, fire and climate change” http://enewspf.com/latest-news/science/science-a-environmental/54978-santa-barbara-wildflower-gains-endangered-species-act-protection.html http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/news/press_releases/2014/vandenberg-monkeyflower-08-25-2014.html
ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION
— this is “the first time that the correlation between reproductive failures and compounds migrating from plastic materials [has been] studied and demonstrated,” says nerín, whose team published last month in the journal scientific reports http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/06/140605-pigs-plastic-sperm-endocrine-disruptor-infertility-science/
BIOSPHERE TOURS #2
— “tours in a human experiment: biosphere 2, 32540 s. biosphere road, oracle, AZ directions: from tucson, take oracle road (highway 77) for about 30 miles and turn right at the sign. hours: 9 a.m.-4 p.m. daily”
ON THE DUNES OF SAND CITY
— “this 1.34-million-square-foot, mixed-use project on the dunes of sand city and the tiny western snowy plover” http://www.montereycountyweekly.com/news/local_news/sand-city-eco-resort-poised-for-construction-in-western-snowy/article_cbd0cc58-2330-11e4-8e04-001a4bcf6878.html
PROTECT PRAIRIE DOGS TO SAVE OWLS
— “the owl’s diet has a lot of variety. it will dine on deer mice, crickets, kangaroo rats, centipedes, june bugs and lizards. in turn the owl’s petite size makes it a popular morsel for predators such as coyotes, hawks, reptiles and house cats” http://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/health_and_science/prairie-dog-removal-partly-to-blame-for-city-s-decline/article_17ab9709-4fb6-5388-92c9-2faf67d617c7.html
HATCHLINGS
– “webcams is part of ongoing efforts in the florida keys to raise awareness of sea turtles and the need to protect them. a female typically lays about 100 eggs and covers them with sand before returning to the water, leaving the nest alone”
NEW HOPE
– “mr. herzog captured their calls with a microphone attached to the car’s roof and plugged into a laptop inside. the computer’s speakers soon erupted with birdlike chirps as the bats unleashed echolocation calls to navigate in the air” http://online.wsj.com/articles/hopeful-sign-for-little-brown-bats-1404786289
THIS DEFAUNATION
– “human population has doubled in the past 35 years; in the same period, the number of invertebrate animals – such as beetles, butterflies, spiders and worms – has decreased by 45 percent” http://news.stanford.edu/pr/2014/pr-sixth-mass-extinction-072414.html
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