— impressively, the real-life food web was the most resilient possible combination of the species alive at the time. in other words, nature’s instruction manual built the most stable systems. read article : who dies and who survives during a mass extinction?
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Academic and news articles regarding endangered species and habitats.
NEW CONSERVATION
— by the end of the century, according to projections, as many as 10 billion humans will be competing with other species for available space. and changes in climate are already forcing species to move into new terrains, migrations that will increase in the future read article : a shifting approach to saving endangered species
THRIVING PEREGRINES
— birds that migrate at night make different sounds and give different calls while flying in the dark, than they do in the day. read article : peregrine falcon population sees record growth more : falcons in migrating season over the cape and islands
THEY SAY STATES SHOULD RUN PROTECTION PROGRAMS FOR RARE ANIMALS INSTEAD
— the federal government and animal rights groups contend that the ruling was a radical departure from previous court decisions, and it could weaken protections for animals all over the country because most animals listed as endangered species are only found in a single state
KEEPING IT OFF THE LIST
— “you can do a lot more working independently keeping it off the list, being proactive rather than reactive,” she said. “but this doesn’t mean we stop working for them. the bunny is the poster child for all the other animals that need those types of landscapes.” read article : new england cottontail stays off endangered species list
WE’LL BE LUCKY
— the smelt’s decline has come to symbolize both california’s history of dysfunctional water politics and the bay delta’s slow-motion ecological collapse. read article : swimming upstream: plight of delta smelt exposes flaws of the endangered species act
TO PERSIST OVER TIME
— populations with low genetic diversity may not be able to adapt to challenges such as changing environmental conditions, shrinking habitats or new diseases, which could put them at risk of disappearing read article : endangered animals can be identified by rate of genetic diversity loss
WHO’S NATIVE WHERE
— studies have documented negative effects of livestock grazing, the usfs rocky mountain experimental station found that 100 years of continual cattle grazing virtually halted the growth of new sycamores. because of their ecological impact, cattle generally are banned from riverside grazing. horses, however, are not managed, as a result, are a threat to the wildlife species on the riverbanks read article : salt river horses destroying endangered bird habitat, wildlife experts say
FROM FROZEN FERRET SEMEN
— partners working to save black-footed ferrets from extinction, and recover a healthy population back to the wild include lincoln park zoo, the smithsonian conservation biology institute (scbi), u.s. fish and wildlife service, louisville zoological garden, cheyenne mountain zoo, phoenix zoo and toronto zoo. read article : critically endangered species successfully reproduced using frozen sperm from ferret dead for 20 years
THIS IS WHOS PATAGONIA?
— many locals are wary of large-scale intervention by rich outsiders. nevertheless, the parque patagonia project has already achieved much. read article : the new face of patagonia more : parque patagonia
RETHINKING NATURAL HABITAT
— as much of their habitat has been converted into plantations, housing estates, highways and other human “development schemes, animals reclaim “a secondary nature” read article : GIS study reveals preferred habitat more : stanford researchers rethink natural habitat for wildlife
LOVED & IN PERIL
— the horn implant, called protect RAPID (Real-time Anti-Poaching Intelligence Device), incorporates a camera, GPS, and heart-rate monitor to help conservationists capture poachers largely responsible for the demise of these ancient animals. read article : can cameras embedded in rhino horns catch poachers?
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