— “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
art ecology science & animals
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Academic and news articles regarding endangered species and habitats.
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/
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
CROSS-SPECIES COHABITATION
— is this a interesting starting point for new forms of animal-human architecture? http://www.updatednews.ca/2014/07/01/berlins-squirrels-get-bridge-of-their-own/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCJ0qvIW5Mc
NATIVENESS
— “a petition to the u.s. fish and wildlife service are focusing on genetics and research they say prove the horses are a native species. — “the nevada cattlemen’s association and the public lands council are among those arguing the petition is invalid because the horses aren’t native to north america” http://elkodaily.com/news/advocates-say-wild-horse-is-endangered-species/article_82477a8a-ffb0-11e3-a1e5-0019bb2963f4.html
IMPRESSIVE COMEBACK
— “one reason we’re able to change their status is that the risk has been reduced because their numbers are more spread out,” said billy brooks, the fish and wildlife biologist in charge of the wood stork recovery program. “they have improved their productivity by expanding their breeding range.” http://www.cbsnews.com/news/american-wood-stork-taken-off-endangered-list/
FORMER SPECIAL OPERATIONS SNIPER NOW PROTECTING ENDANGERED RHINOS
“The greatest threat to Africa wildlife I believe is human encroachment into wilderness areas. The United Nations Population Division projects Africa’s number of human inhabitants will double to 2 billion by 2040. I have little confidence that we can mobilise the hearts and minds of a continent, with a common mindset of immediacy, that the long-term preservation of wildlife, is more beneficial than food on the table tonight. Couple this with a common lack of sufficient political will to save wildlife and we have a recipe for extreme challenge. This problem is not isolated to Africa though, which I think we all understand.”…
NESTING HOUSES
— “hong kong and the united states are the largest importers of nests. farming of nests is performed in purpose-built structures with recordings of bird calls played on the roof to attract the swiftlets” http://www.insideindonesia.org/current-edition/bird-s-nest-boom http://www.academia.edu/3069371/The_status_and_conservation_of_the_Edible-nest_Swiftlet_Collocalia_fuciphaga_in_the_Andaman_and_Nicobar_Islands
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