— “conservation banks allow landowners and private citizens to work with the u.s. fish and wildlife service to protect endangered wildlife by streamlining the legal process and providing financial incentive”
art ecology science & animals
SOUNDS OF ENCHROACHMENT
The Lyrebird
RAREST FISH IN THE WORLD ONLY IN DEATH VALLEY
The majority of their range is in this photograph. “Since researchers started monitoring them in the early 1970s, sending scuba divers down into the 129-metre-deep cavern to manually count each individual, the population has decreased from 200 to just 68 to 35 fish in 2013.” Read the Scientific American Article.
MEAT & BONES
— the golden triangle special economic zone read article in INTERNATIONAL BUISNESS TIMES
HIS PIECES
BRYAN JAMES’ INTERACTIVE EXHIBITION : in pieces
WHY DID THE SALAMANDER CROSS THE ROAD?
—”The City of Kitchener has closed part of Stauffer Drive so that a colony of salamanders can cross safely from one side of the street to the other.” read article: here short video of them: here
INVOLUNTARY INGESTION
— “plastic enter marine creatures’ bodies by ingestion, but also via gills. this way, the plastic take six times longer to leave the body” read article : the impact of debris on marine life more : nature world news happier more : solar water wheel
PANGOLINS APPEAL
— “pangolins have become the most trafficked mammals in the world” read article : trust launches appeal to survive
MONARCH ZEST
— monarchs depend on the grace of weed for laying their eggs and for caterpillar nutrition read article : monarch butterfly population rejuvenated after record low more : new consortium launched to conserve monarchs
FOX RELAUNCH
— “conservation efforts will have to continue to help them and humans learn to live side-by-side” read article : catalina island foxes no longer endangered
NEW MONKEYS
— “based on morphological differences, scientists described the monkey as a new species, which they have named callicebus miltoni” read article : monkey species discovered in the amazon rainforest
MAPPING TORTOISES
— “listing the tortoise could reduce the availability of land and drive up costs. that’s where the initiative would step in and bring together the stakeholders” read article : desert tortoise’s potential placement on endangered species list could affect development map : turtles that eat bone, rocks and soil, and turtles that mine
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