Scott | January 26, 2009

Tweet Five months before the passage of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act in 1918, an article was published in the NY Times proclaiming that our Nation’s gamebirds were under threat of extinction.  Interestingly enough the article contained a quote by Dr. E.W. Nelson, Chief of the U.S. Bureau of Biological Survey, that has transcended North [...]

Category: Migratory Birds | 2 Comments »
Tags: birds, habitat loss, light pollution, Migratory Birds, pollution

Scott | January 18, 2009

Tweet I’m not sure the latest wayward marine mammal has made the national headlines, but in and around the greater San Francisco Bay Area a bottlenose dolphin 90 miles from sea has caught the attention of Californians. Similar incidents happen every so often and within the last year and a half have included a couple [...]

Category: Endangered species, Marine life, Whales | No Comments »
Tags: dolphins, marine mammals, Navy, noise, noise pollution, Oceans, sea lions, shipping, sonar, strandings, Whales

Scott | January 10, 2009

Tweet Who you gonna call? Raccoons! Well, that’s what a new study in Biological Conservation is suggesting in regards to threatened loggerhead turtles. Conservation plans typically call for raccoon management tactics as they are notorious sea turtle egg harvesters. At face value it makes sense to control sea turtle egg predation by keeping such nest [...]

Category: Biodiversity, Endangered species, Sea turtles, Wildlife, Wildlife management | 2 Comments »
Tags: Biodiversity, conservation, Endangered species, food web, ghost crabs, loggerhead sea turtle, raccoon, Sea turtles, turtle eggs, Wildlife management

Scott | January 1, 2009

Tweet Overfishing is rearing its ugly head once again and I am quite certain the repercussions of depleting our world’s fish stocks will continue to directly (and indirectly) strangle a multitude of species. Taking center stage are 7 tuxedo-clad species threatened by commercial fisheries, increased competition for prey, habitat loss and degradation, disease, predation, and [...]

Category: Climate change, Overfishing, Wildlife | No Comments »
Tags: Climate change, Endangered species, habitat loss, Overfishing, Penguin