endangered species
“If ya gotta jimmy hat go ahead and….” save the coquí guajón rock frog? Well that’s not what Willie D of the Geto Boys said, but the Center for Biological Diversity has different plans than him. Their plans includes giving out a 100,000 Endangered Species Condoms in 2011 after dispensing… Read the rest
When an 11-year-old girl saved a baby woodpecker from becoming a cat’s prey on the lawn of her father’s house, she had no idea what the consequences of her actions would be. The girl, Skylar Capo (who aspires to be a vet when she grows up), placed the bird in… Read the rest
Snake River salmon travel 900 mils and climb 7,000 miles in elevation to reach their spawning grounds–a journey that’s worth protecting. Unfortunately, the federal government has neglected to take the necessary steps to protect these fish, which makes their journey not only one of epic proportions, but one of epic… Read the rest
The Federal Government is currently considering whether or not to place walruses on the endangered species list–a process that will take about a year. What scientists and government officials can tell right now is: the natural habitat of walruses–sea ice–is melting in certain areas, like in northwest Alaska, where tens… Read the rest
Basking sharks are something of a modern wonder. Reaching lengths of up to 40 feet, they are among the world’s largest animals, yet they possess teeth smaller than a single grain of rice, and consume their meals by way of filter feeding, in the same way a manta ray gets… Read the rest
When President Obama took office, he rightly stated that in a speech before the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service “For more than three decades, the Endangered Species Act has successfully protected our nation’s most threatened wildlife, and we should be looking for ways to improve it — not weaken it.”… Read the rest
As it turns out, so-called man eating great white sharks are less of a threat to humans as we are to them. A new study shows that there are fewer than 3,500 left in the world’s oceans, making them rarer than tigers.
Mike Rutzen, a former fisherman, who now owns… Read the rest
In early March, talks will be held in Florida that may define the future of Japanese whaling. While commercial whaling has been banned for nearly a quarter of a century, the Japanese have — for years — successfully cashed in on the “scientific purposes” loophole. Since the worldwide moratorium in… Read the rest
The Center for Biological Diversity doesn’t usually handle family planning services — for humans, that is. But the organization has taken matters into its own hands with the Endangered Species Condom Project, a campaign to distribute free condoms across the nation to raise awareness about the negative environmental impacts of… Read the rest
In the last 6 months, tens of thousands of people across the country, nearly 100 members of Congress, three former Northwest governors, hundreds of local and national businesses (including Wend Magazine), thousands of scientists from around the country have called on the Obama administration to end 20 years of legal… Read the rest
