In the Bahamas, citizens can virtually harvest as many mature conch as they wish. And, in actual practice, since juvenile conch have nearly as much meat as fully mature breeding-age…
Category: Endangered Species
Kill Them to Save Them
“The puppies of a wolf that has mated with a domestic dog must be tracked down and shot, Bavarian authorities said.”
Emperor Penguins Join Polar Bears on ESA List of Threatened Species Based on Flawed Climate Models
Though emperor penguins are not found naturally in the U.S., the endangered species protections will help increase funding for conservation efforts.
No, the Puffin is not a Bellwether of Climate Change
“There are real red flags — warning signs — right now for these puffins. They’re the proverbial canary in the coal mines for our oceans.”
Extinction’s Yo-Yo – The Ivory-billed Woodpecker
“The history of decline of the Ivory-billed Woodpecker is long, complex, and controversial. The last widely accepted sighting of this species in continental North America was 1944. “
The Problem with Preble’s
By Mike Dubrasich Once upon a time there was a taxonomy war waged between two armed camps: the Lumpers and the Splitters. That war is history now, long over. The…
Save the Whales… Or Save the Planet?
Guest “Did the whales do this on porpoise?” by David Middleton Vineyard Wind Harpooned By New Federal Lawsuit By Robert BryceDecember 27, 2021 Despite more than a decade of hype and…
USA finally updates Endangered Species Act after 45 years & the decision is final
Reposted from Dr. Susan Crockford’s Polar Bear Science Posted on August 12, 2019 | Comments Off on USA finally updates Endangered Species Act after 45 years & the decision is…
Not Threatened By Climate Change: Galápagos Islands
Guest Essay by Kip Hansen Rightfully famous for its strangely different flora and fauna, the products of ages of isolation from the mainland of South America and the maybe…
New machine learning method predicts additions to global list of threatened plant species
From Eurekalert Public Release: 3-Dec-2018 Researchers created and trained a machine learning algorithm to assign risk probabilities to 150,000 plant species worldwide University of Maryland The International Union for Conservation…
Best Extinction Prevention Plan? Quit Killing Them
An example of Killing to Extinction is the near-miss demise of the Northern elephant seal of California. If you haven’t seen a male elephant seal the wild, you have really…