The Westerner (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
It was historic, to say the least, that Montana just completed the first regulated wolf hunt in the lower 48 states this week. Montana’s Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks deserves kudos for managing the hunt to a tee, closely monitoring it with a reporting system that ensured that the statewide quota of 75 wolves would not be exceeded. To be sure, many believe more wolves could have been...
Computer Nerds Blog (Free subscription) | 13 hours ago
pdclarry writes "A recent study by scientists at the American Museum of Natural History and Columbia University found that a piece of tuna sushi may not be tuna at all: 'A piece of tuna sushi has the potential to be an endangered species, a fraud or a health hazard,' wrote the authors. 'All three of these cases were uncovered in this study.' The study, published in PLoS ONE examined 68 samples...
Progressive Values (Free subscription) | yesterday
Only a few days ago NBC had announced that TRAUMA was being canceled by the network. But NBC decided to let the program continue to air until the purchased episodes had run out.Then something magic happened. TRAUMA began to find an audience and pick up in ratings over the endangered HEROES series. Now, in the greatest death to life resurrection since Lazarus himself, NBC has uncanceled TRAUMA and ordered...
Cool Science News (Free subscription) | yesterday
Giant Atlantic bluefin tuna from Prince Edward Island, Canada. Credit: Jay R. Rooker From Live Science: That tuna in your sushi might be an endangered species, a new study finds. Some genetic detective work by scientists has shown that bluefin tuna, an endangered fish, regularly gets put on the plates of sushi eaters in New York and Colorado. "When you eat sushi, you can unknowingly get a critically...
Big Cat News (Free subscription) | yesterday
Some 100 cubs expected in world's largest Siberian tiger breeding base in 2010 http://www.chinaview.cn/ 2009-11-22 21:56:10 Information About Tiger Farming and Tiger Trade: http://www.endtigertrade.org/ http://www.savethetigerfund.org/Content/NavigationMenu2/TakeAction/SupportaCampaign/PreviousCampaigns/CampaignAgainstTigerTrafficking/FactsandFallacies/default.htm http://www.bigcatrescue.org/video/b42008/chinatigerfarm.htm...
India eNews (Free subscription) | yesterday
A Gangetic dolphin, an endangered species, was killed by poachers on the banks of the river here, an official said Sunday.
Female of the Species (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
This is appalling, disgusting, abhorrent and any other word you can think of to describe something as grotesque as this. According to a news item on Ananova , a clip has been posted on You Tube of a part-fried fish being eaten alive in a restaurant. The poor creature is seen to be breathing and wriggling on a plate – this Chinese so-called delicacy involves the body of the carp being cooked while...
Japan Times (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
Tanzania and Zambia have proposed they be allowed to sell ivory from African elephants, which is prohibited under the Washington Convention, in a one-off deal to Japan and China, sources said Saturday. While the proposal will be discussed at the conference of the parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora next March, the argument will be heated as...
Big Cat News (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
Berens was attacked last year by cheetahs she purchased for $40,000 ( http://www.palmbeachpost.com/localnews/content/west/epaper/2008/04/05/m1a_cheetah_0406.html ). Horsewoman focuses on passion for big cats By By Amy Bower Doucette Posted: 10:50 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009 Judy Berens lives on several acres amid the sprawling equestrian estates of Wellington. Although she is an accomplished rider,...
Big Cat News (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
By Craig Pittman, Times staff writer In Print: Saturday, November 21, 2009 The location was odd enough. An anonymous caller reported seeing a dead Florida panther by the side of the Florida Turnpike near Yeehaw Junction. That's more than 150 miles north of where most panthers live. When Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission staffers checked out the tip Thursday afternoon, they discovered...
Mike Tidmus : Blog (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
Jeff Corwin with an orangutan on Maddow (video: The Rachel Maddow Show) aaaaaaahhhhhhh … Jeff Corwin’s two-hour documentary on saving endangered species, Future Earth: 100 Heartbeats, airs on Sunday night. Learn more at MSNBC and check your local listings. Here’s a taste: Future Earth: 100 Heartbeats hosted by Jeff Corwin (video: MSNBC)
Diary of a Demon (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
From the journal of Harold the Fearless Ha! Felicia tried to pinch the roast chicken but I whipped it away before she had the chance. Happily I still had the thermos of tea but when I tried it there was no sugar in. I spat out the mouthful and concentrated on the chicken instead. Felicia had found an egg. Good luck to her trying to cook that with a just a jumper. She ran off back to the portal, probably...
New York Times (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
The United States should stick to its guns and list the bluefin tuna as an endangered species to protect it from being fished into extinction.
Desdemona Despair (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
SAN FRANCISCO, California, November 19, 2009 (ENS) - National Park Service officials in California are about to decide how to kill non-native trout to save critically endangered native yellow-legged frogs. How to eradicate the trout has generated a controversy among environmental groups. The nonprofit organization Save The Frogs, based in Virginia, is urging the National Park Service to quickly remove...
43(B)log (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
Sushi fraud: Apparently, if you don't walk around fingerprinting the DNA of your fish--the database is, hilariously, FISH-BOL--you run the risk of ordering tuna and instead receiving escolar, "a nasty fish with buttery flesh that can cause bizarre episodes of diarrhea, accompanied by a waxy intestinal discharge," or an endangered species of tuna. "[R]esearchers from Columbia University...
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