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Year 2009

 

Rate Video: Bald Eagles are making a comeback in New JerseyVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at YouTube external link    Thu, May 28

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By rss@youtube.com (tvjersey) Author: tvjersey Keywords: tvjersey star ledger new jersey nj bald eagle eaglet endangered species protection cumberland county comeback baby fish wildlife threatened Added: May 28, 2009

Rate Video: Cute baby spotted deer at Newquay ZooVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at YouTube external link    Wed, Mar 4

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By rss@youtube.com (Nzoocornwall) A new endangered species has arrived at Newquay Zoo in Cornwall,... Author: Nzoocornwall Keywords: cute baby deer philippine spotted newquay zoo cornwall wildlife conservation endangered animals bambi Added: March 4, 2009

Rate Video: Happy Thanksgiving Collaboration - Please Watch and SupportVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at YouTube external link    Thu, Nov 27

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By rss@youtube.com (Chilldogg) One in four mammals are at risk for extinction. This Thanksgiving we give thanks for the animals and all of the hard working people who have dedicated their lives to saving endangered species. Last October we traveled to the Wildlife Conservation Expo in San Francisco to interview Rebecca...

Rate Video: Endangered species part 2Video included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at YouTube external link    Sat, Nov 22

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By rss@youtube.com (crebsC) Author: crebsC Keywords: endangered species animal human nature environment wildlife activism passion extinct biology ecology extinction evolution Added: November 22, 2008

Rate Video: Part 3 Whale Shark Gypsy of the DeepVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at YouTube external link    Wed, Nov 19

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By rss@youtube.com (StorytellerMedia) Author: StorytellerMedia Keywords: shark whale-shark fish ocean sea endangered Exmouth Philippines Taiwan Seychelles giant Australia animals wildlife nature environment conservation bio-diversity Added: November 19, 2008

Rate Video: Distinguished field biologist George B. Schaller rVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at Grouper external link    Wed, May 14

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Stories

October of 2009

 

Rate Discordant decisions: A protected habitat is proposed for endangered polar bears, while oil drilling is approved nearby

Original at Scientific American external link    Fri, Oct 23

The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (FWS) has proposed designating some 200,000 square miles of lands and waters along the north coast of Alaska as "critical habitat" for endangered polar bears ( Ursus maritimus ). In May 2008 the bears received limited protected status as a " threatened s...

Rate VIDEO: Zoologist and wildlife photographer Mark Carwardine “assaulted” by critically endangered kakapo parrot

Original at The Conservation Report external link    Sat, Oct 3

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By Buck Denton Posted in Animals, Biology, Comedy, Conservation, Environment, Nature, People, Science, Video, Wilderness Tagged: Aves, Bird, Birds, Critically Endangered Species, Endangered Species, Flightless Parrot, Kakapo, Mark Carwardine, Parrot, Recommended YouTube, Shagalicious...

Rate Anthony Marr, Champion of the Bengal Tiger - pt. 2 of 2

Original at vids.myspace.com external link    Thu, Oct 1

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featuring selected wildlife preservationists who devote their lives to saving endangered species from extinction. It is aired on Discovery Channel ... vids.myspace.com

September of 2009

 

Rate animals | וידאו יהודים נט | סרטים כשרים | שיעורי...Video included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at video.yehudim.net external link    Mon, Sep 28

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some of the top 100 animals on the endangered species list, all thanks to mankin... endangered,wwf,earth,animals,whale,panda,wildlife,top ... video.yehudim.net

Rate Dave Salmoni interview; Lion VS Tiger = Lion WinsVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at video.tiscali.it external link    Fri, Sep 18

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with wildlife in Africa, and his research has encouraged breeding programs for endangered species in zoos around the world. He specializes in ... video.tiscali.it

Rate Sheikh goes from collector to conservationist in effort to save the world's rarest parrot

Original at Mongabay.com external link    Wed, Sep 9

By Rhett Butler Al Wabra Wildlife Preservation (AWWP) is a private conservation and endangered species breeding-center located in the Arabian gulf State of Qatar. Founded by Sheikh Saoud Bin Mohammed Bin Ali Al-Thani, the facility focuses on work with threatened antelope and bird species. Although A...

Year 2009

 

Rate Put Bald Eagle on the Endangered Species List

Original at Environment and Wildlife petitions external link    Thu, Aug 20

Please sign this petition of Americans urging the U. S. Fish & Wildlife Service to place the Bald Eagle back on the Endangered Species List. You can find out more about Eagle Nature Foundation's efforts to save American Bald Eagle habitat at www.eaglenature.com

Rate Endangered species returned to Wayne National Forest

Original at Ironton Tribune external link    Thu, Jun 11

Funding came from the Ohio Division of Wildlife through donations to the Wildlife Diversity and Endangered Species Program. This program receives donations ... and more »

Rate EPA testing sediment for pesticides

Original at Fremont News Messenger external link    Wed, Jun 10

DDT was a major factor in putting the bald eagle on the endangered species list and caused other environmental problems, wildlife officials have said. ... and more »

Rate Former Texas head of Fish and Wildlife nominated to top post

Original at Austin American-Statesman external link    Wed, Jun 10

 TX He was the on-the-ground-man during the pitched battles between environmentalists and ranchers over how to treat the habitat of the golden-cheeked warbler, which was declared an endangered species during the presidency of George HW Bush. ...

Rate Little Conservation Area a big deal

Original at wickedlocal.com external link    Tue, Jun 9

  USA Samantha Woods, executive director of the North and South Rivers Watershed Association, said the parcel was important since it is designated as priority habitat for rare and endangered species by Massachusetts Fisheries and Wildlife. ...

Rate Documentary on Endangered Bluefin Tuna Reels in Sushi Joints ...

Original at Discover Magazine external link    Tue, Jun 9

BBC News  NY From pandas to polar bears, animals have served as icons for wildlife conservation. Now a new documentary called The End of the Line has helped the bluefin tuna, an endangered species, swim into the limelight by highlighting the overfishing common in ...

Rate Judge Requires Increased Protections for Endangered Species on ... - Center for Biological Diversity

Original at biologicaldiversity.org external link    Tue, Jun 9

LOS ANGELES— Monday a federal judge ruled that the US Fish and Wildlife Service and National Marine Fisheries Service violated the Endangered Species Act in preparing the biological opinions for the four Southern California forest plans. ...

Rate Large mammal migrations are disappearing

Original at MSNBC external link    Mon, Jun 8

He is now at the US Fish and Wildlife Service in Albuquerque, NM The report was published in the April edition of the journal Endangered Species Research. Large mammals such as the wildebeest or bison depend on green vegetation, like grass, ...

Rate Saving endangereds: St. Catherines Wildlife Center doing its part

Original at Coastal Courier external link    Mon, Jun 8

 GA The St. Catherines Island Wildlife Survival Center is now a last resort for endangered species of birds and animals, some on the brink of extinction. Zoologist Debbie Belgio said, "We have three areas of exotics. The Asian hornbills, primates which are ...

Rate The World's Leading Zoos on the Forefront of Gorilla Conservation - News4Press.com

Original at news4press.com external link    Mon, Jun 8

Regionally coordinated conservation breeding programmes exist in North America (SSP - Species Survival Plans) and Europe (EEP - European Endangered Species Programme) to help conserve some of the world´s most critically endangered wildlife.

Rate Ridgefield family to be reunited with rare turtle

Original at Seattle Times external link    Mon, Jun 8

 United States Harriet Allen, manager of endangered and threatened species for the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, gave Mason the good news in a letter this week. Allen emphasized the state is making an exception to laws prohibiting the possession of wild ...

Rate Request for emergency relisting of Yellowstone grizzlies

Original at Environment and Wildlife petitions external link    Mon, Jun 8

The undersigned request that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service restore endangered species protections to the Yellowstone grizzly bear population immediately because: 4.)    Adequate regulatory mechanisms are not in place to maintain a healthy grizzly bear population in the Greater...

Rate Eels edging toward extinction in Lake Ontario

Original at Newsday external link    Sat, Jun 6

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In January 2007, after a five-year review, the US Fish and Wildlife Service determined that while the American eel was declining in some locations, it did not warrant protection as an endangered species, said Heather Bell, a FWS biologist. ... Eels may go extinct in Lake Ontario Newswatch 50

Rate Carbon conservation could protect endangered species

Original at Jakarta Post external link    Fri, Jun 5

JAKARTA: Investing in the conservation of tropical forests in order to gain billions from carbon credits could also protect orangutans, pygmy elephants and other wildlife at risk of extinction, a report says. The study examined the potential role ...

Rate Adventures in flight — birds and rockets

Original at Atlanta Journal Constitution external link    Fri, Jun 5

  USA In fact, it boasts 1500 varieties of plants and wildlife, 15 federally listed threatened or endangered species, and more than 320 documented species of birds. You also will see a variety of intriguing ecosystems, including coastal dunes, ...

Rate Inside the Wildlife Clinic: Evening the odds

Original at Marconews external link    Fri, Jun 5

 FL Least terns are an endangered species; their populations are declining due to loss of nesting habitat on beaches and colony disturbance by people and/or dogs walking through their nesting areas. Terns tend to nest in sandy areas that have pebbles or ...

Rate Hunt for missing croc on

Original at Philippine Information Agency external link    Fri, Jun 5

 Philippines The Philippine crocodile has been considered as critically endangered species as included in the list of threatened species and their categories and the list of other wildlife species under the jurisdiction of DENR pursuant to Republic Act No. ...

Rate Westlands Statement on NMFS Biological Opinion on Salmon - Business Wire

Original at businesswire.com external link    Thu, Jun 4

Business Wire (press release), CA Of the 163 miles of local streams used by Santa Clara for instream groundwater recharge, 129 miles are considered to be habitat for threatened or endangered species, including 32 species of plants, 50 species of wildlife, six amphibians, ...

Rate Buglife group win conservation award

Original at Thurrock Gazette external link    Thu, Jun 4

 UK Wildlife group Buglife, based in Peterborough, has won the Conservation category of the Observer Ethical Awards. It competed against thousands of entries to win the accolade. The group is campaigning to save wildlife habitats for endangered species ...

Rate Store your data... in a panda

Original at All MNN Content external link    Wed, Jun 3

 GA The World Wildlife Fund has been one of the leading conservation organizations working to protect the panda and other endangered species. In working with the government of China, WWF helped rescue the species which was on the brink of extinction. ...

Rate Endangered Species Act Protection Sought for Western Gull-billed Tern - Center for Biological Diversity

Original at biologicaldiversity.org external link    Wed, Jun 3

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Today the Center for Biological Diversity filed a scientific petition with the US Fish and Wildlife Service to protect the western gull-billed tern as an endangered species under the federal Endangered Species Act. The western gull-billed tern has only ...

Rate Suit Filed to Challenge Removal of Endangered Species Act ... - Center for Biological Diversity

Original at biologicaldiversity.org external link    Tue, Jun 2

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Conservation groups today filed suit to challenge the removal of Endangered Species Act protections for gray wolves in Idaho and Montana. On April 2, 2009, the US Fish and Wildlife Service dropped the wolves from the Endangered Species list, ...

Rate Eagle banding rescheduled for Thursday

Original at Port Clinton News Herald external link    Mon, Jun 1

 OH By the later half of the 20th century, the bald eagle was classified as an endangered species. This, however, is a case with positive results. Through the diligent efforts of the Ohio Division of Wildlife and a concerned public, the bald eagle ...

Rate We must maintain and protect bald eagles' habitat

Original at Bangor Daily external link    Sun, May 31

 ME and extensive habitat — signed legislation to remove the bald eagle from the state's threatened species list. The move comes less than 22 months after the US Fish and Wildlife Service's removal of the bird from the federal endangered species list ...

Rate Dirty secret of Vietnamese wildlife farms revealed

Original at New Scientist external link    Fri, May 29

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Farms meant to aid conservation are trapping and laundering threatened species, according to undercover investigation

Rate Scotland welcomes back the beaver – Wildlife Extra questions the cost

Original at Wildlife Extra external link    Fri, May 29

guardian.co.uk  UK Credit RZSS. extinction in the 16th Century. The trial is mostly funded thanks to private donations and grants, including up to £1 million from Biffaward and support from People's Postcode Lottery and People's Trust for Endangered Species. ...

Rate State Takes Bald Eagle Off Endangered Species List

Original at MPBN external link    Tue, May 26

The Bald Eagle was removed from the state's Endangered Species list, thanks to a recovery effort that dates back more than three decades. State wildlife Biologist Charlie Todd, who has been working on the effort since the 1970's, was on hand for the ...

Rate Massive Effort Needed to Save Bat Species From Extinction - Center for Biological Diversity

Original at biologicaldiversity.org external link    Wed, May 20

The Center for Biological Diversity is a national, nonprofit conservation organization with more than 220000 members and online activists dedicated to the protection of endangered species and wild places. Defenders of Wildlife is dedicated to the ...

Rate Birds in the News 172

Original at ScienceBlogs external link    Mon, May 18

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A California condor that was among the first six members of the endangered species released to the wild in 2003 at Pinnacles National Monument has died at the Los Angeles Zoo of complications from lead poisoning. Pinnacles wildlife biologist Jim ...

Rate California tiger salamander to get critical habitat

Original at latimesblogs.latimes.com external link    Wed, May 13

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Among the creatures circling the drain toward extinction in California is a black salamander with yellow spots that figured in the downfall of a Bush administration official who oversaw the US Fish and Wildlife Service's endangered species program. ...

Rate Pikas Endangered?

Original at Backpacker Magazine external link    Thu, May 7

But now the US Fish & Wildlife Service has announced they plan to review the species' status, with an eye towards adding them to the Endangered Species List. Between now and Feb. 10, 2010, USFWS scientists will research and monitor the little fuzzballs ... Photo Gallery Audubon Magazine

Rate Your morning adorable: Baby ring-tailed lemur at the Singapore Zoo

Original at latimesblogs.latimes.com external link    Thu, May 7

 CA It's just one of many endangered species born at the zoo as part of its wildlife conservation program. In addition to this ring-tailed baby, the zoo recently welcomed a baby red ruffled lemur. Both species are endangered, in large part due to ...

Rate Fish and Wildlife Service Will Consider Additional Critical ... - Center for Biological Diversity

Original at biologicaldiversity.org external link    Tue, May 5

“With today's decision, they will retain the protection they do have and have a shot at much more protected habitat.” The Center brought the lawsuit as part of a larger campaign to overturn politically tainted decisions concerning endangered species by ...

Rate Voices -- Jack Kemp, 1935 - 2009

Original at latimesblogs.latimes.com external link    Sat, May 2

 CA The world's wildlife, habitats, endangered species and entire ecosystems will be put at risk as we are forced to draw more agricultural land into production. Pest-resistance, which we now know can be bred precisely into plants, will be supplanted by ...

Rate Saving Endangered Species Through Tourism

Original at Gadling external link    Sat, May 2

 CA - Kraig Becker, Kraig Becker by Kraig Becker on May 3rd 2009 at 8:00AM One of the real successes in ecotourism over the past decade or so has been the use of tourist dollars to aid in wildlife conservation. Many countries have discovered that travelers are willing to pay a good ...

Rate ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT amendment defeated in Senate

Original at The Conservation Report external link    Fri, Mar 6

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By Buck Denton Posted in Animal Welfare, Animals, Conservation, Development, Environment, Environmentalism, Fisheries, Government, Human-Wildlife Conflict, Law, Legislation, Nature, News, Policy, Politics, Regulation, Science Tagged: Bush, Bush Administration, Bush Endangered Speci...

Rate HUMAN-WILDLIFE CONFLICT: Critically endangered Sumatran tigers threatened by conflicts with humans

Original at The Conservation Report external link    Sun, Mar 1

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By Buck Denton Posted in Animal Welfare, Animals, Conservation, Environment, Extinction, Human-Wildlife Conflict, Policy, Poverty, Science, Sustainability Tagged: Deforestation, Human-Tiger Conflict, Human-Wildlife Conflict, Indonesia, Palm Oil, Palm Oil Production, Sumatra, Sumatr...

Rate ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT: Bill reverses last minute Bush rule changes to ESA

Original at The Conservation Report external link    Fri, Feb 27

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By Buck Denton Posted in Animal Welfare, Animals, Biology, Environment, Extinction, Fisheries, Government, Human-Wildlife Conflict, Law, Legislation, Nature, News, News Picks, Policy, Politics, Regulation, Science Tagged: Bush Endangered Species Regulations, Critically Endangered Spe...

Rate CONSERVATION: Dog to sniff out tigers in Cambodia

Original at The Conservation Report external link    Tue, Feb 17

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By Buck Denton Posted in Animals, Biology, Conservation, Environment, Extinction, Nature Tagged: Cambodia, Conservation, Critically Endangered Species, Endangered Species, Extinction, Noninvasive Research, Scat, Scat Research, Sniffer Dog, Sniffer Dogs, Tiger, Tigers, Wildlife Contra...

Rate Third of Britain's mammals 'at risk'

Original at EducationGuardian.co.uk external link    Sat, Dec 27

By Jo Adetunji Professor David Macdonald, conservation biologist in the wildlife conservation unit at Oxford University and co-author of the report, said: "Next year, the focus of biodiversity conservation in England will shift from individual species to a more integrated eco-system approach,...

Rate U.S. Proposes Protecting Seven Penguin Species

Original at Sci-Tech Today external link    Fri, Dec 19

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing to list six species of penguin as threatened and one, the African penguin, as an endangered species. Endangered species advocates also faulted the government for protecting a seventh species, the southern rockhopper penguin, in only a smal...

Rate Bush's Interior Department Interfered With Scientific Work To Limit Endangered Species Protections

Original at Huffington Post external link    Mon, Dec 15

By The Huffington Post News Editors Devaney said "MacDonald's zeal to advance her agenda has caused considerable harm to the integrity of the ESA program and to the morale and reputation" of the Fish and Wildlife Service, as well as potential harm to animals under the Endangered Species Act.

Rate Chinese wildlife consumption on the rise

Original at WWF International external link    Tue, Nov 11

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Beijing, China: The consumption of threatened species is on the rise in China again following a brief hiatus owing to fears surrounding the SARS virus in 2003. “We call upon Chinese authorities to enhance enforcement and public education efforts, to stop illegal trade and reduce consum...

Rate Podcast: Safe Harbor Agreement protects wildlife, landowners

Original at Earth & Sky external link    Sun, Nov 9

By deborahbyrd@earthsky.org (EarthSky Communications, Inc.) Hear about an agreement that allows individual landowners to make an agreement with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, stating that if they work to benefit an endangered species on their land, they won’t be subject to more regulation.

Rate Farmland bird numbers fall to lowest level on record

Original at The Guardian (UK) external link    Fri, Oct 31

By Juliette Jowit However farmland birds are considered by government and biodiversity experts to be a key indicator of the health of the countryside. Wildlife minister Huw Irranca-Davies said some species like the goldfinch and kingfisher were doing well, but called for "renewed action" to halt the de...

Rate Help Protect The Grey Wolves !

Original at Environment and Wildlife petitions external link    Tue, Oct 28

The Gray Wolf Needs Your Help: This week, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife (FWS) announced a 30-day public comment period in its newest attempt to remove the Northern Rockies gray wolf from the endangered species list. The latest attempt to delist the gray wolf appears to be on a fast track in order f...

Year 2007

 

Rate More on NAHB v. Def. of Wildlife

Original at SCOTUSblog external link    Tue, Jun 26

By Jason Harrow(jharrow@akingump.com) If a state hopes to take over administration of water pollution permits within its jurisdiction, and if it meets the nine criteria specified by the Clean Water Act (CWA) for doing so, may the EPA nonetheless hold back its permission if it concludes that the state will not adequately prote...

Rate Opinion: American crocodile's classification switched

Original at Florida Today external link    Mon, Mar 19

The The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today announced plans to reclassify the American crocodile from endangered to threatened in Florida. The Service's final reclassification decision comes after a five-year review of the species, required under the Endangered Species Act. The act de...

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