[lotuseclat79]

21% of Cetaceans Could Go Extinct Due to Global Warming.

According to a new study, climate change could drastically alter 88% of the waters where dolphins, whales and porpoises are found. While some species may stand to benefit from the changes, the research concluded that one fifth of cetacean species could be lost forever.


Dolphin

-- Tom

[poochee]

Originally Posted by lotuseclat79

21% of Cetaceans Could Go Extinct Due to Global Warming.

According to a new study, climate change could drastically alter 88% of the waters where dolphins, whales and porpoises are found. While some species may stand to benefit from the changes, the research concluded that one fifth of cetacean species could be lost forever.


Dolphin

-- Tom

[ekim68]

Declining tigers find a friend – at the World Bank

The world's diminishing population of tigers – which could face extinction within a decade – found a potential saviour today after the World Bank put its weight behind a new international conservation programme. The partnership with the Smithsonian Institution is a personal project of the bank's president, Robert Zoellick.

The initiative will seek to strengthen and expand a patchy system of tiger reserves across the 13 countries, including India, Indonesia, Thailand, China and Russia, that are home to the world's rapidly diminishing tiger population.

Experts believe there are only about 3,500 tigers left. A century ago they were thought to number 100,000.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environmen...ves-initiative

[poochee]

Originally Posted by ekim68

Declining tigers find a friend – at the World Bank

The world's diminishing population of tigers – which could face extinction within a decade – found a potential saviour today after the World Bank put its weight behind a new international conservation programme. The partnership with the Smithsonian Institution is a personal project of the bank's president, Robert Zoellick.

The initiative will seek to strengthen and expand a patchy system of tiger reserves across the 13 countries, including India, Indonesia, Thailand, China and Russia, that are home to the world's rapidly diminishing tiger population.

Experts believe there are only about 3,500 tigers left. A century ago they were thought to number 100,000.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environmen...ves-initiative

The tiger is my favorite wild animal. They are so beautiful. Something must be done to save them!

[ekim68]

On today's front page on the 'animal bytes' section of the San Diego's Zoo site, there's a cool video of tigers at play....

http://www.sandiegozoo.org/animalbytes/index.html

(I know you don't do video, poochee, but they have a lot on their site..)

[poochee]

Originally Posted by ekim68

On today's front page on the 'animal bytes' section of the San Diego's Zoo site, there's a cool video of tigers at play....

http://www.sandiegozoo.org/animalbytes/index.html

(I know you don't do video, poochee, but they have a lot on their site..)

Thanks! I will save this site for the future. I did get to see them, but it cut out too much so I gave up.

[poochee]

Huffpost - Lost Baby Sea Lion Rescued On Freeway (VIDEO)
First Posted: 06-22-09 05:57 PM | Updated: 06-22-09 11:30 PM
AP

(Associated Press) SAN FRANCISCO - A baby sea lion was rescued early Monday after wandering onto a busy San Francisco Bay area freeway.

Drivers on Interstate 880 started calling authorities around 5:45 a.m. to report the animal "walking" in the center divider near the Oakland Coliseum, said Peter Van Eckhardt, an officer with the California Highway Patrol.

He said the sea lion likely made it onto land from a nearby San Francisco Bay estuary and crossed the roadway in the middle of the night.

The center has seen a spike this year in the number of weakened and malnourished sea lions found along the Northern California coast. In a recent week, staff at the center rescued 10 more sea lions a day than usual.

Experts say the increase could be caused by a drop in the number of smaller fish that younger sea lions rely on for food while they are developing.


Excerpts from: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/0..._n_219245.html

[ekim68]

Originally Posted by poochee

Thanks! I will save this site for the future. I did get to see them, but it cut out too much so I gave up.

They have pictures, too, rather than videos...

[lotuseclat79]

Legless frogs mystery solved

Scientists think they have resolved one of the most controversial environmental issues of the past decade: the curious case of the missing frogs' legs.


Deformed toads, each a product of 'selective predation'

-- Tom

[poochee]

Originally Posted by lotuseclat79

Legless frogs mystery solved

Scientists think they have resolved one of the most controversial environmental issues of the past decade: the curious case of the missing frogs' legs.


Deformed toads, each a product of 'selective predation'

-- Tom

Interesting!

[Gabriel]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcclatchy/20...latchy/3264807

More on positive stuff

[poochee]

Originally Posted by Gabriel

http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcclatchy/20...latchy/3264807

More on positive stuff

[ekim68]

Reefs could perish by end of century, experts warn

LONDON (Reuters) - Increasingly acidic oceans and warming water temperatures due to carbon dioxide emissions could kill off the world's ocean reefs by the end of this century, scientists warned on Monday.

The experts told a meeting in London the predicted pace of emissions means a level of 450 parts per million of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere will be reached by 2050, putting corals on a path to extinction in the following decades.

http://www.reuters.com/article/scien...5654JY20090706

[ekim68]

New monkey discovered in Brazilian Amazon

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Researchers have discovered a new sub-species of monkey in a remote part of the Amazon rain forest, a U.S.-based wildlife conservation group said on Tuesday.

The newly found monkey was first spotted by scientists in 2007 in the Brazilian state of Amazonas and is related to the saddleback tamarin monkeys, known for their distinctively marked backs, the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) said.

http://www.reuters.com/article/scien...5665Y820090707

[poochee]

Originally Posted by ekim68

New monkey discovered in Brazilian Amazon

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Researchers have discovered a new sub-species of monkey in a remote part of the Amazon rain forest, a U.S.-based wildlife conservation group said on Tuesday.

The newly found monkey was first spotted by scientists in 2007 in the Brazilian state of Amazonas and is related to the saddleback tamarin monkeys, known for their distinctively marked backs, the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) said.

http://www.reuters.com/article/scien...5665Y820090707