Posts Tagged ‘Wildlife’
Study Says Climate Change Will Shrink Habitats
The habitats of many common plants and animals will shrink dramatically this century unless governments act quickly to cut rising greenhouse gas emissions, scientists said on Sunday after studying 50,000 species around the world. The scientists from Britain, Australia and Colombia said plants, amphibians and reptiles were most vulnerable as. . .
Illegal Fishing Costing Billions
Fish piracy, seafood caught illegally, not reported to authorities or outside environmental and catch regulations, represents as much as $10 billion to $23 billion in global losses each year, a non-profit conservation group estimated Wednesday. Because pirated fish is sold on black markets, specifics of the economic impact are tough. . .
Feds Considering To Remove Gray Wolf Endangered Species Protection
Federal wildlife officials have drafted plans to lift protections for gray wolves across the Lower 48 states, a move that could end a decades-long recovery effort that has restored the animals but only in parts of their historic range. The draft U.S. Department of Interior rule obtained by The Associated. . .
Ancient Tree Clones To Fight Global Warming
A team led by a nurseryman from northern Michigan and his sons has raced against time for two decades, snipping branches from some of the world’s biggest and most durable trees with plans to produce clones that could restore ancient forests and help fight climate change. Now comes the most. . .
17-Year Cicadas To Hit East Coast This Summer
After a 17-year hiatus, billions of cicadas are expected to crawl out of the ground this spring and swarm the U.S. East Coast. According to the New York Daily News, teeming hordes of Brood II cicadas will likely emerge sometime between mid-April and late May. The insects are expected to fill the skies. . .
Giant Mosquito Descends On Florida
As Florida braces for mosquito season this year, experts warn that some Sunshine State residents may soon have to deal with an increase in an unusually large, unusually aggressive and unusually painful “supermosquito” native to the eastern half of the United States, the Orlando Sentinel reports. Psorophora ciliata, known colloquially as ”gallinippers,” are. . .
Seafood Mislabeling Widespread
Oceana, an international ocean advocacy group, has released a report on national seafood fraud, and the results are disconcerting. The report, which is one of the largest on seafood fraud to date, found that one-third of fish was mislabeled. Oceana performed DNA testing from 2010 to 2012 on 1,215 fish. . .
U.S. Shark Attacks Up in 2012
Just when you’re starting to think about summer a new report on shark attacks gets published. Researchers say shark attacks in the U.S. reached their highest level in a decade last year. The University of Florida’s International Shark Attack File released on Monday says the U.S. experienced 53 attacks in. . .
British Horsemeat Scandal Expands
The British horsemeat scandal has now expanded to the rest of Europe. Swedish frozen-food company Findus withdrew all its beef lasagna ready meals from supermarkets after tests revealed they contained up to 100% horsemeat. But the investigation took a EU-wide dimension as British investigators found evidence of “gross negligence or. . .
CA Seeks To List Great White Shark As Endangered
The California Fish and Game Commission voted on Wednesday to recommend protection of the great white shark, the world’s largest predatory fish, in waters along the Pacific Coast, under the state’s endangered species law. The five-member panel acted unanimously to designate the great white as a candidate for state protection. . .
Wolverines Threatened By Climate Change
The tenacious wolverine, a snow-loving carnivore sometimes called the “mountain devil,” could soon join the list of species threatened by climate change, a dubious distinction putting it in the ranks of the polar bear and several other animals the government says will lose crucial habitat as temperatures rise. Federal wildlife. . .
Judge Restricts Wild Horse Roundup In Nevada
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) can resume its roundup of dozens of wild mustangs in northern Nevada, but wranglers must limit their use of electric cattle prods and take other steps to ensure the animals are treated humanely, a federal judge said Thursday. U.S. District Judge Miranda Du’s formal. . .
Flycatcher Habitat Protection Expanded
In response to litigation by the Center for Biological Diversity, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife today designated 208,973 acres, along 1,227 miles of river, as protected critical habitat for endangered southwestern willow flycatchers, small, rare songbirds that depend on desert rivers to survive. The protected habitat was established in six. . .
Happy New Year!
Happy New Year to one and all. All the best for 2013. New Year’s resolutions have been made, most of those will not make it to February, but hey resolutions are made to be broken. So since we’re in the New Year, I’d like to make a few new Top Ten. . .
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