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Extinction Defined
The dying out of a species
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Environmentalists Slam Bush 'Fox-in-Henhouse' Plan
Published October 12, 2008, 3:28 pm, Planet Ark
WASHINGTON - A Bush administration plan to let US agencies decide for themselves whether their actions put wildlife at risk is drawing fire from environmental groups, which say this is like letting a fox guard a henhouse.
Windmill: 7 Texas mammals threatened
Published October 11, 2008, 10:11 pm, The San Angelo Standard-Times
Seven Texas mammals listed as threatened on the Global Mammal Assessment project during the World Conservation Congress in Barcelona, Spain has created a stir all the way back to the Texas A&M Research Center north of San Angelo, said Steve Byrns, Texas AgriLife Extension communications sp
Many species face grim outlook
Published October 11, 2008, 8:20 am, Independent Online
More than a quarter of the world's mammals are facing an "extinction crisis" while one in three amphibian species across the globe could vanish for ever.
Science Club: Carole Baldwin
Published October 11, 2008, 8:10 am, DCist
In which DCist interviews area scientists, researchers, and academics on topics pertaining to natural and scientific interests. As Thomas Dolby would say: science! Carole Baldwin, a Smithsonian Institute research zoologist, is the curator of fishes at the National Museum of National History's newly opened Sant Ocean Hall. Baldwin spent 14 weeks in 1998–99 filming a 3-D IMAX documentary on ...
Africa: Research And Tradition Could Save Environment
Published October 11, 2008, 12:01 am, AllAfrica.com
Africa risks losing up to 50 percent of its indigenous species over the next century due to global warming.
Saving the Tamaraws from extinction
Published October 10, 2008, 8:59 pm, Philippine Daily Inquirer
THIS piece of news should gladden not only the hearts of Far Eastern University students and alumni.
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Published October 10, 2008, 3:11 pm, Moldova.org
NASA plans Mars launch next fallWASHINGTON, Oct. 10 (UPI) -- NASA plans to launch a new exploration rover to Mars next fall, despite budget and technical concerns, a NASA official said Friday.All indications are that they're still on track for the '09 launch, Doug McCuistion, director of the Mars Exploration Program, said at a teleconference.The space agency will review the mission's progress ...
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Published October 10, 2008, 3:02 pm, UPI
NASA plans Mars launch next fall ... Shark's pup called 'virgin birth' ... Bird flu survival tied to hands-on therapy ... Report: Global warming makes animals move ... Health/Science news from UPI.
The armadillo effect, times 1,000
Published October 10, 2008, 2:12 pm, Philippine Daily Inquirer
MANILA, Philippines—The annual Ig Nobel Awards—that irreverent ceremony that honors scientific research that makes you laugh, then makes you think—was held at Harvard University last week.
Three-Year Global Reef Expedition Announced by the Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation Research and Monitoring ...
Published October 10, 2008, 12:35 pm, Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance
HRH Prince General Khaled bin Sultan, founder and Chairman of the Living Oceans Foundation, the U.S.-headquartered environmental organization that bears his name, today announced the formal launch of the Foundation's "Global Reef Expedition: Science Without Borders®" at the World Conservation Congress being held here.
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Sun Oct 12
- Mass extinctions and macroevolution -- Jablonski 31 (2): 192 ...: Evolutionary recoveries may be as important as the extinction events themselves in shaping the long-term trajectories of individual clades and permitting once-marginal groups to diversify, but we know little about sorting processes during recovery intervals.
- One in Four Mammals at Risk of Extinction: now thats a stat thats gonna trip you out.
Sat Oct 11
- Wildlife conservation: Congress diary: for Ecological Crisis
- http://www.iht .com/articles/ 2008/10/06/eur ope/environ.ph p
Fri Oct 10
- SpringerLink - Journal Article
- Where have you gone Ladybug?
- Amazing article about right whales from National Geographic: This is a great article about right whales (the Atlantic population is endangered). Includes some amazing photographs and experiences of the author.
- Wildlife Conservation Society: The Wildlife Conservation Society saves wildlife and wild lands through careful science, international conservation, education, and the management of the world?s largest system of urban wildlife parks. These activities change attitudes toward nature and help people imagine wildlife and humans living in sustainable interaction on both a local and a global scale. WCS is committed to this work because we believe it essential to the integrity of life on Earth.
- Species Extinction By Asteroid A Rarity: In geology as in cancer research, the silver bullet theory always gets the headlines and nearly always turns out to be wrong. For geologists who study mass extinctions, the silver bullet is a giant asteroid plunging to earth.
- PeterMaas.nl - Peter's Homepage
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