Critter News

AUGUST 30, 2009

Five of the world’s seven sea turtle species inhabit the Bahamas, and previously it was legal to kill any sea turtle species found there except one, the hawksbill. Tags: turtles Bahamas endangered species. About time. Now, they are all protected.

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Sea Turtles Bahamas Turtles Protection 100

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AUGUST 16, 2015

By tagging the Parrot and monitoring the area with remote cameras, scientists hope to learn more about this species and how to keep it safe. And if your life list includes Bahama Woodstar , you might want to get back out into the field. The bird is so rare and elusive that it was thought to be extinct. Rally Parakeet FTW!

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Parrots Bahamas Monkeys Transported 167

4 The Love Of Animals

APRIL 9, 2010

See OCEANS, Save Oceans ” is an initiative developed with The Nature Conservancy where a portion of each ticket sold for the film’s opening week April 22-28 will help establish new marine protected areas in The Bahamas. “We Tags: events. coastal states. See OCEANS, Save Oceans!

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Bahamas Dolphins Sea Turtles Protection 100

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MARCH 11, 2011

A Eurasian Collared-dove photographed by Mike in the Bahamas , which is pretty different from midwinter Montana Eurasian Collared-doves, as you may have gathered from the name, are not part of our native avifauna. The Collared-doves were introduced to the Bahamas in the 1970s, and from there apparently leapfrogged to the U.S.

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Montana 2011 New York Bahamas 140

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MARCH 16, 2011

Hes previously poked albatrosses with sticks in Hawaii, provided target practice for gulls in California, chased monkeys up and down hills Uganda, wrestled sharks in the Bahamas and played God with grasshopper genetics in Namibia. Please click here to see the archive of actual national bird posts.

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New Zealand 2011 Deer New York 152

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MARCH 2, 2011

Hes previously poked albatrosses with sticks in Hawaii, provided target practice for gulls in California, chased monkeys up and down hills Uganda, wrestled sharks in the Bahamas and played God with grasshopper genetics in Namibia. I personally had a great if exhausting day. If you are interested, I have more photos of the day here.

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New Zealand Albatross 2011 Cooking 176

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APRIL 6, 2021

What evolutionary forces have shaped their bodies for travel, what forces will be helping and hindering their journeys, and which scientists will be tagging, observing, and analyzing them as they make their way north? A World on the Wing: The Global Odyssey of Migratory Birds. by Scott Weidensaul. Norton, Pan Macmilan (U.K.).

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Cyprus Slaughter Slaughtered Research 262