10,000 Birds

JUNE 18, 2015

This bat is rare and range-restricted in South Florida, which are some of the reasons it was recently listed as an endangered under the Endangered Species Act. However, during an annual survey of red-cockaded woodpeckers, the first natural roost site was discovered inside a tree cavity near Avon Park, Florida.

Bats 167

Bats Florida Endangered Species Cuba 167

10,000 Birds

MAY 11, 2012

It was a humiliation for scientific know-how and the technocratic fix in the face of environmental catastrophe, a disaster that would inform the controversy over later captive breeding efforts for other endangered species. Meanwhile, the black-footed ferret was declared finally, unambiguously, officially extinct.

Ferrets 192

Ferrets South Dakota Wyoming Captive Animal 192

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

Late last month, while searching for bears , woodpeckers and spirits of Greece, I deliberately avoided checking any news, especially from my home country. Every now and then, I need to cut the world off and clear my mind. A different research says, from 2002 to 2011 the known populations of forest elephants declined by 62%. One may say so.

Elephants 194

Elephants Botswana Zimbabwe Africa 194

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 4, 2012

I keep the Kaufman Field Guide to Birds of North America in my office, to use when my co-workers ask me about the large woodpecker they’ve seen at their feeder, and I carry the Kaufman Field Guide to Insects of North America in my car because you never know when you’re going to come across a really cool looking beetle.

Massachusetts 212

Massachusetts North America Rhode Island Ohio 212