Critter News
JANUARY 26, 2009
First wolves, then polar bears, now beluga whales. At issue is the population of {the Cook Inlet beluga) whales, which were put under the protections of the Marine Mammal Protection Act eight years ago, which scientists argue hasn't sped their recovery: Palin begs to differ.
10,000 Birds
JULY 15, 2015
The park was created as much to protect the local communities from marauding elephants with a hatred of dangerous humans and a lack of interest in the differences between nations as it was to protect the elephants. The park did have a pack of African Wild Dogs, or Painted Wolves, the species I had gone to Africa to see.
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10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 17, 2014
The Snow Leopards’ thick pelts have long been highly sought-after artifacts by the people who share its Central Asian range, providing amazing insulation in the cold, but another reason their pelts are so thick must be to protect the leopard when it takes rough tumbles across its rugged, rocky environment.
10,000 Birds
JULY 22, 2014
Dogs are similarly dispersed across size ranges, with Foxes, Coyotes, and Wolves taking prey across different parts of the size range. billion mammals annually. For the same reason that other invasive do better than the natives, feral Cats outhunt native predators, and native prey are not as protected against them.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 6, 2016
The Achiever’s survey voyages took place from 2005 to 2008; the goal was to collect baseline data on sea mammals and marine birds. She’s described conservation successes in detail–the Bald Eagle, the Short-tailed Albatross, now protected in Japan. And, this was badly needed. ” There are amazing stories here.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 7, 2021
Burrowing Owl nests are described as “usually in a mammal burrow (but on rare occasions dug by owls if soils permit and other burrows are lacking), often in concentration of multiple burrows” (p. The male House Wren builds dummy nests, attracting a mate who then selects her nest and completes construction. David Scott.
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