Crikey! New Species Named After Steve Irwin
Sky.com
... said: "Steve also had a long history of collaborating with staff at the Queensland Museum and I'm sure he would be pleased to know his name is continuing to highlight a rare and endangered Queensland species." Dr Stanisic will present a...
Whale Watch: Endangered Designation in Danger
Wall Street Journal
For the first time in a decade, the U.S. is reviewing the endangered status of the humpback whale, prompted by evidence that these acrobatic leviathans -- once hunted to near extinction -- appear to be thriving world-wide. From fewer than 5...
Missing teen still classified ‘endangered’
Tribune-Star
TERRE HAUTE — A missing Vigo County teen who has not been seen since late Halloween night remains officially “endangered,” police reported Thursday. Amber R. Wills, 16, of northern Vigo County left her home sometime between the late hours o...
Wildlife filmmakers focusing on endangered cats
Los Angeles Times
South African wildlife photographers and authors Dereck and Beverly Joubert have worked in some of Africa's most remote areas for more than 25 years, recording the life cycles and decline of some of Africa's most iconic animals, in the proc...
Police: Mom endangered toddler son
Tribune-Democrat
CRESSON — A Cresson Borough woman was jailed after authorities said she injected heroin and was hallucinating while caring for her 2-year-old son. Aliesha Gale Gorden, 24, of Cherry Street, was charged with endangering the welfare of childr...
Endangered Gangetic fresh water turtle held captive at a Orissa mutt
Daily News and Analysis
resemblance to the eyes of Lord Jagannath, is being held captive at a mutt in Kendrpara district and people are flocking to offer puja to it. Official sources said here today the people from areas near Khadipala village are flocking to the ...
Groups sue to make rare flying squirrel endangered
WBOC
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - Environmental groups are suing the federal government to return a type of flying squirrel to the endangered species list. The small nocturnal squirrel is only found in higher elevations of West Virginia and one coun...
Missing, endangered' woman arrested for false report
Atlanta Journal Constitution
A 24-year-old woman reported as "missing and endangered" allegedly lied about being kidnapped, police said. Family photo Fulton County police are looking for Deniecia E. Lester , a "missing, endangered" 24-year-old woman who hasn't been see...
Romanians protest lift of sturgeon fishing ban
Science Centric
Scientific reports indicate that among the sturgeon species which populate Romanian waters, are the critically endangered (possibly extinct) Ship Sturgeons, the endangered Russian and Beluga Sturgeons, as well as the Sterlet Sturgeon, consi...
Brookfield Zoo puts spotlight on plight of orangutans
Chicago Tribune
People hear about endangered animals all the time," said Nava Greenblatt, lead keeper of primates for the Chicago Zoological Society, "but they have no idea how serious it is (for orangutans). They're most likely to become the first of the ...
Quick Action by M. Steele Saves Endangered Fetuses
DAILY KOS
When Michael Steele discovered that the RNC provided health insurance for its employees which covers elective abortions, he rose up like a mother bear protecting her cubs. "I don't know why this policy existed in the past, but it will not e...
Red alert: scientists identify 17,000 endangered species
The Independent
Six years ago, tiny mustard-coloured toads could be found in their thousands living under the spray from an African waterfall. No one even knew they existed until 1996. Yet today the Kihansi spray toad will be declared extinct in the wild, ...