Focusing On The Conservation of Ecosystems, Habitats & Wildlife

"Cold Stunned" Turtles Get NASA Rescue

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OVER 270 TROPICAL SEA TURTLES (GREEN AND LOGGERHEAD) RESCUED


January 14, 2010— NASA and Florida conservationists joined forces to rescue endangered sea turtles “cold stunned” by record-breaking cold temperatures along the Sunshine State’s coast. © 2010 National Geographic; Video courtesy NASA


CLICK HERE TO WATCH VIDEO from National Geographic Daily News


Image credit: NASA/Amanda Diller

Custody Determined For 26,411 Animals

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City of Arlington, Texas awarded animals seized from last month’s largest rescue of exotics in U.S. history.

Article published on January 07, 2010

Texas.bestfriends.org

By: Maura Davies of SPCA of Texas


“The City of Arlington was awarded custody of 26,411 animals — reptiles, insects, arachnids, crustaceans and mammals — seized from U.S. Global Exotics on Tuesday, December 15 under the authority of Arlington Animal Services at a hearing at the Arlington Municipal Courthouse.”


Photo found on Bestfriends.org's Texas Local Network Website


CLICK HERE to download the ruling OR CLICK HERE or on photo above to read the entire article.


New Spider Found in Giant Sand Dune in Israel

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Check out this crazy cool spider!  Scientist this week for the department of biology at the University of Haifa-Oranim said that it was found and discovered in the dune of the Sands of Samar in the southern Arava region of Isreal.


Unfortunately it’s habitat is endangered and hopefully The Israel Administration will preserve this unique region to study this new discovery.


To read this article from NATGEO NEW WATCH, CLICK HERE or click on photo below.


Photo found on David Braun's NatGeo News Watch: Photo by Yael Olek, courtest of the Univerity of Haifa

Mountain Gorillas and Global Warming: Dangerous Combo

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According to a National Geographic article published yesterday by Christine Dell’Amore, global warming-induced indigestion could help make mountain gorillas and other leaf-eating primates sitting ducks for extinction, a new study says.


Due to the annual temperature rises, the leaves in the forest are changing their molecular structure and now have more fiber and less digestible protein.  This is becoming a concern for some gorilla and monkey species that eat these leaves because this would mean that it will take longer to process their food.  During this longer time of digestion, these primates would otherwise be spending their time finding food, socializing and protecting their territory study says.


To read this entire article, CLICK HERE or on the Red Colobus Monkey below.


Photo found on National Geographic's Daily News Website: Photograph by Tim Graham, Getty Images

White Tiger Cubs in Chile

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On January 7, 2010, five rare white tigers were born in captivity at the Chilean National Zoo in Santiago.  These tigers are extremely rare and there are approximately only 200 that exist total on Earth.  Click here to watch the video on fox or Click on photo below to read the entire article from Zooborns.

Photo credits: Associated Press

Amputee Pony Inspires the Disabled

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Molly, the pony that lost her leg after a savage dog attack is a wonderful inspiration to all amputees and is teaching other kids and adults that “being different” is OK.


To watch this report from NBC, click here OR click on the photo below.


Pet Snake Saves Family From House Fire

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Rescued animal returns the favor by warning family when an electric blanket catches fire.


This is a GREAT STORY and I would like to know how you feel about whether or not snakes have the intelligence to act in such a way like this story with Long Long (the family pet snake that woke up his owner when an electric blanket had caught on fire in his home).



Click here to read this article.



Pet Snake Saves Life

Hundreds of Sea Lions Gone from San Francisco's Pier 39

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California Sea Lions have found a new home 500 miles north of San Francisco’s Bay on the Oregon coast. In December, these Sea Lions migrated there due to an abundance of anchovies at this site in Oregon, which is approximately 11 miles north of the town of Florence. The Marine Mammal Center is not too concerned about the strange disappearance and feels that the sea lions will be back in San Francisco by the spring.


To read this article by Evelyn Nieves, The Associated Press CLICK HERE.



Photo from abcnews.go.com's Website

Rare Endangered Desert Tortoises -VS- Solar Energy

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A Solar Showdown in California between Oakland’s based BrightSource Energy and The Sierra Club and other environmentalist is mounting.  If the company gets approval and permission to build and erect 400,000 mirrors on the site to collect the sun’s energy; it will not only be a death sentence for the endangered Desert Tortoise, but it is also home to rare plants and other wildlife including the Western Burrowing Owl and Bighorn Sheep.


Photo from the LA Times Website "L.A. Unleased" January 4, 2010


CLICK HERE to read entire article from January 4, 2010 from L.A.’s Unleashed

Asia's Wildlife Trade

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The Kingpin


An exposé of the world’s most notorious wildlife dealer, his special government friend, and his ambitious new plan



By Bryan Christy author of The Lizard King


Photograph by Mark Leong




Here is a great story titled Asia’s Wildlife Trade that National Geographic published this month about the current illegal Asian Wildlife Trade and Malaysia’s most wanted smuggler of ENDANGERED SPECIES.

Photo from National Geographic article “Asia’s Wildlife Trade”