Laura's Animals / Wildlife Blog September 2006 Archive

Wildlife News Round-Up #35
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Saturday September 30, 2006 | permalink | comments (0)

New Ivory-Billed Woodpecker Sightings Reported
The ivory-billed woodpecker (Campephilus principalis) may be living in the forests along the Choctawhatchee River in the panhandle of Florida. Researchers from Auburn University and University of Windsor have set ... Read More

Wednesday September 27, 2006 | permalink | comments (0)

UK Calls on EU to Protect Bluefin Tuna Stocks
The WWF released a report recently that highlighted the drastic decline in bluefin tuna numbers in the Mediterranean and Eastern Atlantic. The report revealed that Mediterranean tuna farm stocks have ... Read More

Monday September 25, 2006 | permalink | comments (0)

New Species Discovered in Indonesian Coral Reef
A series of recent expeditions led by Conservation International has revealed a wealth of previously undescribed species in the Bird's Head Seascape, off the coast of northwestern Papau, an Indonesian ... Read More

Monday September 18, 2006 | permalink | comments (0)

Bees Buzzing Into Headlines
Bees have been big news over recent years so I've put together the following collection of Science Daily articles that reflect the many things we've learned about (and from) these ... Read More

Wednesday September 13, 2006 | permalink | comments (1)

Lead Poisoning Threatens Endangered Condors
A study conducted by the University of California, Santa Cruz, has been monitoring the health of critically endangered California condors (Gymnogyps californianus). The data collected shows that the rare birds ... Read More

Saturday September 9, 2006 | permalink | comments (0)

Iceland Sets Sights on Whalemeat Trade
The BBC reports that Iceland plans to export two tonnes of minke whalemeat to the Faroe Islands. Despite an international ban on whaling, Iceland and other countries such as Japan and ... Read More

Wednesday September 6, 2006 | permalink | comments (0)

Steve Irwin, 'Crocodile Hunter', Killed by Stingray
Steve Irwin, conservationist and beloved Australian television personality also known as the 'Crocodile Hunter', was killed today by a stingray while filming a documentary at the Great Barrier Reef. Steve ... Read More

Monday September 4, 2006 | permalink | comments (4)