Wildlife News Round-Up #46
Friday August 31, 2007
In this issue of Wildlife News Round-Up, we find out about an ancient vertebrate that presents the earliest known evidence of teeth that grow from jawbones, a new species of ... Read More
How Many Species Inhabit Our Planet?
Monday August 13, 2007
Estimating the number of species that inhabit our planet is an exercise in educated guesswork. The challenges are numerous:
Species counts are biased by our tendency to study certain organisms more ... Read More
Yangtze River Dolphin 'Functionally Extinct'
Wednesday August 8, 2007
Scientists have declared the Yangtze River dolphin functionally extinct. This conclusion follows an extensive survey conducted in late 2006 in which a team of scientists and conservationists spent a month ... Read More