Wildlife

Ah, wildlife. Our term for everything that isn't manmade, wildlife is generally found far away from our cities and highways, frolicking (or crawling, or just swaying in the breeze) happily with little need for human interaction.

Many of us find inspiration and renewal in the natural world. That inspiration is reflected on the blogosphere as photos, essays, art, videos, more photos and photo essays (did I mention photos?), all of which attempt to capture and share some of that inspiration.

In recent decades, the environmentalist movement has made strides toward protecting many of the endangered species in our world. But human progress continues, and wildlife suffers from reduced habitat and resources. On this page, along with all the lovely photos, you'll also find conservation news, reports of interactions between wildlife and humans, and discussions of wildlife preservation.

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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “Wildlife”

• Attracting wildlife into your garden

  
  Gardens of a Golden Afternoon — Authority: 140
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• “Saving dolphins gets ASPCA award ‘09″

  
  Nature's Crusaders — Authority: 118
  For his tireless efforts to end cruelty against dolphins and educate the world about the plight of dolphins in captivity,  Among Richard O’Barry most outstanding achievements in recent years are the rescue and release of captive dolphins in Colombia, Guatemala, Brazil, Nicaragua and Haiti. The significance of his ...
  5 hours ago

• Bats Do It!

  
  The Friggin Loon — Authority: 151
  Well here’s something you can bring up at your next dinner party, fruit bats are big on oral sex.Who knew. Hmm, so that’s why they are blind (Geez, granny was right!)! The new study by a team of biologists at Guangdong Entomological Institute in China, found that more than two thirds of the female Cynopterus ...
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• One of the Guys...II

  
  Nature remains. — Authority: 118
  (This is Part II of a story that begins here.)Rather than stop right there and step clumsily out, draped beneath the tangled straps of binocular and camera, into the midst of insulated boots and hunter’s caps, I continued past them, turned the car in the overgrown field beside the line of trucks, and wiggled my way ...
  7 hours ago

• “Come gets these cheetahs from my land”

  
  Nature's Crusaders — Authority: 118
  In Namibia, Africa at the Cheetah Conservation Fund recently received another urgent call from a livestock farmer in the area. This might be the animal that has been taking his sheep. He has found an older female cheetah with two cubs, a male and female on his property. CCF went immediately to retrieve the cheetahs. ...
  8 hours ago

• Possible World Record Deer! Mike Gregorie of Sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin

  
  Gary Engberg Outdoors — Authority: 148
  Please check out this link to a possible world record deer shot in Wisconsin by Mike Gregorie of Sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin. Here is the story from the Fond du Lac Reporter.State hunter may have world-record score(function(){ GEL.thepage.initializer.addInitRoutine({ name: "YahooBuzz", namespace: "remoting", ...
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• Wild Angles – News from the National Wildlife Refuge System

  
  AmmoLand.com — Authority: 627
  Wild Angles – News from the National Wildlife Refuge System The National Wildlife Refuge System, managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, is the world’s premier system of public lands and waters set aside to conserve America’s fish, wildlife and plants. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ...
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• This madness between us

  
  Wild Light | Wildlife Photography | Insect Art | Bird Art | Honey Bee Art — Authority: 118
  “This madness between us can’t go on any longer.” “You despise me, don’t you?” “If I gave you any thought I probably would.” A male songbird clearly has a problem learning to let go of a cute dame.
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• Costa Rica proposes to downgrade Las Baulas National Park, threatening leatherback sea turtles

  
  Mongabay.com News — Authority: 137
  Costa Rica is considered by many to be a shining example of environmental stewardship, preserving both its terrestrial and marine biodiversity while benefiting from being a popular tourist location. However, a new move by the Costa Rican government has placed their reputation in question. In May of this year the ...
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• Machrihanish Dunes’ masterclass in first class inclusive marketing

  
  For Argyll — Authority: 144
  The Autumn issue of Links, the international magazine for golfers, features the new Machrihanish Dunes golf course in Kintyre as its cover story.This entire piece - by Anthony Pioppi - powerfully harnesses the advantages of sharing the limelight in marketing and publicity.Early in the article the focus is not on ...
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• China ivory demand bodes ill for Africas elephants

  
  wildsingapore news — Authority: 582
  James Pomfret and Tom Kirkwood, Reuters 9 Nov 09;GUANGZHOU/NAIROBI (Reuters) - Tucked into a grimy building in Guangzhou, a small band of Chinese master carvers chip away at ivory tusks with chisels, fashioning them into the sorts of intricate carvings that were prized by Chinese emperors.A passion for ivory ornaments ...
  10 hours ago

• Cow Xmas

  
  Fuzzy Dragons — Authority: 423
  Copyright Jennifer Rose Phillip A4 size prints for sale. £10 including shipping Finished coo :) Makes me want to actually do a series of Xmas themed wildlife drawings now.
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• Bizarre Eating Habits of the Slingjaw Wrasse

  
  The Friggin Loon — Authority: 151
  Want to see the Slingjaw Wrasse? Come on I know you do. What if I were to tell you it’s got the coolest friggin way of eating? Now are you interested? Okie dokie, just don’t be swimming anywhere near reefs and lagoon waters in the Pacific and Indian Oceans, it might want to suck your toe or something.
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• Rite of Passage

  
  Raising Country Kids — Authority: 103
  After passing his hunters safety course earlier this fall, Riley has been anxious to shoot something besides pop cans and paper targets. Last Saturday, he got his chance.Im told that the first buck is something special for a boy. I suppose its a rite of passage that goes back to a time when providing for ones family ...
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• Major Study Shows Toxic Chemicals In Fish Tissue Nationwide

  
  eNewsUSA — Authority: 419
  Nov 10: A new EPA study shows concentrations of toxic chemicals in fish tissue from lakes and reservoirs in nearly all 50 U.S. states. For the first time, EPA is able to estimate the percentage of lakes and reservoirs nationwide that have fish containing potentially harmful levels of chemicals such as mercury and ...
  12 hours ago

• Feline Solar Power Generators

  
  Pacifica Riptide — Authority: 144
  C ats are well-known solar power batteries. They spend most of the day sleeping near sunny windows, building up energy. Harnessing these vast numbers of mobile energy storage devices would solve many of the problems known to mankind. Unfortunately, it remains difficult to herd cats, so preparation, containerization, ...
  12 hours ago

• Getting wildlife off the menu

  
  PRI's The World — Authority: 625
  Download audio file (1110094.mp3) Download MP3 Vietnamese have a taste for wildlife. Hanoi restaurants serve such delicacies as snakes and monkeys. Now two environmental groups are hoping to change attitudes and discourage Vietnamese diners from indulging in wildlife cuisine. The World’s Mary Kay Magistad ...
  13 hours ago

• Is It a Spider? is It an Octopus? No, It’s an Echinoderm!!?

  
  Scienceray — Authority: 553
  For those of you who are as uninformed as I was an echinoderm is a sea creature.  Amongst it’s many talents it can attach itself to surfaces via tubes on its arms which enables it to protect itself from predators by hanging on for dear life and it also helps it to grasp food.  And most echinoderms have the ...
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• NOAA chief Lubchenco to return to Oregon for key salmon hearing

  
  Oregon Living — Authority: 809
  The Oregon State University ecologist Jane Lubchenco, with a history of involvement in safeguarding oceans and waterways, will return to Portland for a hearing on how to save Columbia River system salmon.
  15 hours ago

• African wildlife safari in Kenya

  
  STA travelbuzz — Authority: 130
  STA Explorer Saz has been on the classic African wildlife safari , although working as a volunteer her and other members of her team decided that they should experience the more ‘touristy’ side of their current location. The trip was, in her words, ‘um-ed and ah-ed’ about due to price, but eventually she ...
  16 hours ago

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