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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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• 10 November, 2009 – This Week in Science

  
  This Week in Science - The Kickass Science Podcast — Authority: 108
  Shocking Anti-Matter Finding, New Supernovaes, Faulkland Fox Family, A Phone Call, Altruistic Ants, Icy Antarctic Ecosystem, Life In The Lab, Prenatal Phonics, Synthetic Solutions, Feeding The Children, and Much More!
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• Saving Malayan flying foxes

  
  Animal News: Animal Planet — Authority: 421
  Jonathan Epstein with the Wildlife Trust releases a Malayan flying fox/Copyright © 2009 Wlldlife Trust The Malayan flying fox ( Pteropus vampyrus ), doesn’t look like your ordinary bat. They eat fruit rather than insects, have large eyes, and a huge wing span of up to five feet across. Parents might know ...
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• Koalas Extinct in 30 Years as Climate Change, Habitat Loss, Sexually Transmitted Disease Take Their Toll

  
  TreeHugger — Authority: 721
  photo: Drewe Zanki via flickr. New figures from the Australian Koala Foundation paint a dark picture for the future of the iconic marsupial. Just completed research shows that the current koala population is somewhere between 43,000-80,000 individuals, a decline from an estimated 100,000 in 2003, and without ...
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• Was This Fish the Inspiration for Alien?

  
  Discoblog — Authority: 571
  See that fish in the video below– that’s a slingjaw wrasse. Looks kind of boring, right? Well as you’ve probably guessed from the headline (or from the name slingjaw), it’s not. Just watch the video. Via the Telegraph : Its mouth shoots out like that of the monster in the Ridley Scott film Alien, ...
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• Why Do Animals, Especially Males, Have So Many Different Colors?

  
  Impact Lab — Authority: 519
  This male Hetaerina damselfly from the occisa species has red spots at the base and tip of its wings but no black pigmentation.Why do so many animal species — including fish, birds and insects — display such rich diversity in coloration and other traits? In new research, Gregory Grether, UCLA professor of ecology ...
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• West African giraffe numbers on the rise

  
  Cooler Choice — Authority: 161
  Greenwire : Once on the brink of extinction, the number of giraffes in West Africa has crept to more than 200. New education efforts and laws banning hunting and poaching have caused the herd size of the western subspecies to quadruple from an estimated 50 in 1996. The government “realized they had an invaluable ...
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• Endangered fish comic

  
  ecotravel news — Authority: 123
  Its the latest Arctic Circle comic strip by Alex Hallatt on The Daily Green blog For more Arctic Circles click here
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• Working With The Funzi Turtle Club (Day 1)

  
  GVI Kenya — Authority: 418
  This past Wednesday found the GVI marine team travelling from Wasini Island to Funzi Island for two days of training with the Funzi Bay Turtle Club, a local community effort to save endangered sea turtles.  Currently there are about 30 members in the club, 20 of which, including the chair, are females from this ...
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• Remote African nation saves rare giraffes from extinction

  
  Gadling — Authority: 686
  Filed under: Activism , Africa , Niger , News Niger doesnt get in the news much. This landlocked Saharan nation doesnt have much in the way of national resources, is listed by the UN as one of the worlds least developed countries, and yet it has a serious attitude towards conservation. Niger is home to a ...
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• West African giraffe numbers on the rise

  
  EarthNews — Authority: 433
  Greenwire : Once on the brink of extinction, the number of giraffes in West Africa has crept to more than 200. New education efforts and laws banning hunting and poaching have caused the herd size of the western subspecies to quadruple from an estimated 50 in 1996. The government “realized they had an invaluable ...
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• Yellowstone Bison Update

  
  Thinking Outside — Authority: 131
  The Yellowstone Insider has a good update on the bison situation in and out of Yellowstone National Park . Basically, not much has changed. Ranchers still want bison who wander out of the park shot because of fears of brucellosis, bison lovers keep pointing out that cattle don’t get brucellosis from bison. Bison ...
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• New Book Looks at Humanitys Role in the Next Extinction

  
  Critter News — Authority: 132
  Another book I want to read! Im a glutton for depressing punishment! Nevertheless the subject of eradicated species has become publishing hot property after a bidding battle in the US saw Henry Holt, a publisher, beat its rivals to buy The Sixth Extinction by Elizabeth Kolbert last week. According to the New York ...
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• Nepal is "Poachers Paradise"

  
  Critter News — Authority: 132
  Ugly stuff happening in Nepal.
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• Gadlinks for Monday 11.9.09

  
  Gadling — Authority: 686
  Filed under: Activism , Learning , Blogs , North America , United States , Ecotourism Its Wild America day here at Gadling, and we should feel grateful to have so many wild things to be crazy about here in America! Well, if nothing else, theres always "Where the Wild Things Are," which could very well be ...
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• Endangered Mississippi Sandhill Cranes get a boost

  
  Animal News: Animal Planet — Authority: 421
  Three endangered Mississippi sandhill cranes Credit US Fish & Wildlife Service Starting at the crack of dawn Friday, November 6th, some 25 to 30 volunteers hid in blinds throughout the Mississippi Sandhill Crane National Wildlife Refuge s wetland pine savanna to count and identify individuals by looking for ...
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• Whooping Cranes Spotted At Kansas WMA

  
  AmmoLand.com — Authority: 627
  Whooping Cranes Spotted At Cheyenne Bottoms, Quivira Ks Rare birds flew into Kansas evening of Nov. 4; hunting limited at Cheyenne Bottoms, closed at Quivira NWR. Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks PRATT, KS — -(AmmoLand.com)- Twelve endangered whooping cranes were spotted by Kansas Department of ...
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• Zambia and Tanzania Seek Legal Ivory Sales

  
  Green Inc. — Authority: 745
  Zambia and Tanzania are requesting a reclassification for their African Elephant populations to enable legal sales of ivory.
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• World Wildlife Fund’s Holiday Gift Center

  
  Feelgood Style — Authority: 468
  Save endangered species in style together with WWF’s Holiday Gift Center . “Make a donation to support WWF’s worldwide conservation efforts and select a special WWF themed thank-you gift.” too! Now WWF offers stylish jute bags, pajama pants , large recycled and reusable totes, boxers, hats, reusable ...
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• Restricting An Endangered List

  
  Thinking Outside — Authority: 131
  The most recent Bush Administration’s record on identifying and protecting endangered species was pretty dismal, only 62 species were listed in the eight years of Bush’s term. That contrasts with the previous two administrations, Clinton and George H.W. Bush, each of whom added about that many species to the list ...
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