Environment > Wildlife
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07.02.08 Game-changer in the EvergladesLarge land sale throws ecosystem-restoration plans cheerfully upside down. The Monitor's Alexandra Marks discusses conservation in the Everglades with Reporter Peter N. Spotts. Alexandra Marks interviews Peter N. Spotts |
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06.30.08 Unorthodox papermaking helps a Thai elephant refugeElephant-dung pages dispose of a massive waste problem profitably. |
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06.25.08 Want to name a sea slug? A nonprofit might let you.To raise cash, some science and environmental groups will let donors name species for a fee. |
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06.05.08 Horseshoe crabs are landing – the spawn is on |
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06.05.08 Bolivia gets clean by staying green |
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06.04.08 Glass ‘cities’ under the sea |
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06.03.08 In Montana, bison plan pausedReporter Todd Wilkinson discusses the steep decline in Yellowstone's bison population this year. Reporter Todd Wilkinson |
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06.02.08 Florida woman runs a sanctuary for big catsJudy Berens takes in abandoned leopards, panthers, and other exotic animals at a conservation center on her home property. |
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06.02.08 A rainbow of Galapagos wildlifeThe islands were alive with vividly colored crabs, birds, and iguanas. |
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05.30.08 Unlikely residents: Tropical parrots thrive in US cities |
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05.28.08 Delisting of wolves raises hacklesWith wolves’ numbers rising, federal government – and many in West – want to take them off endangered species list. Environmentalists warn that it’s too soon. Reporter Brad Knickerbocker discusses the gray wolf's position between a 'new west' and an 'old west'. Reporter Brad Knickerbocker |
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05.23.08 EarthTalk: Should house cats roam free outside?It’s better for the health of the cat – and far better for the many small animals that cats hunt – to keep them indoors, some say. |
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05.21.08 Interview: Jane Goodall embraces a broader missionThe noted primatologist has found that in order to save her beloved chimpanzees, she has to educate the people first. |
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05.20.08 A husband-and-wife team in Montana studies the elusive wolverineSteve Gehman and Betsy Robinson brave frostbite, avalanches, and bears to track the imperiled animal in the northern Rockies. Reporter Todd Wilkinson discusses an old fashioned approach to wolverine conservation. Reporter Todd Wilkinson |
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05.15.08 What polar bears get from new protected statusA recovery plan is ensured. But US includes caveats to safeguard oil and gas drilling. Reporter Amanda Paulson discusses the US government's decision to list the polar bear as an endangered species. Reporter Amanda Paulson |
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05.14.08 US lists polar bears as threatenedWednesday’s designation is the first to list a species due to global warming threats. |
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05.14.08 In Colorado, an unlikely alliance against drillingPlans to open up a swath of wilderness are bringing hunters and environmentalists together – and reshaping state politics. Reporter Josh McDaniel discusses the growing opposition to gas extraction among Republicans in Colorado. Reporter Josh McDaniel |
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05.14.08 Will new resort imperil Grenada’s endangered dove?Next month, developers will start building a controversial resort in Mt. Hartman National Park, one of the Grenada dove’s last sanctuaries. Correspondent Colin Woodard talks about new development on Grenada threatening the endangered Grenada dove, the Caribbean island nation’s national bird. Correspondent Colin Woodard |
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05.13.08 Humor helps a rare bird survive in CambodiaConservationists’ gentle engagement with locals boosts the prospects for the Bengal Florican. |
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05.05.08 A lab in Florida acts as a real-life CSI show … for manateesMartine de Wit leads a team of forensic pathologists that performs autopsies on the endangered creatures to determine their cause of death. |
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04.30.08 Sumatran orangutans study for nature’s pass/perish entrance examThe best students are the wildest. Lesson 1: Avoid humans at all costs. Contributor Jerry Guo discusses a recent finding about orangutans and what someone might discover in the Sumatran rain forest. Contributor Jerry Guo |
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04.24.08 Beneath Arctic ice pack, teeming life holds extraterrestrial cluesMicroscopic organisms thrive in polar-ice 'brine channels' whose conditions mirror some of those found in space. Contributor George Tombs talks with CSMonitor.com's Pat Murphy about life in the Canadian Arctic ice. Contributor George Tombs |
