Bugged by decline in native ladybug species, NY researchers talk about the birds and beesSeptember 4th, 2009 NY researchers give ladybugs a birds-and-bees talkITHACA, N.Y. — A year after they launched a nationwide search for dwindling native ladybugs, New York researchers are breeding colonies of them from insects found by citizen scientists in Oregon and Colorado.
Discovery of wild-born salmon in NY river raises hopes for restoration of speciesAugust 19th, 2009 NY salmon resurgence indicates species recoveryALBANY, N.Y. — For the first time in more than a century, scientists have found wild-born Atlantic salmon in a Lake Ontario tributary that once teemed with the fish.
Bugs, snails and rare plants: Agency says 29 more species may need federal protectionAugust 18th, 2009 Agency says 29 species may need federal protectionSALT LAKE CITY — Twenty-nine species in more than 20 states — from a rare beach-dwelling plant in Yellowstone National Park to a caddisfly in Nebraska — may need federal protections to avoid extinction, according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
Conservation programme launched for 70 critically endangered speciesAugust 15th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Central Zoo Authority has initiated a coordinated conservation breeding programme for 70 critically endangered species in Indian zoos, an official statement Saturday said. "The Central Zoo Authority has initiated a planned coordinated conservation breeding programme for critically endangered species in Indian zoos.
Round Goby fish invades Great Lakes, endangers native speciesAugust 12th, 2009 WASHINGTON - A team of scientists from Canada has uncovered alarming invasion of the round goby fish into Great Lakes tributaries, which is likely to make an adverse impact on endangered fishes in the region. The team, from the University of Toronto (U of T), the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and the University of Guelph has identified a drastic invasion of round goby into many Great Lakes tributaries, including several areas of the Thames, Sydenham, Ausable and Grand Rivers.
Invasive crabs and snails threaten oyster reefs in California coastal estuaryJuly 18th, 2009 WASHINGTON - In a study, scientists have found new evidence of invasive species threatening native ones, in the form of oyster reefs in a once-pristine California coastal estuary devastated by invasive Atlantic Coast crabs and snails. Led by marine biologist David L.
Senate hearing focuses on diseases, invasive species threatening people, native wildlifeJuly 8th, 2009 Python attack shows threat from invasive speciesWASHINGTON — A pet Burmese python broke out of a glass cage last week and strangled to death a 2-year-old girl in her Florida bedroom. The tragedy was the latest and most graphic example of a problem that has plagued the state for more than a decade: a nonnative species that is wreaking havoc in the Everglades, threatening the environment, native wildlife and people.
From pythons to fungus to zebra mussels, invasive species threaten people, native wildlifeJuly 8th, 2009 From pythons to fungus, species invading USWASHINGTON — A pet Burmese python broke out of a glass cage last week and killed a 2-year-old girl in her Florida bedroom. The tragedy became the latest and most graphic example of a problem that has plagued the state for more than a decade: a nonnative species that is wreaking havoc in the Everglades, threatening people, the environment and native wildlife.
How plants use nitrogen to invade and take over native plantsJuly 7th, 2009 WASHINGTON - A research at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL), US, gives important new information on how plants can change "nitrogen cycling" to gain nitrogen and how this allows plant species to invade and take over native plants. In the research, UNL biologist Johannes Knops has demonstrated how one invasive plant species replaces native species because of its ability to take up and hold on to nitrogen.
Conservation groups again seek endangered species protection for giant, spitting worm in Wash.June 30th, 2009 Protection sought again for giant, spitting wormsSPOKANE, Wash. — Fans of the giant Palouse earthworm are once again seeking federal protection for the rare, sweet-smelling species that spits at predators.
Environmentalists call to end funding for federal agency that controls wildlife, crop pestsJune 18th, 2009 Animal kills by federal agency more than doubleALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The number of animals poisoned, shot or snared by the U.S.
So now what to call it? Alaska's Rat Island apparently rodent-free after eradication effortsJune 13th, 2009 Oh rats! Rodent-free Alaska island needs new nameANCHORAGE, Alaska — The rats appear to be gone from Alaska's Rat Island, more than 200 years after they scurried off a rodent-infested Japanese ship. Helicopters dropped rat poison on the island last year in hopes of returning many bird species to the uninhabited island in the Aleutian Chain.
Poorly regulated US wildlife trade threatens public health and ecosystemsMay 2nd, 2009 WASHINGTON - In a new report, a team of scientists has determined that the poorly regulated US wildlife trade can lead to devastating effects on ecosystems, native species, food supply chains and human health. The report has been made by scientists from the Wildlife Trust, Brown University, Pacific Lutheran University, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the Global Invasive Species Programme.
Study says livestock grazing threatens most wildlife habitats on federal land in WestMay 1st, 2009 Study: Grazing threatens wildlife habitat in WestRENO, Nev. — Conservationists say livestock grazing poses a threat to a wide variety of fish and other wildlife across more than three-fourths of their dwindling habitats on federal land in the West.
Beware of 2010, it could be year of invasive speciesFebruary 26th, 2009 WASHINGTON - June 2010 could be a busy month for invasive plants, insects and animals seeking free rides to distant lands. A new study forecasts climate factors such as temperature, humidity and rainfall will match at geographically distant airline departure and destination points then, which could help to shuffle invasive species, and the diseases they may carry, across the globe along existing flight routes.
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