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Researchers struggle to study and protect wolverines
Source:The Daily News Online BY:Rich Landers
Perhaps the only critter at the top of the food chain that's rarer and more set apart than a wolverine is the wolverine researcher. "Worldwide, maybe a dozen people are working on wolverine projects or pursuing research," said Jeff Copeland, who's been among that rare breed for 20 years.
"The fact that wolverines don't mess with human property, get in our garbage cans or prey on our livestock contributes to our lack of knowledge about them - there's no economic incentive for studying them," he said. Pound for pound, the wolverine is perhaps the toughest North American carnivore, legendary for cowing wolves, challenging grizzlies and for chewing its way out of traps. But unlike the others, it's a predator that shies from human habitats. Wolverines have been in the headlines in recent years as conservation groups have worked toward getting them listed as endangered species since the mid-1990s. In the past year, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service evaluated wolverines for endangered status, but essentially put them on a waiting list... Click To View The Entire Article |
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Endangered whales gathering off Cape Cod in record numbers
Source:Boston dot Com BY:Vivian Ho
Whale watchers won’t even have to leave land to see a spectacular sight. A record number of the critically endangered North Atlantic right whales have gathered close off the beaches of Provincetown and Truro and is expected to stay there for at least another week, said Charles "Stormy" Mayo, senior scientist at the Center for Coastal Studies in Provincetown. Researchers counted more than 100 whales during an aerial survey Tuesday, with a preliminary count of more than 200 total, a little less than half of the known population. At some points the whales can be seen just a few yards offshore, to a quarter-mile out.
The whales are drawn to the area this time of year by the stores of zooplankton. Mayo said he thinks there are a large number of the whales there now because the area is particularly rich in zooplankton this year. "We don’t understand that particularly well, but it's clearly a combination of oceanographic processes and a lot of marine biology," Mayo said... Click To View Article In Full |
'African Cats' Disney brings African savannah alive
Source:The Weekly Herald BY:Robert Horton
The life of an antelope is a precarious one, especially in a nature documentary about big African cats. Not only will you be chased and devoured, you won't even get a cute name like the ones given to the lions and cheetahs. Truly, this is a walk-on role, until Disney decides to make "African Antelopes." But this film is called "African Cats," and the felines are the stars.
Narrator Samuel L. Jackson, who sounds like he relishes his role, introduces us to an area of savannah divided by a river. On one side of the river, a lion pride roams, led by an aging male (with an indecorous broken tooth hanging from his mouth). The focus is on a cub named Mara and her protective mother. On the other side, a lone cheetah raises her five tiny cubs. Although the emphasis is on cats, there are plenty of cameo appearances by other animals, including crocodiles, elephants, and hippopotami... Click To View The Article NWHS NOTE: Normally we wouldn't plug a movie, but the cinematic value, location and content should be worthy of the Earth Day (April 22) Disney release. This is an excellent way for parents and kids to share a movie concerning African big cats on the big screen. Parents take note, although rated G, there are some scenes of big cats attacking and devouring prey. It is real and it might be somewhat disturbing to children of a very young age. No more violent than today's video games though, which show far more gratuitous violence than this nature film. |
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