Recent Endangered Species Articles page 2

Seattle Times - And the tribes promise to back off on using the Endangered Species Act as a weapon against irrigators. But before any part of the agreement can be enacted, approval of the tribes, Klamath County commissioners and others is required. Perhaps most ...

The Independent - The sale to oil and gas companies has been rushed through before Congress can complete efforts to protect the polar bear under the Endangered Species Act, a move which could complicate efforts to sell its habitat to oil majors. The US House of ...

Detroit News - This series concentrates on endangered species and ecosystems with exotic location shoots in Borneo, Thailand and Madagascar, as well as spots closer to home in Arizona and Louisiana. Animal blooper extras, while obvious, would have been fun, but ...

Deccan Herald - Orissa coast is fast becoming a graveyard for olive ridley turtles as several carcasses of this endangered species have been found in the prominent nesting sites. Several carcasses of olive ridley turtles have been found in the prominent nesting ...

Washington Post - The bald eagle was taken off the endangered species list last year. Gamble said that before she designed the coins in February, she contacted Stephanie R. Spears, who was the senior environmental specialist on the project for eight years and had ...

Xinhua News Agency - The charity organization aims to raise public awareness of the imperative to save the tiger and to gain further support to protect and reintroduce the endangered species to the wild. From today, those interested can submit suggested names or ...

Scotsman - SIR David Attenborough, the veteran wildlife presenter, yesterday attacked the BBC's decision to cut jobs in its acclaimed natural history unit. The renowned division, which has produced Planet Earth, The Blue Planet and Springwatch, will lose almost ...

Seattle Post Intelligencer - At this level, the Endangered Species Act protected the gray whale in the past. The 2001 study showed a decrease of 30 percent in the population. Calf counts are low and last year went as low as 100. Recent studies on the level of predation by orcas ...

BBC News - These lungless salamanders of Mexico are a highly endangered species. They don't have lungs but breathe through their skin and mouth lining.

Daily Telegraph - Endangered species such as the stone curlew, nightjar and sand lizard are facing an increased threat of extinction because of the degradation of much of their heathland habitat, conservationists have warned. A survey of more than 100 lowland ...