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Black Coral forest discovered


Endangered Maleo protected on Sulawesi


All octopi are venomous


Dramatic evidence of rapidly warming arctic


Bottled water as polluted as tap water
Use a carbon filter on tap - 1900 times
cheaper than bottled


Half of mammal species in decline
a quarter in serious trouble


Doctors now say NO to kids
and exotic pets


Travelling exhibit shows history
of pet ownership in America


Orca in Gulf of Mexico


Pharmaceuticals found in fish across U.S.


20 year report from Exxon Valdez
Oil Spill Council
(much worse than expected)


Whale sedated in wild
to remove entangled rope


Octopus fossil - WOW !!


Hippo sweat prevents sunburn?


Probable southeast U.S. Red Snapper ban


More and more male fish taking
on female traits


Tree kangaroos getting protection
in New Guinea


Rare type of ciguatera (fish poisoning) ...
changes sensations of hot and cold
(Nice miniatus grouper photo)


Alaskan coastline erosion
increasing rapidly


Size of trophy fish at Key West
WAYYYY down in 50 years
(Check the pix out!)


40 tons of contraband coral
(Sounds like live rock to me,
since it was coming in a
container from Philippines.
(Not a good one for your rap sheet)


We're putting out WAY more carbon now ...
more than 3 times as much as
the 1990's, where the figures for
ALL the model projections came
from and are based on.


More new species from Colombia


Fugu poisoning alive and well in Japan
(look at that plate !)


Record high levels of drugs being
dumped in rivers in India -
150 X U.S. worst levels


Death rate in western forests
doubled in 25 years ... they are not
replacing themselves


New rock-climbing catfish


Warming in Antarctica


Singing began in fish,
perfected in birds


New deepwater marinelife off of
Tasmania (the squirt and sponge
are out of this world!)


This fish has the most unique
eyes of any animal
(good pic)


Pink land iguana in Galapagos
changes what we thought about iguanas


Three new Pacific marine sanctuaries ...
so forget live rock from these places !!
The exact borders of the one in Marianas
is not known, but it may be the last
nail in the Marshall's coffin
(for live rock collection.)


Hawai'i's Pygmy Killer Whales -
about 200 exist


Great Barrier Reef in great big trouble
(look at the size of the coral
in the picture)


Africa's oldest known chimp dies ...
but Cheeta from Tarzan is still alive
at a sanctuary in Palm Springs,
and 75 now !!


2 trillions tons of ice melted
in 5 years


Ancient amphibian had flip-top head


Federal agencies at odds over
fish consumption


One-fifth of reefs lost,
rest in peril
(Beautiful photo of Starcki school)



Amazing pic - Great flying lemur
(Colugo) photo and story


African elephants living in fear,
study finds ... they appear to
equate road construction boom to poachers


Pemba Fruit Bat back from verge of extinction
I knew 4' wingspan on fruit bats,
but 5 1/2' !?!
(nice pic at link)


Octopus have 6 arms and 2 legs


Yangtzee Softshell Turtle: 6 left,
one female, that's 80 Oct.


81 deg. F on Baffin Island !!!!


Frozen remains of mosses and
insects on Antarctica


Half of world primates in danger


Invasive species bill stuck in Congress


14 TONS of Pangolin meat seized !?!?!?!


Retired mailroom worker gets
catfish named after him


Scientists attacted by animal
rights activist


New World's Smallest Snake on Barbados


Penguins in trouble the world over


Lesser Prairie Chicken in trouble


Microbial life on seafloor
baffles scientists


Scientists wowed by millions of
small brittle stars living on
seamounts south of New Zealand


Lots of red fluorescent stuff in ocean
where red light doesn't last long


Oldest known livebearing vertebrate
(a fish) fossil


Ecology of artificial reefs


How clownfish return to proper reef


Caribbean Monk Seal declared extinct


Report said to be global assessment of coral


A much hotter future, coming soon


State of reefs in major decline


Extinct Judean Date Palm resurrected from
2000 year old seed !


Frogs pop claws on demand


Flanders Marine Institute sorting out
marine species taxonomic nomenclature


Two celebrities try to out-green eco each other


The mega-fishes project


Paddlefish for domestic caviar


L.A.'s Black Gold rush - Wilmington third
biggest field in lower 48


Another ice shelf in Canada goes, near Ellsmere Isl.


Plastic bottle raft crosses Long Beach to HI


Drugs in water affect 46 million in U.S.


What farmers are doing to fight E.coli,
besides coppering a pond because of frogs


Article on the new DNA bird research


Bigger is better, but extinction rates higher


Algae bloom at Olympic venue, over 100,000
TONS removed ... and you think you have
algae problems !


Tuatara may not last till 2100


Politics drove pages of deletions in
EPA climate study


Superfast muscles power songbird singing


Giant prehistoric goose found in
England with 16' wingspan and teeth


New fish may be new family


New (First) Lungless Frog in Borneo


Swinhoe's Softshell Found in Wild in North Viet Nam
(nice pic too)


Forest-eating Beetles Will Cause Warming


New XXL Antarctic Marine Life


Huge Antarctic Ice Shelf on Verge of Collapse


Test Tube Mississippi Gopher Frogs at Memphis Zoo


5 Kakapoo Born with Two on the Way
(flightless New Zealand parrot of
which less than 100 are left)


Mutated Fish in Tainted Water


Illegal Logging Threatens Wintering Monarchs in Mexico


Amazon Deforestation


Three-day Flood at Glen Canyon for Ecosystem


Medications and Pharmaceuticals in Drinking Water


Wind Farms Potential Hazard to Whooping Cranes


Leatherback Turtle Migrates 12,774 Miles


New Genus of Horseshoe Crabs, and Oldest Fossil


Outdoor and Nature Activity Declining


New Bid to Rid Great Lakes of Alien Species


French 1999 Erika Oil Spill
Rusty old boat
broke in half - killed 75K birds


Plan to remove dams to save west coast salmon


Penguin colony disappearing in Antarctic

200 threatened species added to "Red List"

Dire scenarios for the world's reefs

Corals weakened by warming and disease

Expert's concern for corals spans decades

Warming expert: "Arctic is screaming"

New species of Giant Rat - 3 pounds, found in
Indonesia, evolved from coral shippers

Corn boom expanding dead zone in Gulf of Mexico

Wrong trout species introduced in plan to save one

New species of Giant Spitting Cobra in Kenya

For female swordtails, size does matter

Lizards play rock paper scissors games

Celebes Sea expedition in Philippines

Fish get insomnia too

Mississippi River and Gulf of Mexico dead zone

Arctic sea ice changes drastic, and least ever

Jellyfish devastate Salmon farm in Ireland
in unprecedented invasion

8' sea scorpion fossil

Navy told to cut effects of super sonar on marine life

Indo-Pacific reefs dying faster than thought

Trees in Sierra Nevada, Calif. dying faster due to warming

Lake Superior shrinking and warming

"Super Suckers" slurp invasive algae off reefs

Knock off the hooey of bottled water

Dolphins killed for shark bait

Heat tolerance in some symbiotic coral algaes
may help with warming sea temperatures

Another Aussie giant squid
(note the measurements contradict themselves in the article)

Sand kills more than sharks annually

Gulf Stream's role in climate

Netted whale aged at over 100 years by lance in it

Beal's 4-eyed Turtle hatched at Chattanooga TN

Amazing new toad species found
(check out the photo!)

Birds and habitats
(and what we do to them)

Endangered places, including Great Barrier Reef

New legless lizard from India

World's 10 most endangered rivers includes Rio Grande

Periodical cicadas "17-year Locust" about to emerge

New hummingbird species in Colombia

1000+ lb. Mako Shark caught off FL in Gulf of Mexico

Condor egg in Mexico first since 1930's

Sewage filled lake in El Salvador full of birds

National Wildlife Refuges get budget ax

Arctic spiders may have clues to warming

"Borneo Clouded Leopard," is not ... it's a new species

Cowbirds' Bad Program

Tire reef off Florida doesn't work

"Amphibian Ark" hopes to save them

7' flightless carnivorus bird from America

Spider chastity belt

Researchers catch and film live giant squid

China loses its freshwater dolphin - essentially extinct

Trying to save species on edge of extinction

Australia at war with poisonous Cane Toad

Tuna being overfished - countries working on problem

Great Lakes severe pollution problem

Prehistoric fish with baddest bite

Ice shelf breaking up in Arctic

New marine reserves in California

Psuedo copulation in crayfish to ease aggression

Giant African Snail invasive in Barbados

Introduced Gray Squirrels from U.S. overrun England

Snakes predict earthquakes

Seafood could collapse by 2050

Time bomb ticking for coral reefs?

Rabbits, rodents vs. penguins, albatross on Australian isle

Britain seeks bold climate action

Treasure trove of new marine species

Intersex fish in the Potomac: pollution?

Pacific Dungeness crab turns up in Atlantic

Mediterranean algae and jellyfish outbreak

Aspens are dying in the west

Warming expert sees decade window to act

Arctic Sea Ice shrinking faster

3' earthworm in WA !

Argentine Ant (in CA) chemical warfare

Fastest jaws in world - trap-door ant

Sunken tanker leaking oil in the Philippines

Acid rain in China affects 1/3 of country

About 1200 Hawaiian Monk Seal left

Bubba, celebrity grouper dies at Shedd Aq. in Chicago

Polar Bear genitals shriking due to pollution

Mud volcano in Jakarta

Rapa Island - Reflects Global Strife

New England marshes dying

African tortoise smuggling

Troubled times for trees

Planet Under Pressure - BBC Series of Articles

Gray Jays and global warming

Ship junkyards - dismantling - enviro nightmare

Most tropical forests unprotected

Olympia Nat'l Park

Stephen Hawking warns about warming

Part of Rio Grande dry in NM endangers fish

Snow on African peaks endangered due to warming

World's leggiest creature

Rare frogs re-discovered in S.A.

3 new species of mouse lemurs

Antarctic fish produces own anti-freeze

Only 1/3 of U.S. streams in GOOD shape

Hunter & fisherman survey about global warming

Worst year in 40 for CA butterflies

Dragonflies migration

Hybrid Polar X Grizzly Bear !!

Windfarm for S. Padre Isl. TX flyway

New monkey genus in Africa

Global warming could weaken Pacific food chain

Corals at risk due to Carribbean warming

8 new frog species

Octopi have trick elbows

Only 1/3 of U.S. streams in GOOD shape

Pesticides in National Park snow

Common ancestor of fish and land animals fossil

Coral crisis: U.S. to protect

Orkney Islands

Santa Rosa Island: Military hunting club?

New species in Indonesia

More lost world discovery

Tsunami reefs heal in 10 years

New frog in Venezuela

New ideas on the Milky Way

More on global warming - NOT hot air

Reefs down under

Shark feeding frenzy in Australia

Yellowstone caldera activity

Super volcanoes will chill world someday

Frog fungus

Facial cancer killing Tasmanian Devils

Hummingbird memory

River conservation winning idea

Greenland's glaciers losing ice faster

Swiss glaciers retreating

Glut of whale meat in Japan

A new world's smallest fish

More on world's smallest fish
A smaller male (but larger female) up to
8 of which attach permanently to the female.
Unbelievable!
It is a deep sea angler sps.

Giant 6' Jellies in Japan

Vultures demise due to cow drugs
97% population decline in 15 years!

Hurricane effects on gulf coast

Blair warns of unsustainable warming

Prebele's Jumping Mouse

Priceless vases shattered in art museum accident

Scorpion queen marries centipede king
(They met as performers in a Thai reptile farm!)

Humu humu - Hawai'i State Fish Confusion

Dinosaur Species

Government Deleted Navy sonar References in Whale Stranding Report

The Far N.W. Hawai'i Chain - Protection?

Restocking Audubon Aquarium in New Orleans

Palm Oil

Environmental Effects of '04 Tsunami



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