Endangered species
Catering to Caviar Tastes From an Unexpected Place
Submitted by Earth News on Thu, 05/10/2012 - 21:00
ShareThisAn entrepreneur’s plans to produce caviar in South Korea have finally come to fruition, 15 years after he imported 200 sturgeons from Russia.
Wild Horses’ Fate in Outer Banks Lies in Preservation Clash
Submitted by Earth News on Mon, 05/07/2012 - 21:00
ShareThisDefenders of the native habitat of the Outer Banks of North Carolina fear that a recent increase in wild horses threatens the coastal ecosystem.
Asteroid’s Impact Still Central to Dinosaurs’ Extinction
Submitted by Earth News on Mon, 05/07/2012 - 21:00
ShareThisResearchers found some signs of long-term decline in the dinosaurs’ last 12 million years, but nothing that might dislodge the asteroid’s role in the mass extinction.
ARTSBEAT; Giant Reptiles Receive $35 Million for Makeover
Submitted by Earth News on Thu, 05/03/2012 - 21:00
ShareThisBillionaire industrialist and philanthropist David H Koch donates $35 million to renovate the dinosaur hall at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History in Washington, DC. Photo
At Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, Tracking an Osprey via GPS
Submitted by Earth News on Tue, 05/01/2012 - 21:00
ShareThisAn osprey at the wildlife refuge at Jamaica Bay in Queens has been outfitted with a GPS tag, allowing wildlife managers and the public to track his daily movements.
New Studies of Permian Extinction Shed Light on the ‘Great Dying’
Submitted by Earth News on Mon, 04/30/2012 - 21:00
ShareThisPainstaking analyses of fossils from the Permian extinction, 252 million years ago, are providing startling new clues to the behavior of modern marine life and its future.
Planting Native Species
Submitted by Earth News on Sun, 04/29/2012 - 21:00
ShareThisA gardening writer discourages the use of nonnative invasive plants and flowers.
Judge Says Snake River Dams Should Go
Submitted by Earth News on Thu, 04/26/2012 - 21:00
ShareThisJudge James A. Redden, who has presided over a long-running court fight over endangered salmon, says the four dams on the Snake River should be removed to help the fish.
Field Station: Dinosaurs to Open in Secaucus, N.J.
Submitted by Earth News on Thu, 04/26/2012 - 21:00
ShareThisAnimatronic reptiles dot the wilderness near the Secaucus, N.J., train station in the new Field Station: Dinosaurs.
Tigers migrate to China…in pieces
Submitted by Earth News on Thu, 04/26/2012 - 08:54
ShareThisCustoms officers in Primorsky Province in Russia’s Far East have arrested a suspect found attempting to smuggle three Amur tiger paws across the border into China.
