Biodiversity

Whale Meet Ends With Peace Agenda

Originally Published by BBC News

In a supposed success, the annual IWC meeting has ended with not much more than an agreement to disagree on the controversial issue of whaling as the slaughter continues.

Posted on July 1st, 2008
Biodiversity, Politics

Australian Crocs Hit By Cane Toad “Wave of Death”

Originally Published by New Scientist - Environment

Mass die-offs of Australian fresh water crocodiles has been traced to an invasive and highly toxic toad eaten by the crocs.

Posted on June 30th, 2008
Biodiversity

Can Weeds Help Solve the Climate Crisis?

Originally Published by NYT > Environment

Weedy ancestors of our food crops, some scientists predict, will cope far better with coming climatic changes than their domesticated descendants.

Posted on June 30th, 2008
Agriculture, Biodiversity, Climate

Greenland Denied on Whale Catch

Originally Published by BBC News

The first vote at this year’s International Whaling Commission (IWC) meeting has resulted in defeat for Greenland’s request to expand its hunt.

Posted on June 27th, 2008
Biodiversity, Politics

U.S. Supreme Court to Review Navy Sonar Harm to Whales

Originally Published by Environment News Service

The U.S. Supreme Court has accepted a request by the U.S. Navy that the court review a series of lower court rulings that restrict the Navy’s use of loud sonar blasts off the coast of Southern California.

Posted on June 26th, 2008
Biodiversity, Politics, Technology, Water

Mixed Messages At Chile Whaling Conference

Originally Published by New Scientist - Environment

At the 60th annual International Whaling Commission in Chile, Japan proposes to legalize whaling off her coast while the host country proposes just the opposite.

Posted on June 26th, 2008
Biodiversity, Politics

Bridging the Iran-West Divide To Save Cheetahs

Originally Published by Environmental News Network

Iranian and Western wildlife experts are working together to save rare cheetahs from extinction in this arid, mountainous region, despite a nuclear row between their governments.

Posted on June 22nd, 2008
Biodiversity, Politics

Tiny, Clingy and Destructive, Mussel Makes Its Way West

Originally Published by NY Times

The Quagga Mussel - a fingernail-size bivalve with an astonishing sex drive - threatens economic and ecological havoc as it colonizes the Colorado River and moves westward.

Posted on June 17th, 2008
Biodiversity, Water

Fast Fall of Mediterranean Sharks

Originally Published by BBC News

Largely due to fishing, shark populations in the Mediterranean have dropped dramatically over the last two centuries.

Posted on June 15th, 2008
Biodiversity, Water

Mercury Contamination Found in Stranded Victorian Dolphins

Originally Published by Environmental News Network

Monash University research into heavy metal contaminant levels in dolphins from Port Phillip Bay and the Gippsland Lakes has revealed high mercury levels may be a contributing factor to dolphin deaths.

Posted on June 14th, 2008
Biodiversity, Water