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The TUNA FISH YOU EAT is Endangered
You might suspect a sushi restaurant that doesn’t specify what sort of tuna you’re eating of trying to pawn off an inferior species. Not so. Researchers using novel DNA barcoding technology found that though nearly a third of tuna sold...
Tags: Tuna, sushi restaurant, sushi, Tuna Fish, bluefin, Endangered, Endangered species, fish, restaurants, restaurants menu, Thunnus, FDA
The Army: making a fast mover out of the Desert Tortoise
California's state reptile, the Desert Tortoise is losing more of its habitat in the Mojave Desert thanks to the United States Army. Their plans to move approximately 1100 tortoises to nearby locations they say is for the purpose of expanding...
Tags: desert tortoise, extinction, army, US army, san bernardino, mojave desert, tortoise, turtle, species, endangered species, endangered, extinct, population, desert, sonoran desert
Flocks of starlings infiltrating urban areas across U.S.Shakespeare to blame (photos)
Groups of starlings so large as to endanger air travel are beginning to be of great concern in North America. According to the Associated Press, in the 1890s, a group dedicated to bringing every bird every mentioned by Shakespeare to North America,...
Tags: Birds, Starlings, William Shakespeare, North America, New York City, Central Park, Eugene Schieffelin, drug, manufacturer, Alaska, Alfred Hitchcock, endangered, Native, Wildlife, Boston, Washington
Sharks may be visiting Cape Cod during Labor Day weekend (photos)
One shark sighting was confirmed on Friday in the ocean waters around Chatham, Mass., by Greg Skomal, a shark expert with the Division of Marine Fisheries. It is believed the species spotted was a great white, according to Lisa Capone, the press secretary...
Tags: Sharks, whalees, dolphins, harpooning, sail, ship, killing, endangered, labour day, washington, Cape Cod, Chatham, Massachusetts, Marine, Ocean
Pesticide contamination found in US drinking water
In a disturbing report recently released by the National Resource Defense Council (NRDC) it was revealed that the dangerous pesticide, Atrazine, has contaminated various water sheds and drinking water supplies across many parts of the United States....
Tags: Endangered, Species, pollution, crops, agriculture, pesticides, water, contamination
Billy the TORTOISE will become a father after 110 years
A tortoise called Billy is to become a father at the age of 110 after finally mating with the female who has spurned his advances for 15 years. Billy has at last mated with his ‘wife’ Tammy, 47, and the couple now have seven eggs due to hatch...
Tags: TORTOISE, endangered, extinct, allnews, technology, allnews, weird
Grizzly Hunt
Once again, the settlers (with their invasive cows) were set on exterminating a native species, the grizzly. Now, current policies want to do the same. Before the settlers arrived there were an estimated 50,000 to 100,000 grizzlies in the lower 48. Currently...
Tags: grizzly, bear, hunt, kill, endangered, wildlife, montana, wyoming, idaho, fwp
Warmer Environment Means Shorter Lives For Cold-blooded Animals
Temperature explains much of why cold-blooded organisms such as fish, amphibians, crustaceans, and lizards live longer at higher latitudes than at lower latitudes, according to research recently published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of...
Tags: Warmer, Environment, Cold-blooded, Animals, Endangered, Global Warming, allnews
More than 300 wildlife species now 'Extinct'
A detailed analysis of these numbers indicates the international community will fail to meet its 2010 goal of bolstering biodiversity. More than 800 animal and plant species have gone extinct in the past five centuries with nearly 17,000 now threatened...
Tags: wildlife, species, extinct, endangered, allnews, killed, global warming, hunting, research
Study Catches Two Bird Populations As They Split Into Separate Species
A new study finds that a change in a single gene has sent two closely related bird populations on their way to becoming two distinct species. The study, published in the August issue of the American Naturalist, is one of only a few to investigate the...
Tags: Study, Bird, Population, Species, Extinct, Endangered, allnews, Global Warming
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