Articles from 2005
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- Wolves Alter Face of Yellowstone in a Decade // 18 Oct 2005
- In 1995, grey wolves were reintroduced to Yellowstone National Park after having been absent from the area since the early 1930s. Now, a decade after their reintroduction, the effects of wolves on the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem is...
- Global Plan Aims to Save Amphibians // 23 Sep 2005
- A recent meeting of top scientists—experts in amphibian biology—paved the way for the future protection of amphibians around the globe. The Amphibian Conservation Summit, held on September 17th-19th, brought together more than 60 experts to discuss the...
- Grizzly Bear Fails to Open Bear-Proof Canister // 15 Sep 2005
- A grizzly bear at the Bronx Zoo has put a bear-proof canister through a grueling half-hour of battering and prying. The canister, designed to hold food for backpackers, was filled with treats before it was sealed and...
- Kyoto Not Enough to Save Corals // 05 Jul 2005
- British scientists at the Royal Society warn that increasing levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide spell disaster for the world's coral reefs. As carbon dioxide increases in our atmosphere, it dissolves in sea water to produce an acidic...
- Great White Shark Returns to the Wild // 04 Jul 2005
- The Monterey Bay Aquarium placed a young female great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) on display in captivity after it had been accidentally captured in a commercial halibut gillnet off the coast of southern California in September 2004....
- Siberian Tiger Population Holding Steady // 23 Jun 2005
- Deep in the icy, snow-packed woods of Siberia, tigers prowl. It's an odd place to envision tigers—majestic and black-striped, these felines are more often associated with the humid jungles of India than with the wintry stretches of...
- DNA of Extinct Bear Species Mapped // 07 Jun 2005
- For the first time, scientists have deciphered the genetic sequence of an extinct species. After painstaking work, scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI) have unveiled the DNA fingerprint of an extinct...
- African Elephant // 09 Mar 2005
- The African elephant (Loxodonta africana) is the largest living land mammal. The African elephant is one of only two species of elephants alive today, the other species is the smaller Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) which inhabits southeast...
- Village Makes Room For Rare Spectacled Bear // 23 Feb 2005
- A small village in Columbia recently had a surprise visit from a spectacled bear (Tremarctos ornatus), an endangered species of bear whose territory once extended throughout the Andes Mountains of Venezuela, Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, and Colombia. The...
- Petitioning for Polar Bear Protection // 16 Feb 2005
- Today, the Center for Biological Diversity submitted a petition to the US Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) calling for the protection of the Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus) under the US Endangered Species Act. The petition is the...
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