Articles from 2006
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- Plenty of Personality Packed Into One Little Bird // 31 Dec 2006
- There is a robin that visits our garden every day and he has a lot to say. So much, in fact, that he insists on starting to say it at five o'clock in the morning, just to be sure he has enough time to say his piece in its entirety, before sundown.
- New Species Discovered in French Frigate Shoals // 14 Dec 2006
- On October 8, a group of researchers set sail from Honolulu aboard NOAA's research vessel the Oscar Elton Sette en route to French Frigate Shoals, the largest atoll in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. The crew included taxonomists,...
- Those Busy Little Chipmunks // 13 Dec 2006
- I miss the chipmunks that bounced around my yard all summer. I think they are snoozing deep in their burrows these days. But in the warm summer months they served as constant entertainment, scampering across the lawn...
- Three Million Barn Swallows Could Lose Roost Site // 20 Nov 2006
- Three million barn swallows (Hirundo rustica) are under threat of losing valuable roosting habitat in South Africa. The barn swallows breed throughout Europe and migrate thousands of miles to South Africa each fall where they roost in...
- 12 Black Rhinos Released in South African Reserve // 31 Oct 2006
- The WWF reports that twelve black rhinos (Diceros bicornis) have been released into a reserve located in Northern KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. The release marks a modest but encouraging step in the protection and recovery of this critically...
- Jaguars Roam North into Arizona and New Mexico // 18 Oct 2006
- Jaguars (Panthera onca) are once again reclaiming parts of their former habitat in the southwestern US. Motion sensing cameras have captured images of at least four jaguars that have roamed across the Mexico border into areas of...
- Bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula) // 14 Oct 2006
- Male bullfinches are a delicately colored bird with bright salmon-pink belly, sides, breast and cheeks; smoky grey mantle; white vent, undertail coverts and rump; and black primaries, secondaries, crown and tail.
- Mysteries of the Monk Seal // 02 Oct 2006
- The monk seal is woven into the tapestry of human history. In ancient Greek culture, the monk seal—because of its love for the sea and the sun—was believed to be protected by Poseidon and Apollo. The image...
- Kemp's Ridley Turtle (Lepidochelys kempii) // 21 Sep 2006
- The Kemp's ridley turtle is the most precariously endangered of all marine turtles. In 1947, the Kemp's ridley population was estimated to be 42,000 individuals but has since plummetted to less than 1000 nesting females.
- That Charming Bright Red Bird // 20 Sep 2006
- I consider myself fortunate to have a pair of northern cardinals that claim my backyard as part of their hard-won territory. They are kind to share it with me—their human.
