Articles from January 2008
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Wildlife News Roundup - January 2008 · 31 Jan 2008
In this issue of Wildlife News Round-Up, there's news of a Japanese island that's gradually being eaten away by crustaceans, the birth of two black rhino calves in a Kenyan wildlife sanctuary, and a generous donation by...
Old Faithful Videocam Now Available · 30 Jan 2008
Ever since I visited Yellowstone National Park in September 2007, I've been stopping by the National Park Service website to view the Webcam page for Old Faithful Geyser. The Webcam sends updated images to the website but...
Highlights from the 'State of the Wolf' Report · 29 Jan 2008
The Defenders of Wildlife is a conservation organization that has been an integral part of the ongoing effort to reestablish wild populations of wolves. In 2004, the Defenders of Wildlife published the State of the Wolf Report...
The Return of Wolves to Yellowstone · 28 Jan 2008
In 1926, the last of the wild gray wolves were eliminated from Yellowstone National Park. The absence of wolves in the park meant that one of region's top predators was missing (other top predators in Yellowstone include...
Making the Transition from Water to Land · 27 Jan 2008
The vertebrates that underwent the evolutionary transition from life in water to life on land faced four basic adaptive challenges. In order for an aquatic vertebrate to successfully colonize land, that animal: must withstand the effects of...
