Articles from August 2008
The Nature Notes archive is where you'll find my past writings and natural history notes. You are currently viewing a list of articles that were published in August 2008.
Which Bird is Not Like the Others? · 21 Aug 2008
Earlier this week, an article was published in the journal Zootaxa announcing the discovery of a new species of bird that lives in the forests of Gabon, Africa. The article revealed various details about the bird and...
Guam's Wildlife Threatened by Invasive Snake · 10 Aug 2008
Sometime shortly after the end of World War II, an unwelcome predator found its way to the island of Guam: the Brown Tree Snake (Boiga irregularis). There is no way to know exactly how or when the...
Scientists Track New England's Leatherbacks · 1 Aug 2008
A research team from the University of New Hampshire has tagged three wild Leatherback Turtles—one male and two females—as part of an effort to learn more about the species and to identify ways to better protect it....
