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A tusk from a woolly mammoth is seen on the banks of the Koyukuk River in Alaska — Natural History Wanderings

NPR reports on  A group of researchers  who found and photographed a woolly mammoth tusk on the banks of the Koyukuk River in Alaska. A sighting reveals extinction and climate change in a single image Read article and see photos at A tusk from a woolly mammoth is seen on the banks of the Koyukuk River in […]

A tusk from a woolly mammoth is seen on the banks of the Koyukuk River in Alaska — Natural History Wanderings
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Cuba shows how to take action on climate change — Repeating Islands

[Many thanks to Peter Jordens for bringing this item to our attention.] Helen Yaffe (Jacobin Magazine) writes about Cuba’s fight against climate change. [. . .] Cuba may be responsible for only 0.08 percent of global CO2 emissions, but this Caribbean island is disproportionately hard-hit by the effects of climate change. The frequency and severity of […]

Cuba shows how to take action on climate change — Repeating Islands
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Satara Summer 2021 – 26 December — de Wets Wild

We’re still having a front row seat to the Satara Wildlife Show here in Kruger National Park! Knob-billed Ducks Dwarf Mongoose Swainson’s Spurfowl Mating Hinged Tortoises Marsh Terrapin Plains Zebra and Blue Wildebeest Martial Eagle with Steenbok prey Bathing House Sparrow (photo by Marilize) Flock of Red-billed Queleas Blue Wildebeest Tawny Eagle Newborn Elephant Cheetahs

Satara Summer 2021 – 26 December — de Wets Wild
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Antarctica’s Denman Glacier is sinking into the world’s deepest canyon–raising sea level by 5 feet. — Eslkevin’s Blog

Antarctica’s Denman Glacier is sinking into the world’s deepest canyon By Brandon Specktor published April 05, 2020 The melting glacier could raise sea level by almost 5 feet (1.5 meters). Denman trough (dark blue strip) sinks some 11,000 feet (3,500 meters) below sea level, and could soon become the burial plot of a massive, dying glacier. (Image credit: NASA’s […]

Antarctica’s Denman Glacier is sinking into the world’s deepest canyon–raising sea level by 5 feet. — Eslkevin’s Blog
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Animal protection remains popular and economical — Iowa Environmental Focus

Otters and other animals have been protected by the Endangered Species Act since the law began in 1973. (Mike Baird/Wikipedia) Katelyn Weisbrod | July 26, 2018 Adorable otters, majestic bald eagles, and fearsome gray wolves are not the only things at stake as the Trump administration considers revisions to the Endangered Species Act. The law, […]

Animal protection remains popular and economical — Iowa Environmental Focus
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Satara Summer 2021 – A not-so-wild African Wild Cat — de Wets Wild

One of Satara Rest Camp’s features are a habituated African Wild Cat (perhaps more than one) that patrols the camp after dark, reminiscent of the pre-historic days when these cats first associated with humans and gave rise to the domestic tabbies that share human households the world over today. Even though we kept our distance, […]

Satara Summer 2021 – A not-so-wild African Wild Cat — de Wets Wild
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Canada Protecting Monarch As Endangered Species — Natural History Wanderings

Center for Biological Diversity News Release Canada to Protect Declining Monarch Butterfly as Endangered Species Iconic Butterfly Has Declined by 80 Percent in Recent Decades WASHINGTON— The Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada released a report today recommending that the monarch butterfly be protected as an endangered species due to population decline […]

Canada Protecting Monarch As Endangered Species — Natural History Wanderings
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Endangered Protections Sought For Monarchs After 90% Population Loss — Natural History Wanderings

Press Release Center for Biological Diversity After 90 Percent Decline, Federal Protection Sought for Monarch Butterfly Genetically Engineered Crops Are Major Driver in Population Crash WASHINGTON— The Center for Biological Diversity and Center for Food Safety as co-lead petitioners joined by the Xerces Society and renowned monarch scientist Dr. Lincoln Brower filed a legal petition […]

Endangered Protections Sought For Monarchs After 90% Population Loss — Natural History Wanderings
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