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| Northern Pintails in flight / Photo by J. Kelly (USFWS) |
- The opening of the Ivanpah solar energy plant led some reporters to investigate what conservationists have realized for some time: the siting and design of the plant causes a huge cost in wildlife.
- Manu National Park in Peru is one of the world's greatest biodiversity hotspots, with over 1,000 species of birds and 287 reptiles and ampibians recorded within the reserve.
- The London Array of wind turbines in the Thames Estuary will not be expanded due to concerns about its impact on Red-throated Loons.
- The Great Backyard Bird Count has documented the spread of Eurasian Collared Doves.
- Birds that depend on shallow or clear water have trouble in floods.
- Scientists have attached a tracking device to one of the few remaining Great Indian Bustards.
- A father and son in Wisconsin were charged with poisoning wildlife, including two Bald Eagles.
- All About Birds: Climate Change Pushing Tropical Birds Up the Mountain…and Off
- California WaterBlog: Saving California’s salmon during a severe drought
- Bourbon, Bastards, and Birds.: Often Sought, Often Misidentified: The Thayer's Gull
- Anything Larus: Slaty-backed Gull: Lake County Fairgrounds
- South Jersey Butterfly B/Log: Let the winter winds blow — these are tough cats!
- Extinction Countdown: Sunday Species Snapshot: Blue-Crowned Laughingthrush
- A study found substantial evidence of bears using the wildlife crossings of the Trans-Canada Highway in Banff National Park. Most importantly, it has prevented the populations on either side of the highway from becoming genetically isolated.
- Excessive melting of Arctic sea ice has made the Arctic Ocean 8% darker, which contributes to greater warming of the Arctic.
- The Carolina Satyr was split into three species based on specimens from Texas.
- A free ebook on ants, Dr. Eleanor’s Book of Common Ants of New York City, became available this week.
- Washington, DC, is digging a massive tunnel under the city to solve the problem of raw sewage getting washed into rivers during rainstorms.
- Excessive runoff containing road salt elevates chloride levels in nearby wetlands, which can be toxic to aquatic organisms.
- While this winter has been exceptionally harsh compared to recent winters in the eastern United States, much of the rest of the world is having an unusually warm January and February.
- The Sochi Olympics provide a model of what not to do in terms of their environmental impacts. Meanwhile a Russian environmentalist who brought the environmental problems to wider attention was sentenced to three years in prison.
- Here is another article on the work towards understanding the Late Permian extinction event.
- A study found that wild bumblebees are able to catch diseases like Nosema from domesticated honeybees.
- Leaf litter helps keep eastern red bats warm in the winter.
- This week a Nebraska judge invalidated the governor's approval of the Keystone XL pipeline route through the state.
- Americans still support the Endangered Species Act despite relentless political attacks on it.
