Zoo Tycoon 2 : Endangered Species
Bibliobibuli (Free subscription) | yesterday
Is the writing on the wall for reading? In a piece in the Independent by education editor Richard Garner asks whether the days of children reading traditional books are numbered . Jonathan Douglas, the director of the National Literacy Trust cites a survey of nearly 30,000 pupils which shows that in the UK : ... children's reading habits slump dramatically after they start at secondary school. The...
PokerStars.com Official Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
By James Potter and Eliot James We have just gone to only 40 players. The room is starting to be filled with "ooohhh"s and "ahhhh"s as we really get down to the business end. Eight is a lucky number in Chinese culture but we are about to find eight very unlucky players that are going to miss out on the money. Lets have a look at 3 of the ‘endangered species’ Jeff Dunbar from Vancouver Canada is another...
Boston Globe (Free subscription) | yesterday
Scientists have sequenced the genome of the giant panda, an achievement which may aid efforts to protect the endangered species, the official Xinhua news agency reported on Saturday.
Big Cat News (Free subscription) | yesterday
Tiger Tales Book highlights cultural significance of critically endangered species By Eric Morrison JUNEAU EMPIRE Thursday, October 09, 2008 Story last updated at 10/9/2008 - 11:15 am Animals have long played important cultural roles in societies around the world. A new book by Juneau resident Alexander Dolitsky highlights the cultural significance Siberian tigers have held in the Russian Far East....
Japan Times (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
BARCELONA, Spain (Kyodo) Climate change may soon cause the extinction of coral in the Ogasawara Islands and amphibious animals in Kagoshima and Okinawa prefectures, a recent report by the Swiss-based International Union for Conservation of Nature says. The Japanese endangered species were among more than 7,000 in the world — 35 percent of all birds, 52 percent of all amphibians and 71 percent of all...
Reno Gazette Journal (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
With 70,000 to 80,000 sage grouse scampering through thickets of high desert shrubs in Nevada, a casual observer might think the chicken-like bird is hardly a candidate for listing as a threatened or endangered species.
SouthAfrica.info RSS feed (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species has confirmed Japan and China as suitable ivory importing countries, the Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism says. South Africa has been authorised by the conservation body to make a once off sale of 51 121 metric tons of raw ivory.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) Standing Committee has confirmed Japan and China as suitable importing countries for South Africa's stockpiled ivory.
Knowledge is Power (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
Gore to be em-bear-assed On October 2, 2008, Pacific legal Foundation filed a complaint in the federal district court of the District of Columbia challenging the listing of the polar bear as a “threatened” species under the Endangered Species Act. PLF represents a wide spectrum of small businesses, food producers, family farmers, property owners, employers and consumers as well the poor and minorities...
Climate of Our Future (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
On this week’s episode: Obesity expands to European children. Ford increases green efforts. Robert De Niro’s restaurant servers an endangered species.
The Thicket at State Legislatures (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008
by Ed Smith A story from Tuesday's New York Times highlights what so many have noticed: statehouse reporters are a vanishing breed. The capitol press corps may not be ready for the endangered species list just yet, but the Times...
Science Mag (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service agreed last week to review the protected status of the marbled murrelet, a sea bird that nests in the coastal forests of the Pacific Northwest, in response to a timber-industry-led petition claiming that the bird does not meet key provisions of the Endangered Species Act. Author: Rachel Zelkowitz
San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008
The South African government will press ahead with plans to sell just over 51 tons of ivory to China and Japan under a special exemption to the international ban on the trade. The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species ruled last year that...
Indybay newswire (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008
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ENN: Top Stories (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008
We heard this week that a quarter of all mammals are threatened with extinction. One of those, the polar bear, made headlines earlier this year for being the first animal to be listed on the US Endangered Species Act, because of its vulnerability to climate change.
