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Population genetics to aid in saving the critically endangered Florida Lower Keys Marsh Rabbit, Sylvilagus palustris hefneri, a subspecies named after Hugh Hefner. A subspecies of the Florida Lower Keys Marsh Rabbit, discovered in 1984, was named Sylvilagus palustris hefneri, after the world’s most famous playboy, in honor of his organization’s contribution to support field [...]
Cook Inletkeeper, a community-based nonprofit, is ensuring the survival of critically endangered Cook Inlet Beluga Whales as part of its mission to protect Alaska’s Cook Inlet watershed and the life it sustains. Founded in 1994 by a group of Alaskans who met for a workshop on environmental law, science and policy, Cook Inletkeeper combines advocacy, [...]
The break up of the Arctic ice sheet–now at record levels –might make an Arctic crossing much easier for a small group of previously untracked Right Whales. And that’s the problem. The Arctic ice-sheet break up is making the “Northwest Passage” across the Pole much easier for everyone–including commercial fishing ships. If this newly discovered [...]
One of India’s most wanted poachers is now being held by WPSI. He is accused of killing eight lions and is considered the main supplier of large carnivore skins, including endangered tiger and leopard. The Times of India reports that Wildlife Protection Society of India (WPSI) provided the Madhya Pradesh forest department officials with the [...]
In a macabre When Life Deals You Lemons – Make Lemonade kind of news item: Researchers are considering that perhaps we could safely reuse radioactive land: to grow crops for biofuel. Growing food is still too dangerous in southeastern Belarus because the region is still so contaminated by fallout from Chernobyl that crops grown there [...]
