Recently added articles from Endangered Species Bulletin:
Oases for endangered species.(Editorial)
Sep 22, 2009; ... It's no exaggeration to say that the National Wildlife Refuge System, the country's premier land stewardship system, is vital to many endangered species. More than 280 of the country's 1,320 endangered or threatened species make these 550 oases of natural habitat their home. Fifty-nine of ...
A safe harbor for beach wildlife.(Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge)(Brief article)
Sep 22, 2009 ... The Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge on Alabama's Gulf Coast was established in 1980 to preserve more than five miles (eight kilometers) of intact coastal strand, one of the most imperiled and dynamic habitats in the country. These dynamic dunes provide habitat for the endangered ...
Bringing a butterfly back from the brink.
Sep 22, 2009; ... As refuges go, it's not much to look at: a sandy patch of scrub land in urban central California, wedged between a row of industrial complexes and the San Joaquin River. But unassuming Antioch Dunes National Wildlife Refuge is the world's last holdout of a finicky species: the Lange's ...
Ocelots and the heritage of Texas.
Sep 22, 2009; ... "If we lose the ocelot in Texas, we lose a major part of our heritage. We lose one of our own," says Sonia Najera, program manager with The Nature Conservancy (TNC) and an active member of the Friends of Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge. These smaller cousins of leopards once ...
New disease threatens bat conservation.(white-nose syndrome threatens Indiana bats)
Sep 22, 2009; ... When it comes to Northeastern bats, there are many things researchers still don't know, including, most critically, what causes the fungus that scientists suspect is killing these creatures and how to stop it. And then there are the things the rest of us think we know: ...