Recently added articles from Endangered Species Update:
An opinion: successes and setbacks in black-footed ferret recovery: do we really have the capabilities, resources, and socio/ political will to recover critically endangered species?(Report)
Jul 01, 2007; ... Dramatic habitat losses and human persecution over decades preceding passage of Endangered Species Act legislation caused the near extirpation and/or dramatic decline of many North American wildlife species. The black-footed ferret (Mustela nigripes; ferret) was widely regarded as extinct ...
Timber Rattlesnakes in Vermont and New York: Biology, History and the Fate of and Endangered Species.(Book review)
Jul 01, 2007; ... Timber Rattlesnakes in Vermont and New York: Biology, History and the Fate of and Endangered Species Furman, Jon The University Press of New England, Hanover and London 228 pages This book is a fascinating account of the Timber Rattlesnake ...
Species at risk: Mohave ground squirrel (Spermophilus mohavensis) body mass: a comparison of live-trapped individuals, published literature, and unpublished museum specimens.
Jul 01, 2007; ... Abstract. The Mohave ground squirrel (Spermophilus mohavensis) is a California endemic species and listed as Threatened under the California Endangered Species Act. Mohave ground squirrels are diurnally active from approximately midMarch to late July annually; entering ...
Reptilian pathogens of the Florida everglades: the associated costs of Burmese pythons.(environmental risk assessment of invasive species)(Report)
Jul 01, 2007; ... Abstract The predation activity of the invasive Burmese python (Python molurus bivitattus) was evaluated using probability and the economic costs associated with current federal and state values for endangered species. The objective was to provide a realistic valuation of the ...
Focus On Nature[TM].(drosophila life development and behavior)(Brief article)
Jul 01, 2007; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The eggs hatched. Hundreds of little babies. As these energetic larval babies feed on decaying native trees such as koa, alani, 'olapa and 'oha they outgrow their confining skins. Several molts and several days later they transform into agile, quarter-inch ...