Invasive Species Laws
February 10th, 2011 by Alison Wheatley in Wildlife
Some states are getting tough with their invasive species. Take Michigan and Hawaii, for example.
Michigan is expected to ban wildlife rehabilitation workers from helping injured mute swans, reports MLive.com. With its distinctive orange bill, black face and black knob on its bill, the mute swan was brought in from E...
Tags: invasive species, legislation, mute swans
January 24th, 2011 by Alison Wheatley in Wildlife
Bycatch, as the birds and marine non-fish animals that get caught and killed by fishing gear are called, is a big problem. So the recent BirdLife International news...
Tags: Birdlife International, birds, fishing
January 17th, 2011 by Alison Wheatley and Susie Hill in Wildlife
The US Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is taking action against the invasive species epidemic. A new strategy was unveiled at the DNR roundtable me...
December 21st, 2010 by Susie Hill in Wildlife
Invasive (non native) species are an ecological and financial burden. According to a recent study by the international scientific organisation CABI, in...
December 7th, 2010 by Alison Wheatley in Wildlife
Birds Australia published its annual State of Australia’s Birds report Monday, writes Birdlife International.
Over 8,300 islands occur within Birds Australia’s jurisdiction, and island birds are se...
Tags: Australia, biodiversity, birds, island, WWF Australia
Christmas Bird Count
December 1st, 2010 by Alison Wheatley and Maryam Fejvai in Wildlife
The Christmas Bird Count is a hundred year old tradition taking place every year between December 14 and January 5 in over 2,000 locations across North and Latin America and the Caribbean. Despite bad weather, it has become tradition for families to gr...
Tags: Audubon, bird, Bird Studies Canada, Christmas, Conservation, count
African Wildlife Facts
November 26th, 2010 by Alison Wheatley in Wildlife
The African Savannah is home to some incredible animals, such as the giraffe which has a tongue of up to 21 inches in length, reports the National Zoo in their website section about African wildlife. Giraffes use their tongues for reaching vegetation in...
Tags: African Wildlife, animals, cheetahs, National Zoo, oryx, website
Stink Bug Invades US
October 30th, 2010 by Alison Wheatley in Wildlife
A little brown bug that smells like dirty socks or like a skunk’s spray is invading northeastern US homes and eating their way through millions of dollars worth of agricultural crops. Really, and it’s not just a Hallowe’en legend, according to Ez...
Tags: bug, Hallowe'en, invasive, plants, stink
Great Lakes Dead Zone
October 14th, 2010 by Alison Wheatley in Wildlife
Soon after scientists found that zooplankton in Lake Michigan were forming a seasonal bloom that gave small fish plenty to eat, the bloom started to be replaced with a dead zone devoid of oxygen.
The culprit turned out to be the quagga mussel, an invasi...
Tags: algae, Asian Carp, dead zone, invasive, Lake Michigan, phytoplankton, quagga mussel
200 New Species
October 11th, 2010 by Alison Wheatley in Wildlife
While finding 200 new species is amazing, what the Conservation International research team and the local researchers had to do to get to the new land says something about the state of our world. Combining travel by small plane, dinghy, helicopter, and ...
Tags: Conservation International, new, New Guinea, species
Critter Care
October 8th, 2010 by Alison Wheatley in Wildlife
Starting with the video of a bobcat playing with a toy on its homepage, Critter Care Wildlife Society’s website has some fun educational sections.
In the Animals section are stories of some of the wildlife that have been in Critter Care’s comfort zone. T...
Castlegar Bear Crisis
October 7th, 2010 by Susie Hill in Wildlife
Citizens of Castlegar, BC, want answers as to why local conservation officers have shot a record number of bears in the area this year, reports the Vancouver Sun.
There have been close to 1,000 complaints about bears through the Report All Poachers and Polluters ...
Tags: Bear Aware, Bear Smart, bears, Castlegar, Conservation, RAPP
Census for Marine Life
August 28th, 2010 by Alison Wheatley in Wildlife
The Census for Marine Life will be like a publicly-available field guide to the oceans. It’s the most comprehensive list of life in our oceans that has ever been produced. The Census has taken 10 years, covers 25 ocean areas, and includes many pr...
Owls and Eagles
August 16th, 2010 by Alison Wheatley in Wildlife
On Saturday I was delighted to go as a guest of the Mature Women’s Network group, of which my sister is a member, for their annual day trip. The trip included a visit to O.W.L., the Orphaned Wildlife Rehabilitation Society in Delta, B.C.
OWL specializes in rehabilitating...
Virunga Gorillas
July 31st, 2010 by Alison Wheatley in Wildlife
If you like gorillas and conservation, there’s a video on the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International’s website that you must see. It’s filmed in Rwanda, near or in the Virunga National Park. The informative video shows great film footage o...
Tags: Conservation, Dian Fossey, gorilla, Rwanda, Virunga
