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Bearcam Bears Conservation National Park Service Science

Alaska’s badass bears: A battle to reclaim the river’s throne

sudshr47 September 25, 2018

In the deep Alaskan wilderness, an imposing brown bear has regained his lost throne.

Bear 856 — well known on the explore.org live streaming webcams — had been the dominant bear along Katmai National Park’s Brooks River for at least six years.

But last summer, Bear 856 appeared skinny and enfeebled. Another large male, Bear 32 — nicknamed “Chunk” by the rangers — exploited 856’s condition and took control of the bear’s dynamic river hierarchy. Rangers watched from elevated bear-viewing platforms as an emboldened Chunk pushed other bears around and claimed the river’s best fishing spots.

Yet, over the last three and a half months, Bear 856 has reestablished his dominance, even over the likes of formidable Bear 32 and the tank-like Bear 747. At times, 856 has tackled other large bears that have attempted to challenge him, but he hasn’t ceded any ground. Now, the bears are fattening up for their long winter hibernation, and it appears 856 will end the season as the river’s king, once again. Read more…

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Conservation Extinction Ocean Plastic Pollution Science Sea Turtles

How much plastic does it take to kill a sea turtle?

sudshr47 September 16, 2018

How much plastic does it take to kill a sea turtle? According to new research, it doesn’t take very much.
A study published in the journal Nature Thursday found that sea turtles have a 50 percent higher chance of mortality once they’ve ingested 14 pi…

Caribbean Sea Conservation Ocean Science Sharks

A dominant shark lurks in the deep, dark ocean. Meet the sixgill.

sudshr47 August 25, 2018

On a balmy Caribbean evening in August, crew members aboard the the 184-foot exploration vessel the Alucia tied dead fish to the front of a small yellow submarine.

They tightly wound the fish to a metal pole extending out from the undersea craft to tempt whatever might be lurking, three thousand feet below.

But Dean Grubbs, one of the researchers preparing the bait, didn’t intend to catch anything. Grubbs, a shark scientist at Florida State University, only hoped to attract a little-seen creature that largely dwells in the lightless ocean depths: the sixgill shark.

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Conservation Fish And Wildlife Service Interior Department Science Trump Administration

Trump admin kills rule demanding companies pay up for damaging wildlife homes

sudshr47 July 28, 2018

Wild critters are having a rough time under the Trump Administration.

After the administration proposed dramatic changes to the decades-old Endangered Species Act last week, on Friday the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) canceled an Obama-era rule that made industries pay for damages inflicted onto refuge lands.

In short, the “Mitigation Policy” allowed a company, say a mining operation, to damage certain resources as long as the company committed to improving nearby land — to compensate for the damages done.

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Conservation Dr Seuss Environmentalism Monkey Science

Dr. Seuss had writer’s block. Then, he spotted the Lorax in Africa.

sudshr47 July 23, 2018

In the early 1970s, Dr. Seuss was struggling.

Amid the growing environmentalist movement in the United States, punctuated by President Richard Nixon’s creation of the Environmental Protection Agency and the establishment of the now-beleaguered Endangered Species Act, Dr. Seuss — otherwise known as Theodore Geisel — wanted to write a conservation-themed book for children.

But stricken with writer’s block, he couldn’t.

“He struggled and struggled to do it,” Nathaniel Dominy, an anthropologist and evolutionary biologist at Dartmouth College, said in an interview.

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Conservation Endangered Species Iceland Science Whales

Iceland gets away with killing dozens of huge, endangered whales. Here’s why.

sudshr47 July 17, 2018

Icelandic whalers have spent much of July ripping back the skin of 65-foot long endangered fin whales in preparation to butcher their meat.

Earlier this month, the commercial whaling company, Hvalur hf, may have also captured and skinned an endangered blue whale — the largest creature ever known to live on Earth — according to photographs from the ocean conservation and vigilante group Sea Shepherd.

Most every nation has prohibited killing whales, creatures whose populations were decimated by ruthless whaling practices in the 1800sInternational treaties also prohibit the antiquated practice, yet a few nations — Iceland, Japan, and Norway — have found legal rationals for hunting whales. Read more…

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Conservation Genetics Rhino Horns Rhinos Science

In quest to fend off looming extinction, researchers create rhino embryo in a lab

sudshr47 July 4, 2018

Unless humans intervene, the northern white rhinos will soon vanish.
Fortunately for this dwindling subspecies, a group of scientists performing research at a renowned animal reproduction lab in Italy are attempting to stave off the subspecies’…

Australia Conservation Genetics Koala Science

Researchers map the koala genome all in the name of saving the species

sudshr47 July 3, 2018

Koalas, the tree-dwelling marsupials found in eucalyptus forests and woodlands across Eastern Australia, is not just a cute and fluffy fascination for tourists.
It’s also a perfect research subject for a group of dedicated scientists working t…

Conservation Deforestation Extinction Paleontology Science

An extinct gibbon was found buried in an ancient tomb. Did humans kill them off?

sudshr47 June 21, 2018

Inside a desk drawer at a Chinese museum, a British paleontologist came across the face and jaw bones of a long-dead gibbon in 2009.
Five years earlier, scientists had discovered the bones inside an elaborate 2,200-year-old tomb belonging to a woman …

Conservation Elephants Female Mashable Video Poaching

An all-female armed unit is making sure poachers stay away from one of Africa’s largest elephant populations

sudshr47 May 17, 2018

In a local dialect, “Akashinga” means “The braves ones.” It’s also the name for the women’s anti-poaching unit in Zimbabwe. Founded by Damien Mander at the International Anti-Poaching Foundation, the armed group has already made 42 arrests leading to…

Conservation Dr. Jane Goodall Earth Day Environmental Conservation Science

Google Doodle shares an Earth Day message from Dr. Jane Goodall

sudshr47 April 22, 2018

Google Doodle has a special treat to share in honor of Earth Day: A message from Dr. Jane Goodall, the famed British anthropologist and chimpanzee expert, and the founder of the Jane Goodall Institute.
In the animated video short, Dr. Goodall fra…

Animals Conservation Culture Environment Sea Turtles

Watch with glee as sea turtles named after breakfast foods are released into the ocean

sudshr47 April 19, 2018

In what may be the world’s most pleasant Mad Lib, 14 sea turtles named after breakfast foods were released into the ocean on Wednesday after a brief period of rehabilitation by the National Aquarium care team.
The turtles, some of whose names are Waf…

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