February, 2009
Ocelots: Tracking America’s Rarest Cat
Written by Sanjayan | February 19th, 2009
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The rarest cat in America — the ocelot — lives in the southmost corner of Texas, near Brownsville. It’s a spotted cat, marigold yellow and black, about the size of a small border collie — and a few weeks ago I was asked to go help catch one. Jody Mays works for the U.S. Fish [...]
Cool Green Morning: Thursday, Feb. 19
Written by Robert Lalasz |
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NASA climatologist James Hansen has been one of the leading voices sounding the alarm against climate change. But have his protests (including his pledged participation in a March 2 Washington rally against coal-fired power plants — see video above) made him less of a scientist? Read on for analysis and all the day’s green news: [...]
Stopping the Burmese Python Invasion in Florida
Written by Darci Palmquist | February 18th, 2009
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Invasive Burmese pythons are swimming to the Florida Keys, and The Nature Conservancy is trying to stop them. Why, you might ask? And how do you stop a 13-foot-long former pet with a voracious appetite? Luckily, the snakes haven’t been known to attack humans. But they will try to eat just about anything in their path: “We already [...]
Cool Green Morning: Wednesday, Feb. 18
Written by Robert Lalasz |
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WARNING: There’s a really gross story in this Cool Green Morning THAT YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO RESIST IF YOU CONTINUE READING. (Oh, and it’s not the one about how Arctic peat is contributing to climate change, although that is really odd.) OK, you’ve been warned… Too Crabby: Saving the shorebird known as the [...]
Get Native, Backyard Birders!
Written by Dave Mehlman | February 17th, 2009
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The February 2009 issue of Conservation Biology has a research paper on the impacts of native plants on birds and butterflies in the suburbs of southeastern Pennsylvania. To my knowledge, this is the first scientific study to compare “standard” landscaping (lawns, ornamental trees and shrubs) with “native” landscaping (using grasses and other groundcovers, shrubs and [...]
Cool Green Morning: Tuesday, Feb. 17
Written by Darci Palmquist |
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Didn’t have time to keep up with the news over the holiday weekend? Well, you’re in luck – we’ve compiled the most interesting enviro-news for you. Just read on… Pika Protection Possible: The American pika appears to be dying off due to temperature increases in the West. Should it join the polar bear on the endangered [...]
And the Winners Are…
Written by Robert Lalasz | February 16th, 2009
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We pause now to consider nature’s beauty…and to announce the winners of The Nature Conservancy’s 3rd annual Photo Contest: 2008 Grand Prize Winner (above): Howard B. Cheek, Kempner, Texas (female cardinal just before touching down at birdbath’s edge). 2008 Runner-Up (above): Patrick Smith, Pleasant Hill, California (Pinacle Rock, Point Lobos State Park, California). 2008 Runner-Up [...]
The Real Identity of a Conservation Worker
Written by Erik Meijaard |
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I spend quite a bit of my time flying through the Indonesian archipelago. On-board entertainment consists mostly of reruns of a hidden camera program called “Just for Laughs,” where practical jokes are played on innocent passers-by. Although the jokes can be pretty lame, it provides a perfect source of silent fun. Sometimes the whole plane [...]
Unprecedented Investment in Restoring Our Battered Environment
Written by Bob Bendick | February 14th, 2009
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On Friday, Congress approved a $787 billion Economic Stimulus Bill that will now be signed into law by President Obama. While the analysts are busy debating the politics of the bill and its likely impact on America’s battered economy, there is one aspect of this legislation that, thankfully, seems quite certain — it will provide [...]
The Really Dumb Things
Written by Chrissy Schwinn | February 13th, 2009
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Andy Revkin over at the New York Times blogged today about biodiversity in honor of the 200th anniversary of Darwin’s birth. He talks about a presentation from Boris Worm, a marine biologist at Dalhousie University, during a national symposium on “managing the living world two centuries after Darwin.” During the presentation, Dr. Worm: … showed [...]
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