Florida Pythons: What We Have Here Is A Failure To Communicate

Florida has a python problem which just got worse. According to a story on National Geographic African rock pythons have been found in the wild in Florida

Some People Never Learn

Last weekend my wife, one of my daughters, my wife’s parents, and I went over to Alton and Grafton to watch the eagles. We saw quite a few bald eagles and a small smattering of golden eagles. Although I have seen both species on TV any number of times, nothing beats seeing them in the [...]

Rungwecebus kipunji Declared an Endangered Species

The discovery of Rungwecebus kipunji was announced in 2005 and placed in its own genus in 2006 (see here for some of the details). Now it is being placed on the endangered species list. Science Daily has the details:

A Letter to Florida: Please Stop Releasing Snakes Into The Everglades

Dear Florida, Between 1996 and 2006 an estimated 99,000 Burmese pythons were imported into the US, of these an estimated 30,000 now live in the Everglades. Worse yet, they, along with released Boas, are now breeding.

Red Knot Update

The Red Knot is a small bird the winters in Tierra del Fuego and Breeds in Canada. Along the way it stops in various places in North America where it feeds on horshoe crab eggs. Unfortunately: These eggs are being harvested unsustainably (for use as bait for conch and eels), and unless an emergency moratorium [...]

Frog Fungus (Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis) Found in Britain

According to theBBC a deadly frog fungus native to North America has been found in wild populations of British frogs. The fungus – Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, pictured above – is believed to have been introduced into Britain via american species (Rana catesbeiana) pictured below. From the BBC: “This disease is a major cause of amphibian population [...]

Endangered Missouri Hellbenders

The above is an Ozark Hellbender below is a picture of an Eastern Hellbender. Both species are native to Missouri and in the past 10-15 years have suffered serious population declines – estimates range from a 60-80 percent drop in numbers. Yue-wern Huang, an assistant professor of biological sciences at the University of Missouri at [...]

New Species of Catfish Discovered

A new species of catfish has been discovered in Mexico. The species represents a new family of catfish and is only the and is only the third new family of fish found in the last sixty years. From the article: Lundberg, the Academy’s Curator of Ichthyology, said only about 30 of the fish have been [...]

The Red Knot Needs Your Help

Red Knot The Red Knot is a small bird the winters in Tierra del Fuego and Breeds in Canada. Along the way it stops in various places in North America where it feeds on horshoe crab eggs. Unfortunately: These eggs are being harvested unsustainably (for use as bait for conch and eels), and unless an emergency [...]