Archive for the 'Endangered Species' Category

Major Logging Operation Shut in the Amazon

I found this one on Yahoo, just before going to sleep. From Yahoo!
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - Environmental authorities shut down an illegal logging operation in the Amazon on Monday, confiscating dozens of felled tropical hardwood trees in an area that only recently was pristine rain forest.

The rain forest lost 7,300 square miles — an […]

11 New Species Join Endanged List

Headlines like this tend to come and go very quickly.
From Yahoo
NAIROBI (Reuters) - The world’s second largest shark, a bird found in the Garden of Eden and Central Asia’s only true deer were among 11 new species given the title of “endangered” by countries around the world on Friday.
Around 95 countries, members of the […]