Tag Archives: birds

Nature News in Review – Week Ending May 16, 2009

Flora Lest anyone doubt the ability of something barely visible as an independent organism to wreak havok upon the biosphere, a global assessment of all 5,743 known amphibian species has found that amphibian chytrid fungus is threatening to wipe out a third of them. U.S. President Barack Obama has been honored by having a newly [...]

Nature News in Review – Week Ending May 1, 2009

Flora Scientists have identified why excessive fertilization of soils is resulting in a loss of plant diversity. Lake Baikal’s algae are particularly vulnerable to expected reductions in the length of time the lake is frozen each winter. Fauna Well, a virus is roughly “fauna,” and since it seems to be foremost in many people’s minds, [...]

Nature News in Review – Week Ending April 24, 2009

Flora Traditional fruit orchards are vanishing from England’s landscape – with serious consequences for wildlife. A new species of tree has been identified in Ethiopia; the Acacia fumosa is widespread but had probably been overlooked by botanists because of its remote location and the violence there. Fauna The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has launched [...]

Nature News in Review – Week Ending March 20, 2009

Flora Cyclopogon elatus orchid species rediscovered in Florida swamp. (Here’s the link to the Flickr image mentioned but not shown in the article.) “In the absence of trees, our communities would simply collapse.” – Andrew Dokurugu, a project officer for Tree Aid. Fauna European and Peruvian herpetologists have discovered the smallest frog yet known from [...]