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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 8, 2009

Flora The wild ancestors of common domestic fruit trees are in danger of becoming extinct. Scientists have discovered the source of the gigantic green tide of algae that almost derailed the Beijing Olympics sailing regatta. Fauna Tagging whale sharks in the Maldives. Does Homo floresiensis truly represent a new hominid species? Natural Resources and Public [...]

Featured Blog: Julie Zickefoose

It’s my pleasure to talk with Julie Zickefoose this week. In addition to being a popular blogger, Julie is a naturalist, artist and writer. She began field work and natural history illustration as a freshman in college in 1976, worked as a field biologist for The Nature Conservancy for ten years, and went freelance in [...]