by Meg | Mar 20, 2014 | Antarctica, Conservation, Current Endangered Species News, Endangered Species, Marine Mammal, wildlife
Animals amaze me every single day and stories I hear at the zoo sometimes blow me away with an animal’s intense concentration to detail, forward thinking, or surprising humanism. This is one of those stories . . . I just read on National Geographic that one of...
by Meg | Mar 23, 2013 | animal, Antarctica, Around PDX, Current Endangered Species News, Endangered Species, Environmental Impact, Marine Mammal, Misc., pollution, Science, wildlife
One of the key factors in establishing PDXSeafood, our sustainable seafood program, is the declining status of the worlds overfished oceans. I recently came across an article that was informative and worth a read. Click on the link below to access the article....
by Meg | Jul 21, 2012 | Current Endangered Species News, Environmental Impact, Marine Mammal
I subscribe to Polar Bears International e-newsletter and I loved the latest letter for June that explained why losing polar ice mattered so much for the polar bears. In short: “Polar bears began swimming back to shore last week nearly four weeks ahead of their...
by Meg | Jan 29, 2012 | Current Endangered Species News, Environmental Impact, Marine Mammal
A new study published in the most recent edition of Biological Conservation reported that many of the smaller marine mammals such as dolphins, porpoises and manatees are ending up on the menu in many parts of the world. ScienceDaily, Jan. 24th, 2012....
by ddishman | Jan 21, 2012 | Grass Roots Programs, Marine Mammal |
This will be the final installment of the research updates I wrote while working in the Philippines. The main objective of the research arm of our project was to establish whether dugongs (Dugong dugon), an endangered marine mammal species related to manatees, were...
by Meg | Nov 14, 2011 | Grass Roots Programs, Marine Mammal |
Welcome to the Philippines – An extensive archipelago of over 7,000 tropical islands in the western Pacific Ocean, the Republic of the Philippines is a hotspot of terrestrial and marine biodiversity. Separated from mainland Southeast Asia by the South China Sea and...
