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India Says Harry Potter Mania Hurting Country's Owls
By Hugh Collins - AOL News(Nov. 3) -- India's environment minister says that Harry Potter mania is a threat to the country's owls. Fans of J.K. Rowling's young wizard and his owl Hedwig have been buying endangered owls from illegal bird traders. "Following Harry Potter, there seems to be a strange fascination even among the urban middle classes for presenting their children with owls," Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh said, according to BBC News. Ramesh was speaking at the unveiling of a report that said nearly half of India's 30 species of owls can be found on sale at markets. People buy them for their Harry ...
Why Mass Plant Extinction Hurts More Than Just Veggie Lovers
By Dave Thier - AOL News(Sept. 29) -- Goodbye, grass? More than a fifth of the world's plants are at risk for extinction, according to a new study from the Royal Botanical Gardens at the Natural History Museum in London. "Big deal!" you might scoff, if you're one of the majority of Americans who eats almost no vegetables (let alone soy products). But it is a very big deal, as many of the 380,000 estimated plant species make life possible for all the rest of us here on Earth who don't get our energy directly from the sun. "We cannot sit back and watch plant species disappear -- plants are the basis of all life on ...
Rare High-Altitude Tigers Discovered
By Dana Chivvis - AOL News(Sept. 20) -- Tigers are known as the true "kings of the jungle" for a reason: They tend to prefer the low-altitude living of tropical and subtropical forests. But a BBC film crew has recently captured the first evidence that some tigers live at altitudes as high as approximately 13,000 feet (4,000 meters,) far above the tree line. The television crew was told by locals in the small Himalayan country of Bhutan that tigers were living in the mountains. To investigate, they left dozens of small camera traps at high altitudes for three months. When they returned to the cameras, they found ...
Hop to It: Global Search Seeks Long-Lost Frogs
By Ben Muessig - AOL News(Sept. 13) -- The hunt is on. Scientists around the world have set out on a mission to track down species of amphibians that haven't been seen for years. Teams of researchers are hoping to spot 43 frogs, toads, salamanders and other amphibians that have gone missing or are believed to be extinct -- but could still be persevering in small numbers in Latin America, Asia, Africa and Oceania. "Amphibians have not been doing well," said Robin Moore, amphibian conservation officer with Conservation International -- the environmental group that is orchestrating the "Search for Lost Frogs." ...
Dreadlocked Donkey Is One Rare Ass
By Ed Mazza - AOL News(July 21) -- This is not your typical hairy ass. This is Lambada, one of the incredibly rare Baudet de Poitou donkeys of Poitou-Charente, France. With 600 to 1,000 in existence, the Poitou are among the world's most endangered animals. "These donkeys are more rare than the white rhino," said Maryon Attwood, chairwoman of the Northwest Poitou Donkey Institute in Washington state, an organization working to ensure that the animals don't go extinct. ...
Man Held in Mexico Had 18 Monkeys Tied Around His Waist
By Terence Neilan - AOL News(July 20) -- There's was a reason he looked nervous when he arrived at the airport in Mexico City. Tucked under his sweater, police say, were 18 little monkeys the man was trying to smuggle, each one hidden in a sock attached to a girdle. And not just any monkey. Many species of the titi monkeys being carried by Roberto Sol Cabrera are on the international endangered list. Even those not on the list, as well as a whole range of other animals, fetch a high price in the illegal wildlife trade between Mexico and the U.S. and other parts of the world, AOL News was told today. if(typeof ...
Punky Monkeys Facing Big Risk
By Ed Mazza - AOL News(July 2) -- Take a look at these little punks -- what aging rocker wouldn't kill for a 'do like that? Sadly, these little monkeys and their breathtaking bouffants may soon go the way of CBGB, the defunct New York City punk club, because a new survey of their habitat finds their numbers are rapidly shrinking. They're called cotton-top tamarins, and what's left of them can be found in zoos and the dwindling dry forests of Colombia. ...
Bipolar Bear: Has Prolonged Captivity Driven Knut Nuts?
By Ed Mazza - AOL News(June 23) -- As a cub, Knut the polar bear was known as "Knut the Cute." But now, animals rights activists say he's become "Knut the Nut" -- a bear with serious psychological problems. A study by the German arm of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals finds that most polar bears in German zoos are insane. And that Knut, who lives in Berlin's Zoologischer Garten, is the worst of the lot. The zoo denies it, with a spokesman calling the claim "ridiculous" and saying "Knut is fine," according to AFP. ...
Preservationists Add State Parks to 'Endangered' List
By Scott Martelle - AOL News(May 19) -- Citing coast-to-coast budget crises, the National Trust for Historic Preservation has added the nation's sprawling state parks systems to its annual "Most Endangered" list of historic sites. More than half of the 50 states have cut funding for parks and historic sites this year, the organization said, and up to 400 state parks around the country could be shut down completely -- led by "prime examples" in Arizona, California, Missouri, New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania. "While providing some short-term budget relief, this approach will actually cost states far more in the long ...
A Death at Sea World, and What It Means
By Donna Trussell - Politics DailyI remember Sea World trainer Dawn Brancheau. Years ago I saw her perform with the killer whales she loved. On Wednesday one of them, a large male named Tilikum, killed her. A seven-minute tourist video shows Brancheau interacting with the whale up until just seconds before the attack. An autopsy revealed Brancheau died from multiple traumatic injuries and drowning. When I heard the trainer had wanted to work with Shamu since her first trip to Sea World at the age of 9, I realized I'd heard that story before. Brancheau was the woman I'd made my way downstage to see after the show. ...
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