TOP STORIESBaby dolphin deaths puzzling
The industry's leading scientist on marine mammal strandings is concerned about the deaths of baby dolphins.
Blair Mase, NOAA's marine mammal stranding coordinator for the Southeast region, confirmed the number of baby dolphin deaths is high.
She said the Institute for Marine Mammal Studies reports all its findings to her.
Clarionledger.com - www.clarionledger.com (Source: Sun Herald)
22 Feb 2011
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Century-old museum specimens reveal when deadly bird disease hit Galápagos Islands. . . Sharing the same ocean but located thousands of kilometers away, Ecuadorian officials became increasingly concerned that the unique flora and fauna inhabiting the Galápagos Island archipelago would meet the same fate as Hawai'i's famous extinct birds.
Because introduced diseases, particularly avian malaria and poxviruses, played a contributory or pivotal role in the extinction of many Hawai'ian birds, the officials wanted to know whether these diseases are present on the Galápagos and to learn when and how they got there so scientists could design disease management policies to protect the unique wildlife on their little islands.
Unlike Hawai'i, where the endemic flora and fauna is almost completely extirpated, the Galápagos archipelago still retains almost all of its native wildlife.
Guardian News - www.guardian.co.uk
21 Feb 2011
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Starving bald eagles are falling out of the sky in the Comox Valley, a wildlife expert says.
Maj Birch, manager of the Mountainaire Avian Rescue Society, is caring for seven eagles.
Several others had died before they could be helped, she said.
The Province - www.theprovince.com
22 Feb 2011
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10 Deadly Diseases That Hopped Across Species. . . Diseases passed from animals to humans are called zoonoses.
There are more than three dozen we can catch directly through touch and more than four dozen that result from bites.
But disease-carrying parasites are not picky about hosts. Human diseases can decimate animal populations, too, from such well-meaning activities as ecotourism.
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