International Wildlife articles from January 1 2002

International Wildlife archives from January 1 2002

The Action Report - How NWF Is Making a Difference
January 1, 2002... Unexpected Wild Places at Risk From Oil Drilling When we think of sensitive ecosystems at risk from oil and gas drilling, the Great Lakes probably aren't high on the list. But NWF's Great Lakes Natural Resource Center has been working hard to...

LURE OF THE STINK COCK - A Russian Photographer Pursues a Smelly but Majestic Bird Known as the Hoopoe
January 1, 2002... SIX FEATHERY REAR ENDS aim out of a nest in an oak tree and directly at Russian photographer Nikolai Shpilenok, in an adjacent blind. Hurriedly, Shpilenok slides a small pane of glass into a wire clip in front of his face and camera lens. Within...

Mailbox
January 1, 2002... Emotional About Emotions I don't get it. Your article "Natural Passions" [September/October] purports to say that wild animals have emotions, the same way people do. If we are to buy that far-fetched idea, then we must begin to think of...

AWASH IN A RISING SEA - How Global Warming Is Overwhelming the Islands of the Tropical Pacific
January 1, 2002... OUR ALUMINUM SKIFF plows through Tarawa Lagoon's emerald waters, throwing up a spray that glitters in the sunlight like a cascade of diamonds. North and west is the barely visible village of Naa, and beyond that lies what I've come to see or,...

This Issue
January 1, 2002... A Former Marine Relives the Battle Over Tarawa Curtis A. Moore, author of our story on climate change in the Pacific, is a former U.S. Marine who served in Vietnam. His reporting took him to "Bloody Tarawa," where in 1943, marines waded 500...

RETURN OF THE Golden Fleece - Peru's Elegant Vicuũas Thrive Once Again, but Are They as Wild as Ever?
January 1, 2002... IN THE ANDES of Peru, curtains of steam rise from still-frozen ground where last night's snowfall lingers in crusty patches. Unperturbed by a chill wind, caramel brown vicunas dot a sparse valley sandwiched between ice-clad peaks. Here, between...

One Tree at a Time - by Cutting and Selling Old-Growth Wood for a Fraction of Its Worth, Vietnam's Hmong May Endanger Their Long-Term Survival
January 1, 2002... TWO SMALL, BRAWNY MEN slosh through an icy stream, their cheap plastic sandals slapping slick rocks. They never break their stride, hurdling pools between boulders. On their shoulders, they tote a 100-pound slab of wood. This is how...

The Nwf View
January 1, 2002... Climate Solutions THIS MONTH'S International Wildlife cover story provides new and disturbing evidence from the Pacific Islands of the mounting toll already being taken by climate change on some of the world's wildest places. It is one more...

OH, WHAT A NEST! Africa's Wily Sociable Weavers Are Masters of Architecture and Adaptation
January 1, 2002... A CAPE COBRA thrusts its yellow head out of a nest in a camel thorn tree, its jaws clenched around two screaming chicks. Leaving another four feet of its body coiled up in the pilfered structure, the snake begins exploring for more victims....