International Wildlife articles from July 1995

International Wildlife archives from July 1995

Into the fridge. (Antarctic region) (Cover Story)
July 1, 1995... At the bottom of the world, getting the photo often means a brush with danger Where the antarctic region begins is fuzzy at best. Biologists often define it well north of the Antarctic Circle where cold waters from the south converge with more...

Gone the way of the dinosaurs. (biologist David Steadman unearths bones of extinct flightless birds in Tonga)
July 1, 1995... A scientist unearths evidence of a recent mass extinction in which 2,000 species of rails and other birds disappeared in the South Pacific "Here's a rail on its way to becoming a pachyderm" quips David Steadman, selecting an item from a trayful...

Elephants by the truckload. (relocation to other areas in South Africa)
July 1, 1995... Southern Africa is establishing new wildlife enclaves by relocating surplus animals The helicopter hovers briefly over the Shangoni elephant herd in South Africa's Kruger National Park. Swooping low, the chopper pilot quickly separates a...

Bright hopes for Chile?(economic development)
July 1, 1995... At a stoplight turned green in the Chilean capital of Santiago, Lenin Guajardo clenches the steering wheel of his stalled Volvo bus, shoots a look in the rearview mirror and winces. Drivers of a dozen other buses are leaning on their horns at his...

What a mouthful! (tongues)
July 1, 1995... There's more to tongues than just a flick and a slurp They're skinny, thick, colored, sometimes sticky, occasionally nubbed flabs of flesh that dangle in the mouths of virtually every mammal, bird, reptile, fish and amphibian on Earth. Tongues,...