International Wildlife articles from March 1995

International Wildlife archives from March 1995

Life on Plant Heliconia
March 1, 1995... It's an eat and be eaten world for visitors of this rain-forest flower A golden viper coils atop an unusual red blossom in the heart of paradise. Soon, a hummingbird materializes, seduced by the promise of sweet nectar. The bird hovers,...

Where Have All the Malas Gone?
March 1, 1995... Attempts to rescue this tiny wallaby illustrate the challenges facing small kangaroos In the beginning, say Australian Aborigines, the Rainbow Serpent emerged from the center of the Earth. As it slithered over the featureless terrain, it carved...

Kings and Pretenders
March 1, 1995... There's the kingfisher you know and some you don't, including unlikely species that don't even fish Consider this: One of the wonders of the New Guinea rain forest is a large, mud-caked bird that very few ornithologists have seen in the wild....

Is This the Way to Save Africa's Wildlife?
March 1, 1995... Killing animals underlies Zimbabwe's hope for saving species and helping people; it seems to be working Three years ago, John Tendengdende, headman of Dete village in Zimbabwe, watched helplessly as his maize seedlings, cotton plants and chili...

School Riddles
March 1, 1995... How many fish does it take to make a school? And why isn't the middle safer? Biologist John Hunter leads the way to a dimly lit room at the National Marine Fisheries Service lab in La Jolla, California. In a tank that resembles an above-ground...