International Wildlife articles from November 1997

International Wildlife archives from November 1997

What I've learned about tigers: a leading expert concludes that the very nature of these embattled predators gives us a fleeting window to save them from extinction.
November 1, 1997... TIGERS A leading expert concludes that the very nature of these embattled predators gives us a fleeting window to save them from extinction more than two decades ago, I stood on a bank of the Rapti River, in Nepal's Chitwan National Park,...

Promised land of the ostrich: can this biblical bird return to its ancestral home in Israel?
November 1, 1997... Can this biblical bird return to its ancestral home in Israel? The female ostrich slowly approaches her nest like a prima donna making a grande entre. Bending her long neck downward in a graceful S curve, she surveys a mass of eggs. About 15 of...

Looking for big pink: South America's river dolphins are disappearing, but Vera da Silva is out to change that. (Brazilian biologist)
November 1, 1997... South America's river dolphins are disappearing, but Vera da Silva is out to change that At about 9 a.m. in the heart of the Amazon, Brazilian biologist Vera M. F. da Silva spots the animals she's come in search of: pink river dolphins, or...

Oasis under the ice: exploring the surprisingly rich world hidden beneath the Antarctic ice.
November 1, 1997... Remote cameras with electronic beams are the newest tools for biologists investigating mysteries in the wild Heavily insulated in a dry suit and loaded down with scuba gear, I slide into the dark water. My lips, the only exposed part of my...

Caught in the trap! Remote cameras with electronic beams are the newest tools for biologists investigating mysteries in the wild.
November 1, 1997... Remote cameras with electronic beams are the newest tools for biologists investigating mysteries in the wild During the winter of 1991, Ullas Karanth drove slowly along a narrow forest road listening to the signal of a radio-collared tigress....

Survival in a harsh place: for creatures adapted to scorching heat, Namibia's coastal dunes are a heaven on Earth. (photographs of indigenous animals in the Namib Desert)(Brief Article)
November 1, 1997... For creatures adapted to scorching heat, Namibia's coastal dunes are a heaven on Earth For the human animal, the Namib Desert holds negligible amounts of food, water and shelter. But the creatures that have evolved here find nourishment in...

In the field with pheasants. (a biologist describes his day-long wait to observe blood pheasants in the Himalayas)(Brief Article)
November 1, 1997... Crouching in the shadow of a great frost-split boulder, I waited motionless. Behind me, the wall of a jagged cliff rose straight toward the heavens--a giant wall that seemed to set me utterly apart from the world that lay beyond. Within a...