International Wildlife articles from September 1997

International Wildlife archives from September 1997

Into the Abyss? Facing Threats from Oil Spills, Overfishing and Alien Species, Many Penguins Are Living on the Edge
September 1, 1997... When the cargo vessel Cordigliera sank in heavy seas off the eastern Cape of Good Hope last November with 29 crewmen aboard, a thousand tons of heavy bunker oil gushed from the broken hull and formed a large slick. After the oil drifted along the...

Out of Africa
September 1, 1997... Every year Masai Mara National Reserve braces itself for the annual wildebeest migration. Huge waves of these animals swell north from the Serengeti and spill into the Mara. Predators--lions, leopards, cheetahs and crocodiles--lie in wait. People...

Resurrection on the Rhine: The Return of the Atlantic Salmon Signals New Hope for Europe's Most Important River and Its Tributaries
September 1, 1997... A century ago, Europe's Rhine River glittered with silver. Not the cold, metal variety, but living silver, the dazzle and flash of Atlantic salmon coursing through the river half a million strong on their annual migration. But by the turn of the...

Everything You Always Wanted to Know about Kangaroos
September 1, 1997... Who's Who in The Macropod World When the Australian continental plate separated from Antarctica and began drifting north 64 to 136 million years ago, only its higher elevations protruded above the ocean, comprising a patchwork of isolated...

Seeing nature with an inner eye. (excerpt from 'My Camera in the National Parks')(Nature's Voice)(Column)
September 1, 1997... We hold the future in a delicate and precious grasp, as one might draw shimmering ephemerid from the clutches of a web. The heritage of the earth, direct or synthetic provides us with physical life. We have, in part, mastered its resources...