Animals articles from January 1999

Animals archives from January 1999

Tending to Hurricane Victims.
January 1, 1999... When Hurricane Mitch ripped through Honduras and surrounding Latin American countries, it left unimaginable devastation in its wake. To date, more than 13,000 people have been counted killed or missing and more than 11,000 injured. Massive...

The Sandpiper and the Crab.(declining horseshoe crab population affecting red knots)(Brief Article)
January 1, 1999... The red knot's late is tied to the fortune of the horseshoe crab. After the winter, the southernmost contingent of sandpipers known as red knots begin their 10,000-mile journey north from Argentina. The birds are bound for the Canadian...

Life in the Dry Season.(African watering holes attract numerous species)(Brief Article)
January 1, 1999... Africa is forever a continent of stark, spellbinding contrasts, and it is the eternal cycle of wet and dry seasons that most profoundly governs nature in southern Africa. During the wet season, with water plentiful and an abundance of...

THE COVETED SLOPE.(Alaska's North Slope is rich source of oil)
January 1, 1999... Nearby oil drilling and global warming threaten the nation's most pristine wildlife reserve. Like the never-ending light of the midsummer sun, the vast tundra of Alaska's Arctic Slope challenges Temperate Zone conventions of time and...

Tame Arthritis Pain.
January 1, 1999... Stiff, creaky joints afflict dogs and cats, too. But owners can help ease their pets' suffering. The elderly gentleman sat on the park bench, his white-muzzled golden retriever resting at his feet. After a few minutes, he reached over and...

Dogged Helper of Bears.(Brief Article)
January 1, 1999... Carrie Hunt and her team of dogs work to save `problem' bears. On her resume, Carrie Hunt's title reads "bear conflict specialist." In this age of the feel-good tides and sometimes questionable monikers animal devotees lavish upon...

HEALTHWATCH.(Brief Article)
January 1, 1999... My roommate has a bulldog, and when it comes back from exercising, the dog drinks water and then drools and throws up the water. Do all dogs do this? Why does this one? Bulldogs, like other brachycephalic breeds (boxers, Boston terriers,...

Life out of Bounds: Bioinvasion in a Borderless World.(Review)
January 1, 1999... Life out of Bounds: Bioinvasion in a Borderless World. By Chris Bright. 288 pages. W. W. Norton. $13 softcover. Anyone watching the trials and tribulations of wildlife conservation has noticed a recurrent theme: the often disastrous effects...