Animals articles from May 1997

Animals archives from May 1997

Spotting the smallest frog: as hopes fades for one species, a tiny frog comes into view.(discovery of Eleutherodactylus iberia)
May 1, 1997... As hope fades for one species' a tiny frog comes into view. . . . snout sub acuminate . . . canthus rostralis rounded, slightly concave in dorsal view; loreal region flat, sloping abruptly; . . . interorbital space not tuberculate;...

Alternative medicine for pets: holistic remedies make headway into veterinary medicine.
May 1, 1997... Holistic remedies make headway into veterinary medicine Veterinarian Kim Rotner kneels on a rug in her treatment room at Angell Memorial Animal Hospital in Boston and deftly inserts a stainless-steel needle into the top of her patient's...

Cloning: the missing debate.(includes related information on cloning of endangered species)
May 1, 1997... In July 1996, deep into an Edinburgh summer, a lamb soon to be named after Dolly Parton quietly slipped into the world. She looked and acted like a normal lamb. But seven months later she would grab international headlines for nearly a month....

Flea control: the next generation: getting the bugs out with new technology.
May 1, 1997... If you own a cat or dog, no doubt at one time or another you have been on the front lines of a seemingly endless war against fleas and/or ticks. You bathe, dip, collar, and spray, but still the enemy advances, sometimes infesting your entire...

Against the current: the Northwest salmon crisis.
May 1, 1997... Salmon are to the Pacific Northwest what bison were to the Midwest. They are intricately woven into the culture, history, and spirituality of the region. The annual return of the fighting, leaping fish has traditionally brought a renewal of...

Seeing the forest for the trees.(Mitch Friedman, director of the Northwest Ecosystem Alliance)
May 1, 1997... In the Pacific Northwest, the logging of timber is a ritual, a multi-step process that involves thousands of people. The drama usually starts with a Forest Service pronouncement. Then come the lawsuits, then the activitists howling and locking...

The Modern Ark: The Story of Zoos Past, Present, and Future.
May 1, 1997... By Vicki Croke. 254 pages. Scribner. $26 hardcover. Whether you think zoos are a wholesome afternoon of education and fun for the kids (and yourself) or nothing more than depressing jails for unfortunate, neurotic captives, put The Modern...