Endangered Species Update articles

Recent articles from Endangered Species Update

Reptilian pathogens of the Florida everglades: the associated costs of Burmese pythons.(environmental risk assessment of invasive species)(Report)
July 1, 2007... Abstract The predation activity of the invasive Burmese python (Python molurus bivitattus) was evaluated using probability and the economic costs associated with current federal and state values for endangered species. The objective was to provide a realistic valuation of the associated...

An opinion: successes and setbacks in black-footed ferret recovery: do we really have the capabilities, resources, and socio/ political will to recover critically endangered species?(Report)
July 1, 2007... Dramatic habitat losses and human persecution over decades preceding passage of Endangered Species Act legislation caused the near extirpation and/or dramatic decline of many North American wildlife species. The black-footed ferret (Mustela nigripes; ferret) was widely regarded as extinct...

Timber Rattlesnakes in Vermont and New York: Biology, History and the Fate of and Endangered Species.(Book review)
July 1, 2007... Timber Rattlesnakes in Vermont and New York: Biology, History and the Fate of and Endangered Species Furman, Jon The University Press of New England, Hanover and London 228 pages This book is a fascinating account of the Timber Rattlesnake (Crotalus horridus) in the most...

Focus On Nature[TM].(drosophila life development and behavior)(Brief article)
July 1, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The eggs hatched. Hundreds of little babies. As these energetic larval babies feed on decaying native trees such as koa, alani, 'olapa and 'oha they outgrow their confining skins. Several molts and several days later they transform into agile, quarter-inch adult...

Smithsonian National Zoo scientists raise elkhorn coral larvae for reintroduction.(News From Zoos)(Brief article)
July 1, 2007... This fall, staff from the AZA-accredited Smithsonian National Zoo in Washington, DC acquired 12,000 endangered elkhorn coral larvae on a harvest mission in Puerto Rico. They are raising the microscopic larvae in a controlled environment and will attempt to reintroduce the adult coral to their...