Archivos de diario de febrero 2018

01 de febrero de 2018

Dive-bombing cormorant: Bird yanks suckerfish right off a whale shark's skin.

Fishing is time-consuming business, so diving birds in Mexico's Baja California are frequenting the local "sushi conveyor" instead. That conveyor comes in the hulking shape of the region's reigning big fish: the whale shark. The crafty cormorants have figured out that the giant sharks provide an endless supply of remora sashimi.

https://www.earthtouchnews.com/oceans/sharks/dive-bombing-cormorant-bird-yanks-suckerfish-right-off-a-whale-sharks-skin/

Publicado el febrero 1, 2018 04:16 MAÑANA por biohexx1 biohexx1 | 0 comentarios | Deja un comentario

Captive-bred California condors released into the wild in Kern County.

Biologists with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s California Condor Recovery Program released six captive-bred endangered California condors into the wild in Kern County.

https://www.turnto23.com/news/local-news/captive-bred-california-condors-released-into-the-wild-in-kern-county

Publicado el febrero 1, 2018 04:19 MAÑANA por biohexx1 biohexx1 | 0 comentarios | Deja un comentario

Coyote with head stuck in jar needs public’s help.

A large coyote that apparently has had its head stuck in a large plastic jar for almost a week will not live if it doesn’t get help — so wildlife experts are calling on the public to try to spot the desperate beast roaming Coloma and beyond.

https://www.mtdemocrat.com/news/coyote-with-head-stuck-in-jar-needs-publics-help/

Publicado el febrero 1, 2018 04:25 MAÑANA por biohexx1 biohexx1 | 4 comentarios | Deja un comentario

Coyote with head stuck in jar needs public’s help.

A large coyote that apparently has had its head stuck in a large plastic jar for almost a week will not live if it doesn’t get help — so wildlife experts are calling on the public to try to spot the desperate beast roaming Coloma and beyond.

https://www.mtdemocrat.com/news/coyote-with-head-stuck-in-jar-needs-publics-help/

Publicado el febrero 1, 2018 04:26 MAÑANA por biohexx1 biohexx1 | 0 comentarios | Deja un comentario

Coyote with head stuck in jar needs public’s help.

A large coyote that apparently has had its head stuck in a large plastic jar for almost a week will not live if it doesn’t get help — so wildlife experts are calling on the public to try to spot the desperate beast roaming Coloma and beyond.

https://www.mtdemocrat.com/news/coyote-with-head-stuck-in-jar-needs-publics-help/

Publicado el febrero 1, 2018 04:27 MAÑANA por biohexx1 biohexx1 | 0 comentarios | Deja un comentario

Shifting toward a greater understanding of bugs – the good and the bad.

But what has changed too in the past 14 years is our common understanding of insects. Yes, there are still too many people who reduce the insect universe to one of “bugs” that must be annihilated. But gardeners have never been more ecologically minded, and the idea that we must shelter pollinators is now instilled in every grade-schooler, which is all to the good.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/home/six-legs-good-six-legs-bad/2018/01/30/a41111ce-013e-11e8-9d31-d72cf78dbeee_story.html?utm_term=.7e3c8414a89c

Publicado el febrero 1, 2018 04:39 MAÑANA por biohexx1 biohexx1 | 0 comentarios | Deja un comentario

Lone Star Ticks: Not Guilty in Spread of Lyme Disease.

The bacteria that cause Lyme disease, the most commonly reported vector-borne illness in the United States, are transmitted to humans primarily by the blacklegged tick (Ixodes scapularis, also known as the deer tick), which is abundant in the eastern United States. Often presumed guilty by association is the lone star tick (Amblyomma americanum), a southern tick species that has spread northward in recent decades. However, a new review of three decades’ worth of research concludes the latter should be exonerated: While lone star ticks are guilty of transmitting bacteria that cause several human illnesses, the scientific evidence says Lyme disease is not one of them.

https://entomologytoday.org/2018/01/31/lone-star-ticks-not-guilty-spread-lyme-disease/

Publicado el febrero 1, 2018 10:56 MAÑANA por biohexx1 biohexx1 | 2 comentarios | Deja un comentario

The unforeseen consequences of killing ‘prize’ animals.

That it’s possible to kill a few select animals without causing much population-level harm is a tenet of wildlife management, guiding everything from trophy hunting to the collection of souvenir beetles. Yet several new studies challenge this conventional wisdom. In a human-dominated world where animals face many stresses, removing even a few creatures may have more far-reaching and complex consequences than expected.

http://www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2018/01/the-unforeseen-consequences-of-harvesting-animals/

Publicado el febrero 1, 2018 03:18 TARDE por biohexx1 biohexx1 | 0 comentarios | Deja un comentario

02 de febrero de 2018

Mountain Lion Tracked By Scientists Is Found Dead Near Malibu Road.

The loss of the famed cougar is one more reason for a California wildlife corridor to protect the big cats, animal advocates say.

https://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_5a73c590e4b0905433b2a507

Publicado el febrero 2, 2018 09:09 MAÑANA por biohexx1 biohexx1 | 0 comentarios | Deja un comentario

Orcutt pet owners on high alert after several hawk attacks.

ORCUTT, Calif. - Santa Barbara County Animal Services says these birds are moving into residential areas, looking for food.
The recent fires like the Thomas Fire burned off their habitat, forcing them to move.

Orcutt resident Cece Wallace says last week she returned home and found her Chihuahua "Chico" trapped in a hawk's talons.

http://www.keyt.com/news/orcutt-pet-owners-on-high-alert-after-several-hawk-attacks/695167812

Publicado el febrero 2, 2018 09:17 MAÑANA por biohexx1 biohexx1 | 0 comentarios | Deja un comentario

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