tag: endangered species

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Death at High Altitude
The peaks above Yellowstone are turning a sickly gray as trees die from a beetle infestation. In an audio slideshow, OnEarth articles editor George Black describes the scene from a recent flyover.
Comments (0) | November 16, 2009
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Protecting Polar Bears
The polar bear is among the earliest and most dramatic victims of global warming. Yet Andrew Wetzler, a Chicago-based wildlife attorney for NRDC, sees good news in recent U.S. proposals to protect them.
Comments (0) | November 10, 2009
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An Endangered Tree
What does it take to get a pine tree on the endangered species list? NRDC ecologist Sylvia Fallon explains. She's fighting to save a fixture of Yellowstone and a major food source for grizzly bears.
Comments (0) | October 8, 2009
extras

NRDC: Combining New and Old
Q & A with NRDC's Sylvia Fallon
Comments (0) | August 26, 2009
feature stories

The (New) Web of Life
What happens when the dusty files of the nineteenth century meet the bots and algorithms of the twenty-first? Perhaps a revolution in our understanding of the natural world.
Comments (0) | August 26, 2009
frontlines

Bear Versus Beetle
With a vital food supply at risk because of climate change, the government could not have picked a worse time to remove the grizzly bear from the endangered species list
Comments (0) | December 1, 2008
dispatches

Going, Going, But Not Quite Gone
Beneath the surface of the Sea of Cortez swims the world's smallest porpoise and one of the planet's most endangered species
Comments (1) | December 1, 2008
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Gorilla Bonanza!

Comments (1) | August 5, 2008
NRDC at work

Winter 2007: Grizzlies; Endangered Species; Oil
NRDC works on many of the issues covered in OnEarth by independent journalists. Here's what NRDC says about grizzlies, endangered species, and oil.
Comments (0) | December 1, 2006
Greenlight

Of Bears and Men: Does the public have a say?

Comments (0) | Nov 3, 2009