Nature conservation
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Create a Wildlife Conservation Stamp for Habitat Acquisition and the Conservation of Wildlife.
Posted by Greg Laden on November 16, 2012 
The Bird Bloggers, led by Corey Finger at 10,000 birds, where I blog monthly, are asking you to sign this petition and pass it on to others: We propose a Wildlife Conservation Stamp, comparable to the well-known Duck Stamp, to support the acquisition of habitat and the conservation of all wildlife in the National Wildlife…
Why Minnesota Can’t Have Nice Things
Posted by Greg Laden on August 29, 2012 
In Minnesota’s Lakes Country, what we sometimes call “Up North,” the people have various degrees of knowledge of the land and its wildlife. Cabin people and campers visit briefly and may learn in detail the workings of a particular lake or patch of forest, but are usually poorly informed of the true nature of the…
Extinction rates have NOT been over-estimated
Posted by Greg Laden on May 23, 2011 There are several things that cause extinction, but ultimately it is always the same: The last individual (or small number of individuals) of a species die. That may sound like a trivial explanation for extinction but consider what happens when you work backwards from that tragic moment in time. Well, you have more individuals in…
The Natural Stuff
Posted by Greg Laden on September 3, 2010 Ferrel monk parakeets in Brooklyn (They’ve been living there long enough to get into some bird identification guides) are being poached by …. parakeet poachers! Here is the story. Check this out: Exelon, a nuclear giant that recently backed away from building new nuclear plants, is moving into wind. The inside story on giant sharks…
BP Oil Well Will Be Capped By Monday
Posted by Greg Laden on July 11, 2010 … Or not . And if not, and if this keeps going for, say, a total of one year, this is what we can expect:
The BP Oil Spill isn’t really that bad, is it?
Posted by Greg Laden on June 29, 2010 Oh. Hey, what do you say, the next person who says “environmentalists have always made these extreme predictions and they never come true” gets a boot. Somewhere. Somewhere deep. The dozens of dolphins and the sperm whale trapped in the oil, dead or near death, start at around 6:20. The end is a little strange.
Gulf States Continue to be Stoopid
Posted by Greg Laden on June 26, 2010 I know you don’t like when I say this, but you people living in Florida through Louisiana (and points in between) are not exactly the sharpest knives in the drawer. As it were.
Drill, Baby, Drill …
Posted by Greg Laden on June 15, 2010 Let’s not forget.
The best of the best in plant biology, conservation, photography, and evolution
Posted by Greg Laden on May 31, 2010 I have about ten favorite species of tree, and one of them is the corotú. Why? Because of one of the most interesting plant-animal interaction stories of recent times. The story, complete with extinct elephant-like creatures and a real Sherlock Holmes science theme can be read, along with some great images, at A Neotropical Savanna:…
Saving the Saba Bank with Open Access Publishing
Posted by Greg Laden on May 20, 2010 The Saba Bank is a major coral reef in the Caribbean which sports a high level of biodiversity but also attracts oil tankers, and is thus an important natural area under threat. The tankers anchor here to avoid paying fees in various ports, but the anchors themselves drag along the reef and cause havoc. There…