Posts Tagged extinction

Scientists say oceans will be empty of fish in 40 years

Scientists say oceans will be empty of fish in 40 years

Filed Under: environment, food, health on May 18, 2010

from Yahoo news: Ocean fish could disappear in 40 years: UN by Sebastian Smith Sebastian Smith – Mon May 17, 11:07 pm ET NEW YORK (A [...]

banning frogs for human consumption

banning frogs for human consumption

Filed Under: environment, event, food, frogs, health, life on May 9, 2010

It has been documented that frogs imported into North America (and elsewhere) for the food and pet industries are known carriers of the deadly fungus, [...]

Red legged frogs + cars Don't Mix

Red legged frogs + cars Don’t Mix

Filed Under: biodiversity, environment, event, health, urban critters, vancouver on December 21, 2009

Over the past decade in metro Vancouver, there has been a number of efforts to preserve our remaining amphibian population. One of the better known ef [...]

Non-native trout wiping out native Californian frog

Non-native trout wiping out native Californian frog

Filed Under: environment, event, frogs, life on November 19, 2009

Death by design. But you can help stop it. The Sierra Nevada Yellow-Legged Frog was once the most abundant frog in California, but has now disappeared [...]

wild salmon don't do drugs

wild salmon don’t do drugs

Filed Under: environment, event, food, health, vancouver on October 4, 2009

Almost 1,000 concerned citizens showed up at a rally in support of wild B.C. Salmon today (Saturday, Oct 3, 2009). Please join the Wild Salmon Circle, [...]

Vancouver area Turtles trip up lake dredging plans

Vancouver area Turtles trip up lake dredging plans

Filed Under: environment, green Profile, urban critters, vancouver on October 3, 2009

Our friend Vanessa Kilburn, a biologist whose love for our native turtle, the Western Painted Turtle, has successfully placed the reptile’s peri [...]

Vancouver's Frog guy

Vancouver’s Frog guy

Filed Under: city living, environment, green Profile, urban critters, vancouver on October 2, 2009

The Express’s Peter Kim interviews Vancouver Frog guy, David Wong, on his thoughts and reasons why he has been raising Vancouver’s native [...]