Tag Archives: United States Geological Survey
Mass wildlife deaths – a cause for concern?
With birds dropping from the sky in America and Europe, massive fish deaths in the US and thousands of dead crabs in the UK wildlife seems to be having a tough time recently. Should all these massive and sudden die offs raise concerns about our environment?
Increasing bird deformities concern scientists
Across the North West US and Alaska researchers have discovered the greatest ever recorded occurrences of beak deformities across a range of bird species including crows and chickadees. Scientists have not yet been able to isolate the cause and are concerned about the increasing number of birds being affected. The deformities of the beak is [...]
Palila continues flight towards extinction
One of the rarest birds in the world, the Palila (Loxioides bailleui), is continuing to see it’s numbers fall and the last survey shows only about 1200 individuals still surviving. Living mainly on the upper slopes of Mauna Kea of the Big Island, Hawaii the bird is threatened by continued loss of habitat and being [...]