Scott | April 10, 2009

Tweet Well after a week of battling a hosting issue, I am finally back online and able to access my account.  However, I think the headache will be worth it as the updates made to JournOwl.com will increase site usability , especially enabling visitor comments that I hope will spur discussion and continue to link [...]

Category: Endangered species, Wildlife | 4 Comments »
Tags: adapt, Biodiversity, coral reef, Endangered species, genetics, habitat loss, hybridization, hybrids, species

Scott | March 19, 2009

Tweet If you are a fan of National Geographic then I am sure you have witnessed their latest awe inspiring venture into the “Kingdom of the Blue Whale”, and if not, what are you waiting for!  I don’t want to get sucked into rehashing the program itself, but the point I was most interested in [...]

Category: Endangered species, Wildlife | 1 Comment »
Tags: blue whale, Endangered species, fin whale, grizzly bear, habitat loss, hybridization, hybrids, polar bear

Scott | January 26, 2009

Tweet Five months before the passage of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act in 1918, an article was published in the NY Times proclaiming that our Nation’s gamebirds were under threat of extinction.  Interestingly enough the article contained a quote by Dr. E.W. Nelson, Chief of the U.S. Bureau of Biological Survey, that has transcended North [...]

Category: Migratory Birds | 2 Comments »
Tags: birds, habitat loss, light pollution, Migratory Birds, pollution

Scott | January 1, 2009

Tweet Overfishing is rearing its ugly head once again and I am quite certain the repercussions of depleting our world’s fish stocks will continue to directly (and indirectly) strangle a multitude of species. Taking center stage are 7 tuxedo-clad species threatened by commercial fisheries, increased competition for prey, habitat loss and degradation, disease, predation, and [...]

Category: Climate change, Overfishing, Wildlife | No Comments »
Tags: Climate change, Endangered species, habitat loss, Overfishing, Penguin