Tag: "extinction"
Small Rewards: Tiny Frogs and Chameleons Find and Fill a Niche
Recent discoveries of a Lilliputian lizard and elfin amphibian, fascinating in their own right, highlight one of the most enduring questions in biology: what controls the evolution of body size? They also provide a rare bright spot amid the relentless reports of endangered and disappearing amphibian and reptile species around the world.
Post on Mar 21, 2012 by Liza Gross from QUEST Northern California
Fantastic Voyage: The Salmon's Uphill Struggle for Survival
California's critically endangered coho salmon are at a crossroads. Hundreds of thousands of fish once returned to our streams to spawn. But dams, water diversion, and habitat destruction have pushed the coho to the brink of extinction. Without heroic habitat restoration and water conservation efforts, we may lose our storied silver fish.
Post on Feb 29, 2012 by Liza Gross from QUEST Northern California
Rediscovering Extinct Plants
This week, QUEST’s Science on the SPOT video will feature the Franciscan manzanita, a plant thought to be extinct until it was rediscovered in San Francisco’s Presidio in 2009.
Post on Jan 12, 2011 by Jennifer Skene
Newt Migration
The newts are on the move again. Each fall, after the rains start, the newts of Berkeley’s Tilden Park start migrating from the woods to waters of Wildcat Creek, where they mate and lay their eggs. South Park Drive, popular with cyclists and Sunday drivers, crosses their migratory path. Each year from November 1 to April 1 the road is closed to cars, to prevent the newts from getting squished. (How did the newt cross the road? Not by being run over, that’s for sure.)
Post on Nov 01, 2010 by Jennifer Skene
Mammoth Resurrection
I had always thought that bringing back an extinct animal like the mammoth was impossible using today's techniques. I may have been wrong.
Post on Nov 10, 2008 by Dr. Barry Starr
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