Wildlife News Articles From January 2010

• Unprecedented number of cold-related manatee deaths in Florida
• New photos of Ivory-billed woodpecker claims
• Are Sea eagles coming back to Suffolk? Vote on what you think should happen
• Impact of nature's invading aliens measured for the first time
• Madagascar’s logging policy threatens the island’s natural heritage
• The RSPB launches the world’s biggest wildlife survey - Big garden birdwatch (30-31 January 2010)
• Bumblebees to be re-introduced at RSPB Dungeness
• Rare Bewick’s divorce observed at Slimbridge
• Ten captive bred wobbegong sharks tagged and released in Sydney
• What is the best way to scare a black bear? – Scientific study
• New study of shark virgin birth shows offspring can survive long term
• 12 more fishers released into Washington State national park
• Cheshire’s ancient peatland to be restored
• Coral reef twice the size of Britain could become a vast conservation zone
• As Sierra Leone loses it’s last elephants – African range states plea for end to ivory trade
• Tigers down 70% in Greater Mekong in just 10 years
• China’s rarest bird still hanging on
• 2 million sea birds killed by European fisheries
• Western Africa chimp numbers down 75%
• Fungus killing high altitude toads - Low altitude toads survive
• Heron eats a gosling - Photos
• Bittern boom in London
• Highest ever number of Manatees recorded in Florida
• Party disgrace on shores of Lake Kariba
• Eels are vanishing from the Thames
• Blue monkeys hunted in Rwanda
• Loch of the Lowes most visited nature reserve – On Wildlife Extra
• Best Capercaillie brood counts for 13 years, but ongoing declines still a real worry
• Climate change could drown out Sundarbans tigers
• Rare white-beaked dolphin strands in Cornwall
• Ecuador's Yasuni National Park identified as one of most biodiverse places on earth
• Wildlife photographer of the year winner disqualified
• Spate of Red kite shootings in Northamptonshire
• Malignant malaria found in gorillas
• Barn owls thriving in Grizedale
• Unusual birdlife in residence after just 1 year at Saltholme
• Big increase in poaching in Scotland prompts anti poaching drive
• Wildlife charity Durrell having to cut staff & costs to make ends meet
• Seals killed and beheaded in Northeast England
• Join the campaign against illegal hunting in Malta
• USA to protect jaguars and jaguar habitat
• Chinese nationals arrested in Brazzaville for ivory smuggling
• 4% of UK’s corn buntings on 1 field!
• Tiger skin seized in Kerala
• Rhino rescued from quick sand in India
• New hooks saving thousands of sea turtles
• UK under snow as seen from space
• Treasure trove of new & unusual frogs and snakes discovered in Ecuador
• Endangered insects to be reintroduced into UK
• Red squirrels given extra protection in Cumbria
• "World's Least Known Bird" breeding site discovered in Afghanistan
• New bird species found in Heart of Borneo
• 2000 sea turtles rescued from unusually cold sea off Florida
• White elk in Utah - Leucistic or albino?
• White turkey in Texas
• Large increase in thrushes and buntings in snowy gardens
• Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2010 open for entries
• Some people just don’t know when to shut up. Japanese whalers ridiculous PR
• White opossum in Oklahoma
• New spider species discovered – Largest in the Middle East
• Animal kingdoms longest known migration revealed.
• Reintroducing rare or locally extinct animals back into England
• New species displays entirely new behaviour
• Blueprint for saving England’s farmland birds unveiled
• Night hunting Peregrine falcon caught on camera in Derby
• 2 manatees rescued in 1 day in Florida
• Bitterns being fed at Leighton Moss
• Leucistic towhee seen in Canada
• Vital elephant corridor saved by wildlife charity in India
• Leucistic flycatcher in Arizona
• Birds evolving to fight alien parasites in Galapagos
• Where do British puffins go in the winter?
• Scottish seas reveal basking shark secrets
• Sumatran tiger filmed with cubs for the first time
• Sea Shepherd vessel sinks after 'collision' with Japanese whaling ship
• Questions raised over the winner of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year
• Birds need your help to get through the cold snap
• Remarkable green turtle covered with marine life
• Species & ecosystems need to move 0.42 kilometres per year to keep up with climate change
• 273 pilot whales beach in New Zealand, 230 die.
• Green frog eats a snake - photo
• Tasmanian devil cancer cause revealed
• Leatherback turtles being tracked by satellite
• Summer sunshine averts catastrophe for insect world
• Sweden culls 27 wolves – Brings conservation credentials into question
• Rhino poaching hits critical levels in Kenya
• Students discover new species of cockroach in New York
• 418 species of bird recorded in Britain in 2008
• Sea Shepherd resumes the search for the Japanese whaling fleet
• New bird species discovered in Laos
• Cross-border conservation efforts can yield better results at less cost
• Virunga volcano erupting, Gorillas not threatened
• Great spotted woodpecker with unusual colouring in Cheshire
• Record number of endangered Florida panthers killed by vehicles in 2009
• Eggs of critically endangered bird disappear in New Zealand