A Struggle to Preserve a Hawaiian Archipelago and Its Varied Wildlife
113032
The combined land surface of what some officials call the American GalÃ¡pagos is relatively small but the coral surrounding totals more than 5,000 square miles.
152682
Federal scientists want permission to kill Galapagos sharks in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands in an effort to save the endangered Hawaiian monk seal.
662739
By Erik Robinson, The Columbian, Vancouver, Wash.  Feb. 9--Can't get to Hawaii?   The tropical paradise soon may be sending a little piece of the islands past Vancouver.
133169
By Rotenberg, James A ABSTRACT.- Established parks and nature reserves may be inadequate to preserve long-term biotic diversity, especially in tropical regions of Latin America where anthropogenic disturbance and land- conversion is an ongoing problem.
217089
By KRISTIN S. AGOSTONI  A patch of oak trees on Catalina Island once offered an idyllic retreat for weary visitors. Just steps away from a pair of camping tents, the trees provided a bit of shade on a hilltop overlooking the ocean.
183765
By Steve Connor Many animals and plants threatened with extinction could be saved if scientists spent more time talking with the native people whose knowledge of local species is dying out as fast as their languages are being lost.
397722
WASHINGTON - Conservationists concerned about the extinction of plants and animals may be overlooking the danger to thousands of other species that depend on the threatened ones.
248295
Hawaiian forests are the nation's most threatened bird habitats, according to a report released Thursday by American Bird Conservancy. "Saving these species is important but meaningless if the habitats they come from are also not protected," said Alan Lieberman, director of the Hawaiian Endangered Bird Conservation Program for the San Diego Zoo.
270564
Pitcairn Island&#39;s strange history and the vast Pacific ocean define its isolation. It is inordinately difficult to get there. It has no airstrip, ferry or links with French Polynesia.
164186
In this week's TravelWatch column, National Geographic Traveler geotourism editor Jonathan B. Tourtellot examines a stewardship program that keeps Maine's ocean islands untrampled.
489682
WELLINGTON, New Zealand  - An imaginative plan and  a dose of national guilt could save New Zealand's flightless  icon, the once abundant kiwi, from extinction.
237176
Birds and wireless towers are a deadly mix Â a fact that preservationists and policy makers agree to. But the role of the regulators in keeping the two apart has been up in the air.
91977
WAIANAE, Hawaii _ The home sits on property with a million-dollar view, but its plastic roof is held down by bungee cords, its only source of lighting is a few crude lanterns, its floor is covered with sand.  From here, Bert Bustamante looks out on paradise.
421104
PUERTO AYORA, Ecuador -- An unremarkable day on the archipelago. A taxi honks at a meandering pedestrian. Dockworkers empty another cargo boat, while sunburned tourists listen to their guides explain how the unique fauna here inspired Charles Darwin to develop his theory of evolution.
208054
The complexity of life took    billions of years to push and stretch and reshape the biological niche that    is Earth. It would seem prudent Â if one had the means Â to save some portion    of the blueprints of this majesty, so that the process would not have to start    over from scratch in the event of a global cataclysm.
599531
New development on the Tejon Ranch has environmentalists concerned about the health of a fragile landscape, where several distinct ecological regions converge.
43750
Some say stricter measures endanger wildlife, but others argue those concerns are smokescreens for pro-immigrant sentiment