Survey Revives Debate on Nev. Butterfly
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RENO, Nev. - A survey showing higher-than-expected numbers of a unique Nevada butterfly has revived a debate over whether it needs protection under the federal Endangered Species Act.  Some experts now conclude the listing of the Sand Mountain blue butterfly may not be necessary.
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Four more birds have tested positive for the West Nile Virus in San Luis Obispo County. Environmental health officials say birds found in Cambria, Paso Robles, San Luis Obispo, and Grover Beach died from the mosquito-borne illness.
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The buzzing. The biting. You&#39;d think there were already enough insects in the world to drive you buggy. However, a team of researchers at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia announced yesterday that
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By Peter B. Lord; Journal Environment Writer  The Center for Vector-borne Disease has posted a 56-question survey online.
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Several common species of North American birds have suffered drastic population declines since the arrival of the West Nile virus eight years ago, leaving rural and suburban areas quieter than they used to be and imposing ecological stresses on a variety of other animals and plants, a new study has...
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A tropical garden is opening in downtown Washington, brightly colored plants, warmth and humidity, and hundreds of butterflies fluttering around visitors. Best known for dinosaur bones and a giant stuffed elephant, the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History on Friday is opening a new, permanent, butterfly pavilion.
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By Gina Smith, The State, Columbia, S.C.  Feb.
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By Ed Vogel  By ED VOGEL   Review-Journal Capital Bureau   CARSON CITY - Assembly Democrats announced Monday they have launched a Web site to provide information to Nevada residents about their proposals in the Legislature.
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By Steve Pollick, The Blade, Toledo, Ohio  Feb. 14--You could tell from the way the birds were reacting at the backyard feeders yesterday morning that something big was on the way.   The feeders at my rural western Sandusky County creekbottom home were gleaned all but clean.
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By Keith Rogers  By KEITH ROGERS  REVIEW-JOURNAL  When fisheries biologist Tom Burke strode to the podium Wednesday to speak to 70 colleagues huddled at Las Vegas Valley Water District, he nudged one near the front row and jokingly said, "Stay where you are.
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A Pacific island butterfly makes a comeback, in one of the fastest evolutionary changes ever observed.
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The study raises questions of whether environmental standards are strict enough.
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By Curtis Morgan, The Miami Herald  Sep. 19--The Miami Blue butterfly, just 50 pairs of fluttering wings from extinction three years ago, breeds up a storm these days.   So far, the butterfly boom has been confined to a laboratory in Gainesville.
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PARIS, Feb 1 (IPS) - Environmental and scientific experts agree that  degradation of biological diversity has reached historical  dimensions, but a North-South divide is emerging over action to  counter this crisis.
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By Tom Venesky, Wilkes-Barre, Pa., Times Leader Sep. 25--The presence of a diminutive insect in the state has forestry officials on high alert.
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Burlington County hasn&#39;t been hit hard this year by West Nile virus, but county officials are still urging residents to take precautions against mosquitoes throughout the fall.
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Some say strict measures endanger ecosystems, but others say those concerns are excuses for pro-immigrant sentiment