Showing posts with label wildlife. Show all posts
Showing posts with label wildlife. Show all posts

Thursday, December 8, 2011

Rare Leopard


A Rare Persian Leopard was found in central Afghanistan. The leopard was a top predator and we thought had disappeared from it's region. The findings show that rangelands can still surpport other species. Wildlife scientists are thrilled to discover the leopard has return amoung other animals they have found. The Wildlife Society is doing their best to make sure these animals are not being hunted, recently Afghanistan passed a law prohibitting hunting of snow leopards. The images did show though men walking around with guns, even when they are not surppose to.

Wednesday, December 7, 2011

Scientists rediscover rarest US bumblebee

In this article you will read about how scientists from the University of California, Riverside have recently stumbled across the rarest bumblebee species in the white mountains of New Mexico. The "Cockerell's Bumblebee" was last seen in 1956. This is pretty exciting being that there are only about 50 native species of native bumblee and most are on the verge of extinction. Using advanced tools and studies they will find out if they are in environmental danger of being extinct as well.