Wildlife

Nearly half of all primate species are now threatened with extinction, according to an evaluation by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN). Extinction threat growing for mankind's closest relatives 05 August 2008 Mankind's closest relatives – the world's monkeys, apes and other primates – are disappearing from the face of the Earth, with some being literally eaten to extinction. The first comprehensive review in five years of the world's 634 kinds of primates found that almost 50 per cent are in danger of going extinct, according to the criteria of the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™. Note, the new primate ... Read Full Story

"Out to Sea" triptych by David Dancey-Wood 2005 Juvenile Green Turtles This is a limited edition triptych to celebrate the 50th wildlife print by Hawksbill Fine Art The size of each individual print is 180mm x 280mm And this is a limited edition of just 295 triptychs, signed and numbered by David Dancey-Wood Only sold as a set of three. These turtles have obviously just hatched, and are on their way to the sea. A lovely set of images. I particularly love the impressions in the sand that David has drawn. The motion in this image is great, and gives the sense that the turtles ... Read Full Story

Hummingbirds  are a fascinating group of birds that includes over 300 species, making them the world's second largest family of birds (the largest family of birds is the flycatcher family). The hummingbird family includes the world's smallest species of bird, the Cuban Bee Hummingbird (Mellisuga helenae), which measures a mere 5-6 cm in length. Hummingbirds have the unique ability among birds to be able to fly in any direction and hover in mid-air. Hummingbirds have narrow beaks and long thin tongues which enable them to sip nectar from a variety of flowers. Hummingbirds weigh between 2 and 20 grams. They have only 10 primary ... Read Full Story

We floated and fished the Bitterroot River yesterday. The water was high, but clear. That meant we had debris to dodge - new trees and wood lodged in the river - but lots of wildlife and bugs to see and fish to be caught. This slideshow focuses on the whitetail doe we saw. To see a blog about the fishing visit our Montana Fly Fishing Blog entry for this day. To see the SmugMug slideshow in a new window click Merle's Whitetail Doe on the Bitterroot photos . Read Full Story

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John fishes with Jack pretty regularly. John is a retired (more than once) Marine, neighbor and good friend. He is also "godfather" to our Chesapeake puppy, Freda. Yesterday we fished a stretch of the Bitterroot mainstem Jack hadn't been down since high(est)-water. The water level was at about 3000 CFS - fairly big, but clear. John wanted Freda to come, too. In order to be safe and keep Freda in tow (or more accurately, in the boat), I got to come along as dog-sitter. I did get to catch some fish, too! We saw a LOT of wood - new wood, the big kind ... Read Full Story

Courtesy: The Environment Watch Do you think elephants are sad-faced? Actually, they have a lot reasons to be. Not just the “Dumbo” type of reason but by the way they are being inhumanely treated. Today, they are under the endangered species list; Asian elephants are classified as full-fledged endangered while African elephants are classified as threatened-endangered. So big and so majestic and yet these gentle creatures are subjected to cruel treatments very few of us are aware of. The African Elephants During the 70’s up to the late 1980’s, the world market’s demand for the elephant’s ivory tusk was high. The market price commanded ... Read Full Story