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Posts Tagged ‘mangroves’
Conservation, Nature, Weird Stuff, Wildlife & Flora, Sep 19th, 2010,
Today’s Creature Feature takes us to the Isla Escudo de Veraguas, off the Caribbean coast of Panama. The Pygmy Three-toed Sloth is a Critically Endangered species. They are 20% smaller than other Three-toed Sloth species and weigh 40% less. Their homes can be found throughout the mangrove forests that surround the Isla Escudo de Veraguas—at least, for the time being. Sloths are generally known to be slow movers through the trees, but if you put them in water you’ll see a whole different side. Three-toed Sloths are actually good swimmers. Another thing that may surprise you is, although the Three-toed…
Tags: Caribbean island, Creature Feature, critically endangered species, Isla Escudo de Veraguas, mangroves, poaching, Pygmy Three-toed Sloth
Climate Change, Nature, Wildlife & Flora, Dec 29th, 2009,
There are many amazing migrations that happen every year across the planet. The Arctic Tern holds the lead for longest regular migration, traveling 24,000 miles every year! A new type of migration may soon be taking place and unfortunately for nature, it’s not one of choice but rather one that is being forced upon the environment. Entire land ecosystems will have to move an average of 420 meters (a quarter of a mile) every year to cooler areas in order to cope with Global Warming. Mountain regions will have it the easiest, since only a tiny change in altitude will…
Tags: Climate change, deserts, ecosystem migration, endangered places, endangered species, forests, global warming, grasslands, mangroves, mountains, wetlands
