Extinction Countdown
Cane Toads, Blue Whales, Red Wolves and Other Updates from the Brink
People often ask me, “How can you write about endangered species all the time? Isn’t it depressing?” Sure, it can be, but not as depressing as the sheer number of stories that I don’t get to write about. So let’s catch up on some of the stories that should have made headlines this month. First [...]
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Extinction Countdown
Italy Faces Invasion of American Killer Squirrels
October 5th, 2012 |
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Squirrels: So bushy-tailed, so ubiquitous—so deadly. We don’t normally think of squirrels as killers, but North America’s eastern gray squirrels (Sciurus carolinensis) have actually been called one of the worst invasive species on the planet. When introduced into other ecosystems, the larger and more aggressive grays tend to out-compete native squirrels for food and intimidate [...]
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