Salt Marsh Harvest Mouse : Image By B Moose Peterson Via Smithsonian Institute

ABC Mouse is a global educational initiative that offers a full online curriculum for pre-school thru Kindergarten. The goal is to help children build a strong foundation for future academic success. ABC Mouse is a subscription based program (see their website for pricing information). ABC Mouse offers over 350 lessons, at six different levels, and more than 2,000 individual learning activities. The ABC Mouse program has received a number of awards and citations, including a Parents’ Choice GOLD Award in 2011. Go to: www.abcmouse.com to learn more about this popular new

The Columbia River Limpet, otherwise known as the Short-faced Lanx, is endangered due to human causes. This species is endangered due to population fragmentation and isolation, dam-building, and many other human causes. In addition, habitat loss is one of the biggest problems because this organism has such specific habitat requirements. This species lives in a freshwater ecosystem and now, large populations can only be found in 4 streams. On the other hand, these human-induced problems can be remedied with a few restrictions, support, and a little effort.

Silvershell Beach is the home to many different aquatic species and other forms of wildlife. Last lab block the class and I went into the ocean at Silvershell beach and took seven different seine net samples. With each sample we took, we noticed a variety of different organisms. As we moved around different areas of the ocean, we would come out with changing species and number of species that we did not find in other areas of the water. Species we found included sea robin, hermit crabs, moon jellies, minnows, shrimp, eels, and more. Sample one and two were taken from around the same area in the water and there was a reappearance of three of the species. In sample one we found hermit crabs, minnows, moon jellies, and a sea robin. In sample two

Many of its marshes, cypresses, and mangroves cover the majority of the wetland and an estimated number of 50 reptile species and 40 mammal species currently residing are either endangered, or worse, threatened for extinction. The Florida Panther, according to the National Park Service, has a successful breeding population; nonetheless, the “primary threats to the remaining population are habitat loss, fragmentation, and degradation” (para. 2). Due to the ongoing urban development, the panther became a well-known endangered human threat. An estimated 80-120 panthers are surviving

The salt marsh harvest mouse is listed as an endangered species in 1970s. Its phylogeny is of the Kingdom Animalia, the Phylum Chordata, the Class Mammalia, the Order Rodentia, the Family Cricetidae, the Genus Reithrodontomys, and the Species raviventris. The closest living relative of the salt marsh harvest mouse, according to genetic mapping, is the plains harvest mouse, R. montanus, a western interior species that are found in Mexico and central US.

Conservation of our biodiversity not only demonstrates foresight, it protects the natural resources so vital to our own continued existence. The value of any single species to an ecosystem is immeasurable; the environment will not endure without its species, despite size or niche. These animals are not dispensable. And, they are apt to face extinction in the not too distant future, unless a resolve for their preservation is insisted by the public and enforced by governments internationally.

This lab report focus on the risk of extinction of the panther species of Florida due to habitat loss (urbanization), collisions road kill, intolerance and poor genetic diversity have been confined to this animal to live in a small part of South Florida become one of the most endangered mammals on the planet. About 160 cats remain in the wild. Therefore the objective of this report is to disseminate knowledge regarding the extinction of native species by identifying the mortality, its causes, area of action, level of ecosystem and possible solutions to prevent their extinction

In order to help the Ridgway’s Rails, we must stop localizing wetland, and destruct their habitats. We can start by preserving the small, leftover marshes and make sure it is the correct environment for the Ridgway’s Rails to survive. However, individuals can also help by spreading awareness of this situation. This problem is mainly caused by the lack of knowledge on endangered species and their habitats. My group will set an example of ways you can help not only the Ridgway’s Rails, but also other types of endangered

As natural resources experience an increased impact by human activities, the list of endangered species of flora and fauna expands. This highlights the importance of bringing all aspects of conservation efforts to the forefront. These efforts are often restricted by funding and logistical components and so prioritization must take place to ensure the preservation of critical populations and habitats, rather than a species in its entire historical range. It is critical to preserve genetic diversity which, in turn, allows for the preservation of the ecological and evolutionary aspects that are required for a species to continue to exist.

The National Wildlife Institute has published “Conservation Under the Endangered Species Act: A Promise Broken”. Their critique of the Act includes questioning the programs undertaken as a result of the Act have played sufficient roles in the recovery of species that were delisted, as well as questioning the allocation of funding to programs intended to aid listed species.

Environmental changes due to our climate warming is causing terrible effects on the Marten population in the northern reaches of Wisconsin. What climate change is doing to the habit in which the Marten is living in is changing the amount of snowfall the regions in which the Martens are living in are acquiring. Looking at figure 3 you can see that the total snowfall in the two regions where Martens were reintroduced showed significantly less snowfall accumulation in present day compared to the 1980’s. This is extremely important to note because this change in snowfall can deteriorate the critical zone called the subnivium. The subnivium is the seasonal microenvironment underneath the snow (Pauli et al., 2013). This is a small zone where plants and small mammals thrive during the winter. It should be stated that the subnivium insulates the ground creating a pocket of warmth that allows these organisms to survive the harsh Wisconsin winters. The way a subnivium is formed is based on snow duration, density and depth (Pauli et al., 2013). But this is where climate change comes into play. It is causing snowfall to decrease, the time snow is present is decreased and the density of the snow is lower (Pauli et al., 2013). Having these three factor decline is getting rid of the refuge of the subnivium and killing organisms that thrive there. One such organism is the American Marten. These mammals are small enough to crawl down tree trunks where the snow is melted to gain access to the subnivium. This is where the Marten hunts mice and other small mammals to its heart's content. But with the loss of the subnivium Martens can’t hunt in their little paradise. They will have to find other places to hunt and find prey to satisfy their caloric needs. This is where the Fisher has the advantage, since they are too large to access the subnivium. The Fisher

Distribution: There are eight subspecies of the beach mouse, including five on the Gulf Coast (Alabama beach mouse (P. p. ammobates), Perdido Key beach mouse (P. p. tryssyllepsis), Santa Rosa beach mouse (P. p. leucocephalus), Choctawatchee beach mouse (P. p. allophrys), and the St. Andrew beach mouse (P. p. peninsularis) and three on the Atlantic Coast (Pallid beach mouse (P. p. decoloratus, Anastasia Island

A report from Recovering America’s Wildlife Crisis states, “More than 150 species have already gone extinct and about 40% of freshwater fish species are imperiled.” Animals are being killed off by the minute. Now the wildlife species are going to abolished from Earth.

According to the IUCN, an international organization with the objective of preserving species and habitats, the California pocket mouse sits at

Bill Freedmen, author of “Endangered Species—Human Causes Of Extinction and Endangerment” notes, “scientists approximate that present extinction rates are 1,000 to 10,000 times higher than the average natural extinction rate.” These distressing numbers should be acted upon to save the endangered species and avoid the catastrophic change to this planet if these species were to become extinct. In order to produce change, people need to recognize that habitat loss, climate change, and poaching are all factors in why our animal species are going extinct.