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Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkEating Themselves Out of House and Home
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: Science, Life Sciences, Ecology & Ecosystems, Geography, History-Social ScienceThis article, from the National Wildlife Federation Web site, explains how exploding populations of white-tailed deer are oblite...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkFast Decline of Slow Species
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: Science, Life Sciences, Ecology & Ecosystems, Geography, History-Social ScienceThis article, from the National Wildlife Federation Web site, describes the quiet crisis in America s rivers, lakes and freshwat...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkExotic Species
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: Science, Life Sciences, Ecology & Ecosystems, Geography, History-Social ScienceThis article, from the National Wildlife Federation Web site, reports on Hawaii s efforts to keep the islands snake-free. This r...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkHomegrown Biodiversity
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: Science, Life Sciences, Ecology & Ecosystems, Geography, History-Social ScienceThis article, from the National Wildlife Federation Web site, reports that homeowners can help a surprisingly large number of sp...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWhales at Risk From New U.S. Navy Sonar Range, Activists Say
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: Science, American Democracy, Life Sciences, Geography and 2 additional..In this National Geographic News article, read about how military sonar could adversely affect marine mammals that use sound as ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkFugitive Rat Teaches Lesson About Invasive Species Control
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: Science, American Democracy, Life Sciences, Geography, History-Social ScienceIn this National Geographic News article, read about how an invasive rat evaded capture on one of New Zealand s islands for 18 w...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkCold-Water Corals at Risk From Fishing Nets, Acidic Oceans
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: Science, American Democracy, Life Sciences, Geography and 3 additional..In this National Geographic News article, read about threats to little-known but species-rich cold-water coral reefs. Chief amon...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWild Holly, Mistletoe, Spread With Warmer Winters
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: Science, American Democracy, Life Sciences, Geography, History-Social ScienceIn this National Geographic News article, read about the discovery that warmer winters in Europe could be causing the traditiona...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWarming May Cause Widespread Water Shortages, Studies Say
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: Science, American Democracy, Life Sciences, Geography and 2 additional..In this National Geographic News article, read about how global warming may lead to water shortages in regions that depend on ru...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWatch Your Step: Study Shows Life in Tidal Areas at Risk
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: Science, American Democracy, Life Sciences, Geography, History-Social ScienceIn this National Geographic News article, read about how human activity in tidal regions can wreak real, and lasting, damage. Wh...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkPlains Drought Cycle Has Long History, Ominous Future
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: Science, American Democracy, Earth & Space Science, Geography, History-Social ScienceIn this National Geographic News article, read about a study revealing that cyclical droughts have ravaged the U.S. Great Plains...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWarming Will Lead to Major Disease Outbreaks, Experts Warn
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: Science, American Democracy, Geography, Personal and Community Health and 4 additional..In this National Geographic News article, read about a report suggesting that disease outbreaks in humans are likely to increase...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLink"Instant" Evolution Seen in Darwin's Finches, Study Says
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: Science, American Democracy, Life Sciences, Geography, History-Social ScienceIn this National Geographic News article, read about an evolutionary change that took place in a single generation among a breed...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkFoxes Invade Tasmania, Create "Environmental Emergency"
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: Science, American Democracy, Life Sciences, Geography, History-Social ScienceIn this National Geographic News article, read about the apparent introduction of red foxes to the Australian island of Tasmania...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkFirst Evidence That Wildlife Corridors Boost Biodiversity, Study Says
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: Science, American Democracy, Life Sciences, Geography, History-Social ScienceIn this National Geographic News article, read about a five-year study of South Carolina pine forests that offers proof that con...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWhales May Be Doomed by Russia Oil Project, Groups Say
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: Science, American Democracy, Life Sciences, Geography and 2 additional..In this National Geographic News article, read about how whale conservationists have urged Shell Corporation to stop its Siberia...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkHimalaya Forests Vanishing, Species May Follow, Study Says
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: Science, American Democracy, Life Sciences, Geography and 2 additional..In this National Geographic News article, read about how nearly a quarter of the species unique to the Himalayas could vanish by...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkHumans Put Squeeze on Ancient Pronghorn Migration
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: Science, American Democracy, Life Sciences, Geography and 2 additional..In this National Geographic News article, read about changes in the migration routes of the Yellowstone pronghorn. Using GPS to ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWhales Could Be Harmed by Oil-Search Noises, Report Says
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: Science, American Democracy, Life Sciences, Geography, History-Social ScienceIn this National Geographic News article, read about how seismic pulses used for underwater oil exploration could affect whale m...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkCane Toad
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: Science, Life Sciences, Geography, History-Social ScienceThis National Geographic Magazine resource focuses on the cane toad. This venemous toad has a large population in Australia, whe...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0