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Many animals are rapidly decreasing in numbers. About 3/4 of the worlds primates are in decline. Of that number 60% are now threatened, or leading to extinction. For example, all of the ape species are threatened. This is mainly due to mining, devastation from agriculture, and hunting. Human activities are really effecting the primates, mainly hunting. In China they have been using primates for special use. As of right now there are 505 primate species, but scientists are still continuing to find new ones. They are continuously finding new ones because destinations that were once unreachable, are now reachable due to the amount of deforestation. Most of where the endangered primate species are living are being destroyed the fastest. The species that are flexible with their surroundings have a better chance of survival. Scientists are scared that before they get to learn more species will become extinct. They have been doing their best to save them, by discouraging hunting and deforestation. They have even put some animals in captivity to help their numbers go back up in a controlled environment. 

This is important to environmental science because it shows how fast species are declining due to human activities. Their habitats being destroyed are directly effecting these primate species, environmental science has been helping some of these species. Environmental scientists have learned more about them and learned ways to help their species thrive. But this has not been enough to save some of the species. Deforestation, agriculture, and hunting have had devastating effects.

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The Iberian lynx is one of the worlds rarest cats. This species has been living in areas that is unexpected. They originated by the Iberian Peninsula, but they have recently been found in Spain, European areas and in the Mediterranean scrublands. They are predicted to be scattered throughout the world in the future, since they are so flexible with their surroundings. These cats are hard to find since they are known to be excellent hiders. The Iberian lynx was rescued in 2002 because of its low numbers. Since their numbers significantly dwindled down their species began to lack in genetic diversity. This makes it so they have more birth defects and diseases. Just in 2010, 176 of them were placed in species regions after being in captivity. Of the 176, 60% have survived, they are being tracked by collars that were put on when they were in captivity. When 2012 hit their population reached 313 and they have been able to travel great distances. They went from critically endangered to endangered which is a big step up. 

This is important to environmental science because it shows that scientists can completely turn around species that are close to extinction. If they introduce them into the right areas and weigh the differences between places they can find the best suitable home. By putting the tracking collars on the Iberian lynx they have been able to watch over them more carefully. To know where they have traveled, where they can survive and how their population is increasing or decreasing. ]]> 2017-01-25 00:19:31 UTC https://padlet.com/18mayom/z5uisc2z72e0/wish/149200559 18mayom https://padlet.com/18mayom/z5uisc2z72e0/wish/149203389
On the coast in the Everglades National Park, 82 dolphins were beached and died. All together there were 95 of them. The causes are still unknown. The false killer whales stranded themselves in a remote area in Hog Key. Hog Key is located on the southwestern coast of Florida. This beaching resulted in the largest stranding of false killer whales in Florida. Hence their name they look like killer whales, but killer whales have spots on them distinguishing them. These dolphins range from 16 to 20 feet long. They live in w wide range of areas, but they prefer live in the tropic waters. They tend to travel in packs of 10 to 20. The false killer whales do not have federal protections in the Florida waters like they do in Hawaii. Their total number is still unknown but in certain places they are endangered. The beaching is a rare occurrence since they washed up in a remote area and because there was such a large number of them. 

This is important to environmental science because it shows that some things are still unknown, and that rare things occur due to the environment. Scientists will further investigate the beaching and why this happened, but it was unpredicted like a lot of things that happen in the environment. It shows that there is always more to learn, and that the environment is constantly changing. ]]> 2017-01-25 00:53:31 UTC https://padlet.com/18mayom/z5uisc2z72e0/wish/149203389 18mayom https://padlet.com/18mayom/z5uisc2z72e0/wish/149205758
As scientists continue to look at different kinds of species, they study their body. They discovered that animals have unique, cool organs that people and other species do not have. A biologist discovered the small tooth dragon fish, it has 3 flash lights located under their eyes. They are each different colors, red, blue and orange. Most ocean creatures can only see blue light, which lets them see in parts of the ocean. The red light is used for the dragon fish to detect its prey. Salamanders have mental glads, they deposit a sperm packet on the ground. They let off a certain smell, females will pick them up if they are receptive. Pit vipers have venom glads and heat sensors. The heat sensing pit, which is located between the eyes and nostrils, detects infrared radiation. This helps them track prey in the dark. Female butterflies have a stomach like organ called the bursa copulatrix. It digests packets of sperm. 

This is important to environmental science because it shows the differences and importance of different organs. Each species has organs for special uses, they are usually there because it is vital to survival. This article showed that all of the organs listed about are helpful or mandatory to the survival of the creature. Scientists study these organs to further their knowledge in the evolution of species and the adaptions they make, along with how their environment plays a part in what organs they have.  ]]> 2017-01-25 01:22:48 UTC https://padlet.com/18mayom/z5uisc2z72e0/wish/149205758 18mayom https://padlet.com/18mayom/z5uisc2z72e0/wish/149208539 Russia has protected lands that people have fought to conserve and study for many years. Some of these lands are so hard to get to and heavily guarded that most citizens haven't even been there. Some of these protected areas include a Plateau Putorana in the Putoransky Zapovendik, the Kanda Falls, the Great Arctic Zapovendik and more. These areas are thriving with wildlife and amazing features that are worth protecting. Some of these protected lands are in the highest protection category. This means that visitation is very limited, and that everything is controlled there. Since Russia has put in so much effort to protecting these lands, it is starting to rub off on other countries. More measures are being taken for conservation, but most are not as strict. Russia has 50 national parks, and on top of that 59 federal refuges and 17 federal national monuments. Out of all of these the zapovediks have the strictest policies. 
This is important to environmental science because it shows how drastic measures should be put in to protect certain areas. It also shows the importance of certain places. Without these being taken, as we have seen around the world, people take advantage of our planet. As we see in deforestation, hunting, and pollutions. In the future I think that environmentalists will start to preserve more areas because of the amount people are exploiting the resources they have. ]]> 2017-01-25 02:01:45 UTC https://padlet.com/18mayom/z5uisc2z72e0/wish/149208539 18mayom https://padlet.com/18mayom/z5uisc2z72e0/wish/149211958 The preferred meeting spot for white rhinoceroses is a pile of poop. There are clues in the poop that relate to the rhinos. For example, gender, age, their health, and if they are able to reproduce or not. Most people think of feces is just a waste product, but there is tons of important information inside of it that is not taken advantage of. Many animals use poop to know what is happening with other animals, for example dogs. These piles are huge, some can even be over 60 feet in width, which is hard to miss. These piles don't usually smell because a large part of the rhinos diet is grass. Many of these middens are on the edge of territories which is used to communicate not only with their group but the groups around theirs, and to further establish the boundary. 

This is important to environmental science because it shows the relationship between rhinos and how they communicate. There are so many ways to go about communicating, and how other species communicate. Many would think that poop has nothing to do with communication, but it plays a big role with white rhinos. This shows that different species have different ways of doing things, scientists have put a lot of research into this method of communication and found out a lot about it and its importantance. ]]> 2017-01-25 02:44:24 UTC https://padlet.com/18mayom/z5uisc2z72e0/wish/149211958