Extinction Blog: August 2008 articles

The latest endangered-species news stories from the pages of Plenty Magazine:

Where's the outcry against elephant poaching?

Primates in peril: 48% risk extinction

Three mussel species declared extinct

Bush proposes slashing endangered species protections

Spotted owl populations drop 50% while protected habitat shrinks

Some whale species recover; others, not so much

Bush Admin seeks to make public comment extinct

Wide range of extinctions predicted

Should we care about an endangered dandelion?

Is it hot in here or am I just a pika?

An icon for Australia's endangered species

Squirrely decision could doom flying squirrel to extinction

The wrong decision for the North Atlantic right whale

Last-minute drug ban could save India's almost-extinct vultures

U.S. Law Bans Genetic Discrimination

If you have relatives with a history of hereditary conditions like Parkinson's disease, diabetes, or breast cancer, would you want to know if you were genetically inclined to develop the diseases yourself?

Read more in the August 2008 issue of IEEE's The Institute