Links to September's articles from Extinction Blog:

Captive breeding could save fragile butterfly from extinction

I don't know which endangered species to write about today

More vultures headed for extinction, this time in South Africa

Scotland moves quickly to protect tiny, rare snail

Two African nations team up to protect ( Read more... )

Well, I haven't contributed much of anything to my own blog this month, but I've been busy a wide array of writing assignments, including some of the most important stories I have ever done:

Where's the outcry against elephant poaching?

Primates in peril: 48% risk extinction

Three mussel species declared extinct

Bush ( Read more... )

And now, the latest Extinction Blog stories from the pages of Plenty Magazine:

Penguins in peril

How climate change could kill off the tuatara

New mathematical model predicts faster extinctions. Much faster.

Tasmanian devils face end of days in the wild

As go the coral reefs...

Orangutan deathwatch

Endangered mice had ( Read more... )

Here's a milestone I didn't see coming -- I just added the 500th Extinction Blog story over at Plenty Magazine's web site.

A little over half of those stories are archives from the days when I was publishing the blog myself, but I have written 238 new stories since moving to Plenty last June.

Writing Extinction Blog is often challenging, always ( Read more... )

Oops! I actually fell for this news story about an "extinct bird" rediscovered in Japan after eight centuries. I even started writing it up for Extinction Blog before I found out it was a gag. Good thing I figured it out before it was too late!

On Monday, a Yamato hinotori (Latin name: Oyacou domburicus), believed to be the first to set foot in ( Read more... )

It's the end of the month, so here's another big batch of new "Extinction Blog" entries from the pages of Plenty Magazine.
Wind vs. Wings

There's Oil in Them Thar Polar Bear Habitats!

Biofuels' Potential Danger to Biodiversity

Chinese Scientists Save the "Floral Panda"

Polar Bears, Butterflies Get Lawyers

Endangered Species News Roundup

Endangered ( Read more... )

It's that time of the month again -- here are the latest "Extinction Blog" stories from the pages of Plenty magazine:
The Gift that Keeps on Giving: Endangered Species Poop

"Extinct" for 150 Years, the Petrel Returns

Can Two Lone Turtles Save Their Species?

Science and Coral: It's Alive! It's Alive!

At Last, Hope for Endangered Orangutans

Parasite ( Read more... )

Another month, another few dozen species at risk. Here are this month's newest articles, written for Plenty Magazine's web site:

Kenya Aims to Quadruple Black Rhino Population in 25 Years

I'll Have the Fish and Chips (Hold the Fish)

Butterflies May Be the Canaries in the Environmental Coal Mine

Plant Extinctions Will Speed Up Global Warming

Natural Gas ( Read more... )

Snakes in New Jersey Win Important Victory

Gee, a Happy Beginning: Pennsylvania to Protect Northern Flying Squirrel

Clock Ticking Toward Tasmanian Devil Extinction

Does Captive Breeding of Endangered Species Work?

Bumblebee Species Believed to be Extinct

A Rare Case of Invasive Species Helping An Ecosystem

Updates: Good News and Bad for ( Read more... )

Wow. It's been three years since I started writing Extinction Blog. In that time, I have written more than 750 stories and covered more than 1,000 different species. And yet my work is far from done.

Year 4 starts today. I hope you'll stop by, read the latest news, and help take action.