Tropical Scrapbook: examples

Hawksbill turtles fight losing pollution battle in Indonesia
URL: http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070829/sc_afp/indonesiaenvironment_070829150448;_ylt=ArvHanEIsoAZWJswtlqm8_7POrgF
Species: Eretmochelys imbricata
Family: Cheloniidae
Date Accessed: 31 August 2007
Summary: The hawksbill turtle, the official mascot of Thousand Islands, in Indonesia are critically endangered. Due to increasing pollution from Jakarta and other cities, the ecosystem has above safe organic and heavy metals. These turtles are affected by the pollution, debris, and oil spills. They are also directly affected by humans who eat their eggs and sell their shells. Even in protected national parks these turtles are not safe.

Poisonous 'Golden Frog' Discovered
URL: http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20070829/sc_livescience/poisonousgoldenfrogdiscovered
Species: Phyllobates terribilis
Family: Dendrobatidae
Date Accessed: 31 August 2007
Summary: A new poisonous frog has been discovered in Colombia, and it is believed to be categorized in the group of poison dart frogs. It was named the "golden frog of Supatá." Columbia is known for being a country rich in amphibian life. However as with other places in the world the amphibian population is declining due to reasons like an infection caused by a chytrid fungus.

Ebola said depleting gorilla populations
URL: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070913/ap_on_sc/endangered_gorillas;_ylt=AiQSrLfihiVZcCw30ZyFSc9vieAA
Species: Gorilla gorilla gorilla
Family: Hominidae
Date Accessed: 16 September 2007

Summary: The Western Lowland Gorilla is now "critically endangered". This is largely caused by the Ebola virus, which has devastated the gorilla population by killing about one-third. It will be very difficult to increase their numbers because the average female begins to reproduce at age 8 or 10 and one does so ever 5 years. Other species in danger are the Yangtze River dolphin, the Redheaded Vulture, and the Gharial crocodile.