Read more wildlife stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/4937/wildlife.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 4:51:55 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74478/calif-buffalo-go-on-birth-control.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSouthern California's only herd of wild buffalo has been put on birth control. A conservation authority seeking to protect unique plant life on Santa Catalina Island, where buffalo have roamed since 14 of them were shipped out for a silent film in 1925, has been corralling the animals and injecting...http://www.newser.com/story/74478/calif-buffalo-go-on-birth-control.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 20 Nov 2009 13:00:49 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72370/feds-pitch-polar-bear-habitat.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe federal government has proposed designating 200,000 square miles of land, sea, and ice in northern Alaska as a critical habitat for polar bears. The move is "one step in the right direction to help this species stave off extinction," said an Interior Department official. He acknowledged, however, that...http://www.newser.com/story/72370/feds-pitch-polar-bear-habitat.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 23 Oct 2009 1:41:04 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69408/hawaiian-island-to-evict-over-friendly-seal.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA seal pup that loves human company is facing deportation to hundreds of miles away from his Hawaiian home, the Wall Street Journal reports. Baby monk seal KP2, who often swims with people and even climbs on boogie boards, has become a much-loved local celebrity on Molokai since he showed...http://www.newser.com/story/69408/hawaiian-island-to-evict-over-friendly-seal.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 15 Sep 2009 4:29:42 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66905/exxon-admits-killing-birds-will-pay-600k.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagExxon has pleaded guilty in federal court and agreed to pay $600,000 in fines over the deaths of dozens of birds at its drilling and production facilities, the Los Angeles Times reports. The 85 birds, including owls, waterfowl, and hawks, died after being exposed to hydrocarbons at Exxon's natural...http://www.newser.com/story/66905/exxon-admits-killing-birds-will-pay-600k.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 14 Aug 2009 8:03:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66202/army-seeks-new-home-for-desert-tortoises.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Army plans to evict more than 1,000 endangered desert tortoises to expand a tank training ground in the Mojave Desert, the Los Angeles Times reports. Conservationists warn that the last effort to shift the tortoises proved disastrous: Many were wiped out by predators, and others traveled up to...http://www.newser.com/story/66202/army-seeks-new-home-for-desert-tortoises.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 06 Aug 2009 3:00:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/64614/aussie-snipers-guard-penguins.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSharpshooters with night-vision goggles have been dispatched to protect a penguin colony near Sydney, Australia, the BBC reports. The mutilated bodies of nine fairy penguins—the world's smallest penguin species at just 15 inches high—from the vulnerable colony have been found over the last two weeks. Wildlife officials have...http://www.newser.com/story/64614/aussie-snipers-guard-penguins.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 17 Jul 2009 4:23:07 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/64569/on-twitter-palin-sings-praises-of-grizzly-moms.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSarah Palin Tweeted her immense respect for—or perhaps envy of—the adult female grizzly bear yesterday after meeting Alaskan biologists, Politico reports. The soon-to-be ex-governor praised “mama bears’ gutteral raw instinct to protect & provide for her young” and described the animal in action. “She sees danger? She brazenly...http://www.newser.com/story/64569/on-twitter-palin-sings-praises-of-grizzly-moms.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 16 Jul 2009 14:23:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/63932/turtles-shut-down-nyc-runway.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMating season came to a speedy end for some turtles who strayed onto a runway at New York's JFK airport yesterday, the New York Post reports. After a pilot told air control he had run over some turtles on his way to take-off, wildlife workers shut down the runway for...http://www.newser.com/story/63932/turtles-shut-down-nyc-runway.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 09 Jul 2009 6:18:03 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/63877/floridians-gang-up-on-new-neighbor-8-foot-gator.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagResidents of a South Florida town found a surprise visitor in their pool last night: an 8-foot alligator. Someone—nobody owned up—tied the creature to a tree with an extension cord before calling for help, the Miami Herald reports. When deputies arrived, a crowd of 30 was ogling the...http://www.newser.com/story/63877/floridians-gang-up-on-new-neighbor-8-foot-gator.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 08 Jul 2009 12:18:02 CDT