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   Plan for a Porpoise

    Vickie An

    Mexico, the United States and Canada are joining forces to protect a
    rare porpoise before it is lost forever. The tiny porpoise, called the
    vaquita (vah-kee-tah), lives in the Upper Gulf of California, off the coast of
    Mexico. Only about 150 vaquita are known to survive in the wild. That number
    could fall to 50 adults in two years, warns the Commission for Environmental
    Cooperation (CEC). Last week, the CEC announced that the three North American
    countries had agreed to work together to protect the vaquita.

   Time For Kids November 14, 2008 Vol. #14 Iss. #10

  This article from Time For Kids tells of an endangered
porpoise called the vaquita.

     Did you know that the word vaquita is Spanish for "little cow"?

          * This would be a fitting name since the vaquita is the
              smallest of all the porpoises.
 
     Did you know that the vaquita has become endangered
     because it is accidentally caught in fishing nets?

          * This is why the Mexican government has created a
             nature reserve to protect the vaquita.
 

   Losing Their Habitat

    Claudia Atticot

    Three of the four amphibian species native to Yellowstone National Park may
    be in danger of disappearing forever. The culprit, say researchers at Stanford
    University in California, is global warming.

    Amphibians are cold-blooded animals with backbones that live both in water and
    on land. Frogs, toads and salamanders are amphibians. They lay their jellylike
    eggs in water.

    Years of drought and high temperatures have dried up many of Yellowstone's
    ponds. In addition, wetlands are drying up earlier in the spring. "Breeding
    habitats are disappearing. Ponds are drying up before baby amphibians can
    develop fully," researcher Sarah McMenamin told TFK.

    Time For Kids November 14, 2008 Vol. #14 Iss. #10

     
      This article from Time For Kids tells of endangered
             amphibians in Yellowstone National Park.

    Did you know that many frogs return to the same body of water
     where they were born to lay their eggs?

           * As the wetlands dry up in Yellowstone, these frogs will be
              unable to lay their eggs.

      Did you know that hunting is not permitted in the park,
      but fishing is a popular activity?

           * This popular activity could also be threatened
              by the drought.
 

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