Comeback News: Seals, Humpbacks, and Urchins Increasing
Steller sea lions in Alaska are making a comeback. An aerial survey of the Gulf of Alaska and Aleutian Islands spotted more than 19,000 adults, a 5.5% increase over 2 years.
The largest gift ever to a private conservation group was pledged to Conservation International by Intel Corp. cofounder Gordon Moore, 72, and his wife. $261 million was designated to help end plant and animal extinction in the world's 25 "hotspots" and to protect tropical rainforest areas in Amazonia, New Guinea and the Congo.
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