No. Although the wolf survives as an endangered species in a handful of states, from 7,500 to 10,000 wolves populate Alaska — from the most remote wilderness region to the suburbs of our largest cities. Because so much of this state is undeveloped, with more than 160 million acres permanently set aside in protected status (an area larger than California), the wolf is assured of a permanent home in Alaska.

Wolves are large, predatory canids once common throughout North America, Europe, Africa and Asia, now living mostly in remote wilderness. They are the largest living members of the canid family, which also includes foxes and coyotes. Wolves are the ancestors of all domestic dogs. There are two species of wolves in North America. The smaller species is the red wolf, Canis rufus, which has shorter, redder fur than the gray wolf.

There are many different reasons that animals are endangered, especially loss of their habitat -- where they live, eat, and raise their young. Protecting endangered and threatened species and restoring them to a secure status in the wild is the primary objective of the endangered species program of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, an agency of the Department of the Interior. The Endangered Species Web site can be accessed at <http://www.fws.gov/r9endspp/endspp.html>.

NO! And they never were. In fact, Atlantic Swordfish, previously reported threatened, and after just a few years in quota management, is thriving, replenishing its species stocks to a sustainable level. Meaning- As long as Fisherman are kept to the current limit of harvest, that the species reproduces quickly enough so that their numbers will not deplete, but rather will grow.

No, but one species, C. pelias, is rare within its range. A rigorous ecological study would be required to determine if it's in trouble.

Most major airlines fly to Alaska. Many of our trips start and end in different cities (Anchorage or Fairbanks) and not all the major airlines fly to Fairbanks. If you need help, we can arrange a one way flight between Fairbanks and Anchorage on local carrier Frontier Flying.

All wolves released are fitted with radio collars. Systematic telemetry surveys are conducted daily by land or air to monitor locations and activities of released wolves. The USFWS has no plans to reintroduce either the grizzly bear or the jaguar to the Southwest.

One of the primary characteristics used for selecting Mexican wolves for reintroduction is avoidance and fear of humans. Wolves that have the potential to be released must not be socialized or habituated to humans, so they are not likely to be attracted to people or human establishments once released. Mexican wolves selected for reintroduction are managed with minimal exposure to humans in an environment that fosters and maintains natural wolf behaviors.

The latest Wolf and Moose study report can be found on the Isle Royale National park site at: www.nps.gov/isro/wolfmoos.htm. For a excellent book on the study and the researcher who has been conducting it for the last 30 years, check out "The Wolfs of Isle Royale: A Broken Balance" by Rolf Peterson. It provides great insight into the interactions on the island in an extremely fascinating way. It is available through the Isle Royale Natural History Association at www.irnha.org.

This is a bit difficult to explain, there are subtle nuances implicit in this sobriquet for Wulves supporters, which locals understand but outsiders might not. In the Black Country, the term 'Tatter' means someone who earns his/her living collecting and selling to scrap merchants bits of copper, brass, lead etc. As these items are usually acquired under somewhat dubious circumstances i.e.

This is, sadly, meaningless to anyone who's never seen Emmerdale Farm (sorry, it's just "Emmerdale" nowadays, of course). To anyone who has, it will be blindingly obvious. The Dingle family are a bunch of fat, ugly, pig-ignorant thieves and petty crooks who live in a slum and do nothing but cause trouble. Any resemblance between them and the good people of Wolverhampton is completely intentional and not our fault whatsoever, honest.

They accept us as members of their pack, but I wouldn't turn my back on them or ever fully trust them. The male (Nimkee) allows me to pet and get close but doesn't allow me to hold or hug him. One female (Wa-Wa-Watasi) lets me pet her if the male is close but will not come up on her own. Our third female (Nikomus) was a rescue and will never come closer than 20 feet or so.

According to one count, 6,703 separate languages were spoken in the world in 1996. Of these, 1000 were spoken in the Americas, 2011 in Africa, 225 in Europe, 2165 in Asia, and 1320 in the Pacific, including Australia. These numbers should be taken with a grain of salt, because our information about many languages is scant or outdated, and it is hard to draw the line between languages and dialects. But most linguists agree that there are well over 5,000 languages in the world.

Although the endangered languages are spoken by minority communities, these communities account for most of the world's languages.

Across their range in Australia they are found in Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia and are NOT considered endangered but are listed as vulnerable. However, some local isolated populations of koala could be considered endangered due to habitat loss through housing development. Their food trees are threatened and therefore they could face local extinction.

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Loss of natural roost sites such as trees which, are removed for development, and change of land use, and suitable trees (old ones with holes in) being cut down, for public safety reasons. Caves roosts are often visited by vandals and are used in recreational activities with little or no regard for bats living there. Buildings that bats use are refurbished and modified, sometimes destroying the roost and it's entry. Ignorance is one of the main factors.