Record #:

4598

Author(s):

Ellis, Harry

Abstract:

Why are so few dead creatures - mice, shrews, moles, birds, chipmunks, and others - not seen in the woodlands? The answer is the burying beetle, or more formally, Nictophores tomentosus. When the sun goes down, these beetles go to work, locating and burying the dead. Creatures the size of a mouse can be buried in two to three hours. Pollution is eliminated, and raw materials return to the soil to nourish plant growth. Nineteen species of beetles work in North Carolina.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 63 Issue 8, Aug 1999, p24-27, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Burying beetles

Record #:

4599

Author(s):

Beane, Jeff

Abstract:

Herpetologists catch and study reptiles and amphibians. Jeff Beane, Herpetology Collections Manager at the North Carolina State Museum of Natural History, in Raleigh, discusses his work.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 63 Issue 8, Aug 1999, p28-31, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Beane, Jeff; Herpetologists--Raleigh

Record #:

4616

Author(s):

Sharpe, Bill

Abstract:

Over 5 percent (11,129) of all traffic accidents reported in North Carolina in 1997 involved deer/vehicle collisions. The majority of these occurred in the eastern half of the state. Hyde County, for example, reported that deer were involved in 40 percent of all accidents. Half of this kind of accident typically occurs in fall and early winter, and 75 percent happens between 6 p.m. and 6 a.m. About 8 percent of drivers are injured, but most of the damage is sustained by the deer and the vehicle.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 63 Issue 8, Aug 1999, p32, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Deer; Traffic safety and wildlife; Traffic accidents

Record #:

4626

Author(s):

Arrington, Joel

Abstract:

The red drum is North Carolina's state fish. Once a highly prized game fish, overfishing and pollution have reduced its numbers. To restore them, the North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries set strict new regulations, including reducing the daily catch from five to one. Arrington compares the red drum's situation now to the way it used to be earlier in the 20th-century.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 63 Issue 8, Aug 1999, p8-11, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Channel bass--Outer Banks; Channel bass fisheries--Outer Banks; Channel bass fishing--Outer Banks

Record #:

4627

Author(s):

Dickson, Charles

Abstract:

Plants have been used for medicinal purposes since prehistoric times. In the United States the greatest concentration of medicinal plants is in the Southern Appalachians, where plants were used at first by the Native Americans and early settlers. Modern medicine still uses many today, such as foxglove, for digitalis to treat heart trouble; witch hazel, used in cosmetics; and goldenseal, an ingredient in eye drop preparations.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 63 Issue 8, Aug 1999, p18-23, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Medicinal plants--Southern Appalachians

Record #:

4629

Author(s):

Betsill, Carl

Abstract:

Some of the state's declining species, including black bear, deer, wild turkey, and bald eagle, made remarkable recoveries during the 20th-century. The challenge of the 21st-century will be to protect and conserve wildlife in a time when population, urban sprawl, and intolerance for wildlife are increasing.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 63 Issue 8, Aug 1999, p4-7, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Wildlife conservation; Wildlife management; Human-animal relationships