rib-eye in the sky n.— «You will be excited when you see the number of speckled-belly geese, known as the “rib eye in the sky,” that migrate here, as well.» —“Hunting” Cajun Wildlife Adventures Oct. 4...
tuna laundering n.— «Despite international quotas, the appetite for bluefin tuna is so insatiable that in the Mediterranean it is on the verge of extinction, according to the World Wildlife Fund. To curb quota violations and what the...
compost tea n.— «The compost teas are part of an approach known as biodynamics, a type of farming that bans use of artificial pesticides, herbicides and fertilizers, and promotes crop and wildlife diversity to curb pests.…The theory...
bait bucket biologist n.— «While pike have not been stocked extensively in Colorado waters since the early 1980s, some fish have escaped, or been “planted” illegally by “bait bucket biologists” in other Colorado waters where they were not...
Goldilocks attrib.— «This is the hot spot for methylmercury.…You can consider it the Goldilocks area, where sulfides for methylation are “just right.”» —“South Florida Scientists Investigate Toxin Poisoning Fish...
rat spill n.— «But worse than an oil spill, in the view of wildlife biologists working furiously to protect millions of exotic animals, the freighter, if it got close enough, could cause an even greater environmental calamity: a rat spill...