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Addressing plastic pollution: Less is best
Used under license from Shutterstock.com In the light of plastic pollution, it is disturbing to find how it poses as a rising threat to our oceans. During the convention of the Strategic Council on...
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Update: San Francisco Bay Oil Spill Clean Up is Underway
Last Friday, we posted a breaking news article on an oil spill that occurred in the San Francisco Bay. At the time, we did not have many details of the spill available to us, but now we have up-to-date...
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Devastating Animal Disease to Become the 2nd Ever Removed from the Planet
Within 18 months, another disease will be completely removed from the planet and this one specifically harms animals. Rinderpest—a disease that is particularly harmful to cattle—will become the second...
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The problem of coastal ecosystems
Although the Mediterranean sea covers only one per cent of the world’s marine areas, it contains some six per cent of its marine species. Some of the world’s most endangered species, can be found in...
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NGOs warn against ‘contaminated’ whale meat
Environmental and animal-welfare groups are urging the International Whaling Commission (IWC) to persuade the World Health Organization (WHO) to act against the eating of whale meat. These groups say...
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Alaska to serve as habitat for endangered Polar Bears
Used under license from Shutterstock.com The melting of ice caps on the Polar Regions due to global warming along with illegal hunting and trade of endangered polar bears has pushed government...
View ArticleThe Weird and Wonderful: 163 New Species Discovered!
How would you like to come across a lizard with cat-like eyes, or perhaps a bird-eating frog with fangs? It may sound like something out of a sci-fi movie, but these creatures are real, and Southeast...
View ArticleBattery-Operated Electric Fish Come With a Dimmer Switch Feature
Sounds like a strange toy or home knick-knack, doesn’t it? Actually, this does apply to real fish, including eels and sharks. Scientists have discovered that the fish that are able to generate electric...
View ArticleGoogle Earth’s virtual tours – explore the Amazon, Madagascar and Sebangau...
Now you can explore critical rainforests and real-life success stories of Greenpeace, Conservation International and World Wildlife Fund’s protection efforts through Google Earth’s virtual tour. The...
View ArticleLeatherback Sea Turtles May Have a Fighting Chance
The critically endangered leatherback sea turtle may gain a better chance of survival in the Pacific Ocean. NOAA Fisheries officials are considering the possibility of designating special habitat for...
View ArticleLive and Let Live: The Case for Biodiversity
As cliché as that phrase sounds, “live and let live” is exactly what biodiversity is all about. This seamless coexistence of all species is what makes life on earth so interesting. From microbes to...
View ArticleMore Than 17,000 Species Face Extinction
Many animals have come and gone through the history of the world. We all know of the passing of the dinosaurs, the dodo birds, and possibly the Tasmanian tigers. Unfortunately for the creatures of the...
View ArticleFrankengerbil Experiments: How Far is Too Far?
The animal experimentalists are at it again, this time with the crackpot scheme of pushing the boundaries on combining human and animal DNA even further. Britain’s Academy of Medical Sciences is...
View ArticleDeep-sea census yields 17,000 new species
Life in the deep sea is just as weird and wonderful as any alien creatures from outer space that our imaginations might conjure up, a massive study of marine biology shows. Comprising of some 210...
View ArticleThe Song of the Blue Whale: Mysterious, Deep, and Ever-changing
Blue Whales don’t sing like they used to. Their voices become increasingly deeper by the year—and scientists don’t know why. The male blue whale is the only one that sings, so one theory is the younger...
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