Siberian crane (Grus leucogeranus). Source: ICF
Siberian cranes are critically endangered. Whooping cranes and red-crowned cranes are endangered. Sandhill cranes are making a comeback, but many are relocating to Pennsylvania.
Florida cranes nonchalantly wander neighborhoods and golf courses, while Demoiselles are dying out in Turke...
Nov
03
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) has scheduled another National Prescription Take Back Day to make this easy for you. Show up at a designated location between 10:00 am and 2:00 pm, Saturday, October 29, 2011, and simply pass your medications to the appropriate representative.
This applies to those antibiotics you stopped taking...
Oct
26
The results from a 12-year study on forests provide researchers with surprising new evidence: forests have a greater capacity to soak up heat-trapping carbon dioxide gas than previously anticipated. The implication is that forests could help slow the pace of human-caused climate warming more than most scientists had thought.
The expe...
Oct
24
Beginning in the spring of 2012, Londoners can participate in a new program that will reward them for bicycling and walking the city. Transport for London (TfL) and Recyclebank have teamed up with the Mayor’s approval to create this groundbreaking program. The program will undergo a trial phase in these last few months of 2011, af...
Oct
19
Healthy little brown bat. Credit: Joe Kosack, Pennsylvania Game Commission
Unrelated to Harry Potter, Halloween or curse mongering of the Middle Ages, bats are suffering. These important mammals may seem too petite to some to attract widespread attention, but if they die out, the planet could be faced with major insect infestations, ...
Oct
17
