Courtesy of Japan for Sustainability
A certain village in Phobjikha Valley, Bhutan, has been covered in the Japanese media fairly often; the story is that the villagers choose to live without electricity because not installing an electricity grid with overhead wires helps conserve Black-necked...
May
23
Nations meeting at the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) approve Ecuador’s proposal to list the largest living rays on CITES Appendix II
Manta ray. Photo courtesy Christopher Bartlett
Update: March 14, 2013,
In an historic vote during the...
Mar
11
Hammerhead Shark. Photo Jim Abernathy
According to scientific findings released recently in the peer-reviewed journal Marine Policy, the number of sharks killed each year in commercial fisheries is estimated at 100 million, with a range between 63 million and 273 million. The authors also warn that...
Mar
05
As natural garbage collectors, vultures are vital to our ecosystem — so why all the bad press? Why are so many in danger of extinction? At this TED talk in Nairobi, Kenya raptor biologist Dr. Munir Virani says we need to pay more attention to these unique and misunderstood creatures, to...
Dec
04
China’s endangered wild pandas may need new dinner reservations–and quickly, based on models that indicate climate change may kill off swaths of bamboo that pandas need to survive.
This panda is one of about 275 wild Qinling pandas that live in the study region. Their isolation has resulted...
Nov
15
The Marshall Islands, a small archipelago nation in the central Pacific Ocean, is celebrating its first anniversary of establishing the world’s largest shark sanctuary. The Marshall Islands National Shark Sanctuary spans 1,990,530 square kilometers (768,547 square miles) – nearly four times...
Oct
26
For Our Children and Our Childrens’ Children
Rhinos are near and dear to my heart. They are part of some of my earliest memories, when the family went on holiday to Hluhluwe Game Reserve in what is now called Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa. We were regaled with stories of our grandfather being...
Sep
21
Chinook, or king salmon have returned to the Elwha River in the Olympic National Park. Photo Wikipedia Creative Commons
This week, less than five months after the removal of the Elwha Dam, adult Chinook (king) salmon were observed in Olympic National Park.These are the first observed Elwha River...
Aug
21
