Photo via the New Republic It's a widely held notion that politicians have long been in the pocket of Big Oil. And there's good reason for that perception: oil companies' huge campaign donations, vast lobbying power, and close ties to politicians have ensured that their taxes remain low , that hidden subsidies are around to provide extra funding, and that they receive preferential treatment in US energy policy. But there could be a new, ... View original post here: The Next Big Oil: Big Smart Grid?
So there really isn't anything that deep to this image. It's just a (more or less) life-sized blue whale eye. And on the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society site you can educate yourself/be mesmerized/ waste some time for a while staring at it while the entire life-sized animal scrolls across your browser window. Believe me, it's way cooler than you might think:... Read more from the original source: Ever See a Blue Whale Life-Sized on Your Computer? Now You Can
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Image credit: Graham Racher /Flickr The small islands off the coast of South Africa that serve as the breeding grounds for the African Penguin—the only species that breeds on the continent—have not experienced an unseasonably cold winter but persistent wind and rain have created dangerous—and deadly—conditions for young penguin chicks.... Read the full story on TreeHugger Read the original ...
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A Brown Pelican covered in oil floats in the Gulf of Mexico. Photo by Julie Dermansky. If you're like me, you might be getting tired of seeing all the terrible images of the BP oil disaster and not being able to do anything about it. Well the Sierra Club's got something for you: How about getting your friends and ...
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Olive baboons in Tanzania. Photo by Andrew Ross via Flickr. While many male birds make proper "Mr. Moms," sharing duties with their mates, fewer than 5 percent of all male mammals play any role in directly tending infants of the species -- leaving a lot of deadbeat animal dads out there. With Original post: 10 Really Great Animal Dads (Slideshow)
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Olive baboons in Tanzania. Photo by Andrew Ross via Flickr. While many male birds make proper "Mr. Moms," sharing duties with their mates, fewer than 5 percent of all male mammals play any role in directly tending infants of the species -- leaving a lot of deadbeat animal dads out there. With View post: 10 Really Great Animal Dads (Slideshow)
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photo: International Bird Rescue Center via flickr The impact of the BP oil spill on birds seems to be in the spotlight today... The American Bird Conservancy released a map of bird habitat threatened by oil and Yale e360 has a good interview with Melanie Driscoll of the National Audubon Society 's See the original post here: Oil-Soaked Birds Freeze ...
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Photo by Stefano Unterthiner/Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2008 via Guardian When you look closely, the animal world isn't really all that different from the human world: From the most basic principals of birth, life, and death, to the need for clean air and water, to the occasional bad hair day -- or, in the case of these birds, ...
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Photo via MoneyBlog Things keep getting worse and worse for the bird populations around the Gulf Coast. First, experts revealed that once a bird is coated in oil, it's almost certain to die -- citing that less than 1% survive, even if they're thoroughly cleaned . Now, scientists are worried that oil-covered birds will literally be cooked alive by ...
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Photo: AP / Department of Justice Last April, airport authorities became suspicious of a traveler arriving to LAX from Vietnam after noticing bird droppings on his socks and feathers peeking from the cuffs of his pants. A closer inspection of the man, Sony Dong, revealed fourteen Asian songbirds strapped to his legs, valued at around $1000 each on the ...
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Photo via Boston "Kill, don't clean" oiled birds No, that's not the opinion of the most heartless oil spill expert ever, or BP CEO Tony Hayward letting fly another tactless gaffe . It's the actual recommendation of one oil spill expert and animal biologist who says that once birds are thoroughly oiled, the best course of action is to ...
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Images from bdonline : Vertebrate by Metalanguage Design This 5 star hotel for insects sounds better than most of the dumps that I've stayed in... Award winning, designed by prestigious architects and a great location in the middle of a park. Where have I gone wrong? The 5 short-listed projects for the Beyond the Hive Competit... Read the full ...
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Contrary to previously held notions of how whale songs are shared between neighboring populations, a surprising study finds that whales living the same ocean basin are singing different songs. Read the original post: Study: Humpback Whales Living in Same Ocean ...
"The technology that we have here gives us a first-ever look at the Amazon in its full three-dimensional detail, over very large regions," says the study's lead researcher. Here is the original post: Lasers Used to Generate Remarkably Detailed 3D ...
