published March 1, 2011 and has No Comments
Photo: Bogota Environmental Office. Between 1999 and 2004, there was one death a year due to the falling of trees or branches in Columbia's capital city, Bogota. Though general wisdom says trees are good, this city proves that with poor planning, wrong species in the wrong places, and bad policies around the management of urban green spaces, trees can ...
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published February 28, 2011 and has No Comments
Photo by waferboard via Flickr Creative Commons It's no surprise that many bugs have excellent hearing thanks to finely honed antenna. In fact, some insect antennae are so powerful, it seems engineers haven't yet been able to come close to mimicking nature, especially when it comes to small, directional antennae. But a tiny bug is about to change that, ...
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published February 23, 2011 and has No Comments
Photo credit: Wikimedia Commons Invasive cane toads in Australia have proven impervious to beer-bribed hunters , native species, and even the continent's oppressive heat but the solution, according to new research, may be as simple as a string of low fences. Unlike Australia's indigenous amphibians, which ... Read the full story on TreeHugger
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published February 17, 2011 and has No Comments
Photo: Impy Malting The tiny island of Kapiti, located five miles off the coast of Wellington, New Zealand, is one of the last refuges for a menagerie of wildlife driven to near-extinction elsewhere by invasive species. Since the late 1980s, when all non-native animals were meticulously cleared from the island, it has been designated as a sanctuary, an important ...
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published February 15, 2011 and has No Comments
Photo by eutrophication&hypoxia via Flickr Creative Commons We've been hearing about the intense flooding in Australia for weeks now , but a lesser known side effect is the impact those floods are having on the Great Barrier Reef. From the cyclone itself to all of the pollutants washed from shore out into the ocean is adding to the stresses ...
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published February 14, 2011 and has No Comments
Photo: thebuffafamily After suffering for years under deplorable conditions as circus animals in Bolivian circuses, on Wednesday 25 lions will soon be starting a new life at a wildlife sanctuary in Colorado . Since Bolivia issued a ban on performing animals, officials have partnered with a team from Animal Defenders International (ADI) to round up the remaining big cats ...
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published February 12, 2011 and has No Comments
An abandoned ferris wheel in Pripyat, Ukraine, near the Chernobyl disaster site. Photo credit: Andrzej Karo? / Creative Commons Twenty-five years after the Chernobyl disaster , research is showing that prolonged exposure to the remaining low-dose radiation has a serious impact on wildlife in the region. New research has found that birds living near Chernobyl have, on average, a ...
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published February 11, 2011 and has No Comments
Photo Credit: John@lastocean.com Penguins/Killer Whales of the Ross Sea Kristina Gjerde is an expert on regulating the high seas. Or rather, as much an expert as anyone can be on a topic that is constantly questioned and changing. Regulating the open ocean is part of ensuring a sustained future for fisheries, whales, sea turtles, sharks, corals and countless other ...
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published February 11, 2011 and has No Comments
Photo: Burrard-Lucas.com Penguins lining up for a shower? Bring on the cute overload. We also have a set of rare baby mountain gorilla twins, the shocking story of 82 whales stranded, happy pigs freed from a factory farm, the ironic death of a gambler at a cockfight, and more.
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published February 11, 2011 and has No Comments
Photo: the Telegraph You would think people would have better things to do (or steal) but you never know... Thieves in England have been digging up snow drops, the lovely white flower that is just popping up now in woods across the land. Then again, since one single rare snowdrop bulb just sold on ebay for £357 ($575), vigilance ...
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