Tag: conservation

Although the three-million-square-mile Amazon Basin boasts the world’s largest tropical rainforest and biodiversity beyond measure, it is under constant siege by humans eager to...

On June 29, Florida Governor Rick Scott declared a state of emergency in St. Lucie and Martin counties in response to the blue-green algae...

Parts of Peru are dying because of an imaginary value we place on shiny metals. Derecho, Ambiente y Recursos Naturales (DAR), a law and...

Over a thousand years ago, the Norse Vikings raided lands and seized control of whole countries, but their foreign policy has changed drastically since...

There have been a few victories lately for animals: —SeaWorld agreed to end its long-running orca shows, and while criticism still exists regarding its handling...

Late last year, the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) was attempting to study vocalizations of whales and dolphins off the coast of Tanzania, but something...

The extinction of the polar bear might be sooner than expected, but some of the animal’s DNA will continue to live on through interbreeding...

The rising threat of global warming has led to tensions about many natural processes on Earth going awry, processes that we once took for...

Currently there are two classifications of chimpanzee: bonobos, characterized by their fruit-based diet and nonaggressive behavior; and the common chimpanzee, characterized by an omnivore...

With the threat of global warming and climate change looming over us, we’re all trying to do our part to reduce our carbon footprint...