Could Synthetic Horns Save Our Last Rhinos?
From making a Technicolor arm for a little girl to constructing custom pacemakers for people with damaged hearts, 3D printing has provided us with a wealth of medical aids.
Conservation
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Massive Airlift Underway to Save South Africa's Quickly Vanishing Rhinos (Video)
Africa’s rhinos are up against it; one is killed every seven hours because many people in China, Vietnam and other south Asian countries believe that powdered rhino horn possesses curative and aphrodisiacal powers (it doesn’t).
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Could Biodiversity Keep Humans Healthier?
With an increase in Lyme disease in the U.S. this spring, ecologists are searching for ways to control the spread of the disease. Recent evidence suggests that a higher biodiversity within ecosystems may in fact lower a human’s likelihood of contracting the disease, according to a recent NPR report.
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Tell a River's Conservation Story Through Photography
It was barely dawn. We huddled amongst hard, orange rocks of Zion National Park, listening carefully to the trickle of water of that once carved its way through the canyon. Peter, as usual, took a long look through his lens before taking the picture.
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Obama's New Plan May Save Monarchs and the U.S. Food Supply
Monarch butterfly populations have decreased so drastically over the past decade that a successful recovery is only hopeful.
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Ecotourism: Here’s the Story on Sustainable Travel
This is a guest post by Anne-Marie Pritchett, a freelance writer, storyteller and idea girl who has lived in six states and two countries. She has a great passion for sustainability and dancing in the rain. She writes handwritten letters to her parents and believes that music can connect souls.
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One Bear’s Bad, Last Human Encounter
Almost a year ago, in July 2014, Washington state experienced the worst string of wildfires ever in its history. The first fire began on July 8 near the Entiat River. Then, on July 14, a lightning storm started dozens more across the eastern Cascade Range.
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Searching for High Life along the Amazon River
Life in the Amazon flows like café con leche: creamy and smooth, masking the electric life underneath. The Amazon River is a cup that you want to share with a friend. The caffeinated, energetic Amazon River floated our boat away from Iquitos, Peru and into the Pacaya-Samiria Reserve.
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Giant Tortoises Will Soon Be Back on Sante Fe After a 150 Year Absence
2015 has been a good year so far for Galapagos giant tortoises. In January we reported that a team of researchers had discovered 10 baby saddelback tortoises on Pinzon, offering definitive proof that tortoises are being hatched and reared on the island for the first time in over a century.
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The Future of Galapagos Cruising
Experience the wonders of the Galapagos on a small-group adventure aboard the newest private yacht exploring the islands – the M/V Origin, designed with the most cutting-edge features available in the archipelago.
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Declining Wildebeests: Why Conserve Nonthreatened Species?
The classical elemental forces of nature are air, earth, fire and water. But there are other great environmental powers that have a beating heart, such as when millions of wild animals come together as one to surge across an endless African plain. Such is the Great Migration of wildebeests in Kenya and Tanzania.
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Namibia: A Glimmer of Conservation Hope in Africa (Video)
It’s easy to get depressed these days if you care about the natural world and pay attention to the news coming out of Africa. The continent’s wildlife is being slaughtered at an unprecedented rate to meet the ever-growing demand for illegal wildlife products in Asia’s markets.