Conservation
Just a few months ago, in summer 2015, there were hopeful headlines for the Endangered Species Act (ESA). A new poll had been released that showed that nine out of every 10 American voters supported it. But another recent survey flies in the face of this good news.
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The first time you see a lion on the great plains of Africa, it fills you with wonder. While watching a grizzly bear catch salmon at Brooks Falls in Alaska, you can’t help but feel admiration for its superior fishing skills.
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Walking was a favored activity among many of our nation’s greatest nature writers and thinkers—Benjamin Franklin, Henry David Thoreau, John Muir and Albert Einstein, to name just a few—relied on daily strolls to enhance their creativity and aid their thought processes. Most of them preferred to amble in as rural a setting as possible.
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Animal advocates and wildlife enthusiasts like you and me are always excited when new research comes out demonstrating the intelligence of the “others” among us; for example, how crows solve problems or whales have complex cultures.
Galapagos Islands
Almost every species of land-dwelling bird in the Galapagos Islands, including Darwin’s finches, feed on flower nectar and pollen, according to a report in the March 10 issue of Nature Communications. So what’s the big deal? According to Sciencenews.org, this expansion of diet across so many species has never been observed before in nature.
Galapagos Islands
Scientist’s say they have discovered the genetic “smoking gun” that explains how different species of Galapagos finches came into being and how they manage to evolve so rapidly in response to changes in their environments.
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Americans may finally be getting more concerned about climate change, according to the Pew Research Center. In a brand-new survey about policy priorities that was conducted January 7–11, 2015, the organization found that more of us now view “global warming” as an important consideration for the president and Congress.
Conservation
A few weeks ago, the Charles Darwin Foundation (CDF) announced that it was facing a year-end budgetary crisis and that it need to raise $1 million to avoid the possibility of having to close its doors for good. Since then, there has been an outpouring of international support and things are looking up.
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Anyone who has lived with a dog at any time in his or her life knows that they are masters at reading us; they understand by the tone in our voices whether we’re angry, sad, happy or excited. Our dogs then usually mirror our own moods.
Conservation
Environmentalists around the world are putting cutting-edge technology to use on a daily basis. “New technologies have given conservationists abilities that would have seemed like super powers just a few years ago,” WWF Chief Scientist Jon Hoekstra wrote in an essay in this month’s in Foreign Affairs magazine.
Conservation
By Jacqueline Nunes, Writer, Strategic Partnerships & Development, WWF-Canada. Way, way, way up—way up—north is probably not the first place you’d look if you wanted to find a shark.
Conservation
If you’ve ever walked in a forest or a grove on a breezy or windy day, you’ve probably experienced that bit of an unsettling feeling that says to you that the trees are “talking” above your head. With every moan and retort of the wood, you’d almost swear that you could hear rumblings.
