NGO lambasts Japan’s role in bluefin tuna delay “Japan silenced the data to prevent the Commission from being pressured to protect the tuna,” Tudela added. Between 6 and 16 November in Brazil, ICCAT...
Urgent Need for Shark Conservation - ICCAT, Brazil 9 - 15 November 2009 The United Nations has passed eight resolutions calling on Regional Fishery Management Organizations (RFMOs) to improve the management of...
This is more of a story in pictures, of day to day survival, of some small amazing little creatures, the quails as they march together, the roadrunner traveling alone, the lizard making sure he's on safe ground,...
A trip to the Stoneham Zoo located in Stoneham, Massachusetts, is a perfect way to balance out emotions with nature. Our zoo's offer the remedy for getting in touch with our uptight, fast-paced lives. It's...
created by jefhow22 | 7 wks ago 74 views | 2 recommendations | 1 comment
BBC is opening the world's largest online zoo, the Wildlife Finder, which features pictures and videos of hundreds of animals. The BBC Wildlife Finder zoo promises never to disappoint, as the animals will always...
created by Annina Bergman | 8 wks ago | updated 8 wks ago 270 views | 24 recommendations | 2 comments
Nice and crisp, typical of those my favorite autumn days. But there is something missing about the autumn in Switzerland. I couldn't find a trace of the beauty of those I had back in Boston, the autumn here is so...
""The squirrel had the bat in its mouth, or it was at least biting it, and then the bat went quiet for a while and then starting flapping its wings again."" This is very unusual behavior for a squirrel. Maybe it...
After the extinction of dinosaurs from hundred million years ago, a Canadian paleontologist aims to create live dinosaurs by manipulating chicken embryos. Hans Larsson, a researcher in macro evolution at McGill University in Montreal, has spent years hunting for the buried...
I'm not the fearless adventurer, so often and well-represented in the movies with the character of Indiana Jones. I'm just a middle-aged, roaming photographer and wanna-be writer. But Indiana Jones and I have one...
opinion by jimcrotty | 16 wks ago | updated 16 wks ago 142 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
This is a long story with always the same ending. People move onto land used by animals, animals are driven out or become dependent on people for survival, their natural habitat nd ways of life...
Siquijor is the southernmost island in the Central Visayas Region and a province of the Philippines. Its capital is the same as municipality named Siquijor. The island can be found northwest of Cebu and Negros, northeast is Bohol and to the south, across the Bohol Sea is...
I was listening this past weekend to an NPR story about the history of chewing gum (see http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=106439600&ft=1&f=1032). ...
opinion by Mortal | 18 wks ago | updated 18 wks ago 144 views | 1 recommendation | 0 comments
This is unusual for rubbish to be left on a tourism location in South Wales, UK. The Welsh Assembly Government, is currently consulting people in order to pass legislation regarding this sort of behaviour and...
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