Coral reef in Bangka Belitung Damaged

"On Bangka Island in particular, the coral reef damages were due to floating tin mining activities which used boats to absorb tin ore, he said. The most damaged areas were in the coastal line where tin mining...

First Native American Roundtable Sept. 13: Respect for the Earth, Native Amer...

The new North American Theology: Pastors call for progressive change in environmental and cultural thinking or risk a decline in the health of societyTurtle Island Project: First Native American Roundtable and...

15 Die Eating Puffer Fish in Thailand

"BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - Unscrupulous vendors in Thailand have been selling meat of the deadly puffer fish disguised as salmon, causing the deaths of more than 15 people over the past three years, a doctor said...

Human Urine Rears Better Fish Food

If you've ever, erm, "evacuated your bodily fluid wastes" after eating asparagus, the following might not come as a surprise to you.  Human urine has been shown to help rear small planktonic organisms that...

African Fish Courtship 'Electrifying'

You're in a bar, pub, or rodeo, and you catch the wondering eye of that cute guy, girl, or clown.  You shift your weight, look away, look back, and smile.  This is awkward human courtship at its...

Dog Care and Training information from Know Better Dog Food

Dog Care and Training information from Know Better Dog Food - an all natural ... Dog Behavioural Health and Temperament. Ingredients. Details. Benefits ...

FDA Should Expand Pet Food Recall

Animal rights advocates are calling on federal food safety regulators and pet food companies to expand a nationwide recall of dog and cat food to include dry varieties, claiming it makes pets sick.

SF Whales Almost Home Free!

Two humpback whales that got lost up the Sacramento River are slowly making their way back to the sea. Now they're at Honker Bay, 50 miles from the ocean."The whales had been lingering for a week near a bridge about 70 miles from the sea.  Thus far, the U.S. Coast Guard...

Bald Eagle to Be Taken Off Endangered List

Efforts to restore the Bald Eagle population have finally resulted in the removal of the iconic bird from the endangered species list. However, removal from the list does not mean that the bird is now free game;...

Insects, Birds And Fish Dying In The Millions

I was having a cup of tea in the kitchen when I heard a 'brief' blurb on the news telling of a million fish that had died in the Colorado River (covering an area of 7 miles). The reason given was 'lack of oxygen'....

British cat commutes to shopping

Using mass transit, so he's eco-friendly! The white cat, who bus drivers have nicknamed "Macavity," takes the bus several times a week, traveling 400meters down the road to a shopping district. Experts believe he's going to the fish and chip shop."Since January, when the cat...

Mackerel Bites Man

Perhaps seeking vengeance -- or dinner -- a 57-pound, five-foot-long king mackerel dove into a fishing boat and attacked a man, biting his hand and leg in two places. Poor guy (the man, not the fish) had to get...

Scientists unite to highlight mercury threat

"Nobody will be surprised to hear that mercury pollution has been rising since the industrial revolution and now contaminates the seas and sky."Despressing reading - Mercury seems to be everywhere, and...

How Do You Handle A Cloudy Fish Tank?

Do you always get this problem?  The fish tank turning cloudy in no time? Or you have been trying to rear the trout fish and was never that successful?  It is not easy to have fish as pet.  Learn more about the ins and outs of fish in here.

Mud, skulls, and dead fish a chapel makes

The Guardian reports: "Gothic architecture and contemporary art have become unlikely bedfellows [at the Seo cathedral in Palma, on the island of Majorca] after the artist Miquel Barceló was commissioned to cover one of its chapels with a vast ceramic tableau of cracked mud,...

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