The endangered pygmy rabbits are breeding again after being wiped out from their natural habitat (Huffington Post Green) The Oregon Zoo has successfully reintroduced 93 pygmy rabbits to its natural habitat, the Sagebrush Flat Wildlife Area in Washington, from which … Continue reading
Cows fighting climate change? (The Guardian) A Zimbabwe scientist explains how through regular controlled grazing cows can save grasslands from desertification and can put carbon back in the soil. “The goal [in agriculture] is to produce a positive carbon budget: … Continue reading
Yellowstone burning: big fires to hit world’s first national park annually by 2050 (Mongabay) Climate change is going to cause more big fires to hit Yellowstone. “A sudden increase in large fires—defined as over 200 hectares (500 acres)—by mid-century could … Continue reading
A new study shows the how much green house gasses are emitted from the production of protein foods (The New York Times) The biggest green house gas emitters? Lamb, beef and cheese. If everyone in the U.S. stopped eating meat … Continue reading
Guatemala has experienced the most rapid deforestation of any country over the last five years (The Guardian) “Agriculture is inexorably devouring the forest.” Since 1980, 40 percent of the forest of Laguna del Tigre National Park has been cleared. Guatemala’s … Continue reading
1000 new species have been found in New Guinea in the last ten years (MongaBay) New Species include a woolly giant rat, a snub fin dolphin, a turquoise dragon, and an 8 ft river shark. Since 1972, 25 percent of … Continue reading
More than 900 species have been added to the endangered species list this year (MongayBay) More than 19,000 species are now classified in one of three threatened categories: Vulnerable, Endangered, and Critically Endangered, a jump of 8,219 species since 2000. Brighter … Continue reading
Conservationists in Australia have launched a fresh effort to have the koala declared an endangered species (ABC News) “At study sites where we would expect to find between 30 and 50 koalas in a day we might be able to … Continue reading
A Race Against Time to Save Oiled Penguins (YouTube) Responders to a shipwreck and oil spill off a remote South Atlantic archipelago are in a “race against time” to save thousands of endangered penguins that have been coated in crude, local … Continue reading
Turtles now world’s most endangered vertebrates — more than half of species threatened with extinction (Treehugger) “Of the total 328 species there are 263 freshwater and terrestrial turtles and 58 tortoises; 54% of these are threatened. The world’s seven sea … Continue reading