By Joe McCarthy The oceans are massive, pulsing, vibrant bodies of water that serve humanity in countless ways—from providing food to enabling commerce to simply being beautiful. But these powerful expanses of sea are not invincible. Each year, human activity erodes marine life in some way. Overfishing is driving many fish populations to the brink […]
Green Sea Turtles in Australia’s Great Barrier Reef are some of the world’s most majestic creatures. They have a lifespan of up to 50 years, but after recent results from blood tests on the marine animals, their health might be in jeopardy. Man-made substances and chemicals are contaminating the ocean and, consequently, sea turtles. After […]
Disturbing footage of a snake in Goa, India vomiting an empty soft drink bottle highlights the world’s mounting plastic pollution crisis. The clip shows a handler and several bystanders observing a cobra writhing and eventually regurgitating a disposable bottle that it probably mistook for food. The group cheers as the reptile successfully discharges the item. […]
By Simon Evans Last Saturday, two dead whales washed up on the coast of Suffolk, in eastern England, and a third was spotted floating at sea. What happened next illustrates how news can spread and evolve into misinformation, when reported by journalists rushing to publish before confirming basic facts or sourcing their own quotes. The […]
By Joe McCarthy A lot of people take part in community clean-up efforts—spending a Saturday morning picking up litter in a park, mowing an overgrown field or painting a fence. But not everyone has the drive to do what a young lawyer and environmentalist in Mumbai recently accomplished. In 2015, Afroz Shah moved to an […]
On the eve of World Turtle Day, the world’s largest travel website—TripAdvisor—removed the sale of tickets to the Cayman Turtle Centre, where more than 5,000 endangered sea turtles live in horrific conditions. The TripAdvisor decision puts even more pressure on one of the world’s largest cruise line companies—Carnival Cruises Lines—to protect endangered sea turtles from […]
The viral video of a young girl snatched off a Richmond, British Columbia dock by a sea lion is another reminder that people shouldn’t get too close to wild animals. Port officials in Canada have sharply criticized the family for putting themselves at risk for feeding the large animal, especially since there are several signs […]
California’s plethora of salmon and trout species are dwindling at a rapid rate. A new study found that of the 31 genetically distinct kinds of salmon and trout on the West Coast, 23 will likely go extinct within a hundred years. The study is a follow up to a 2008 report that drew the same […]
Britain’s Prince Charles is lending his clout to a $2 million competition to stop the 8 million tonnes of plastics entering our oceans each year. The Prince of Wales has teamed up with Dame Ellen MacArthur and philanthropist Wendy Schmidt to launch the New Plastics Economy Innovation Prize to encourage the world’s brightest minds to […]
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