Scientists finally have an explanation for why so many starving sea lions have been stranded along Southern California’s coast in recent years. Their mothers are not getting enough nutritious food. Last year, more than 3,000 sea lions were found stranded on Southern California beaches, a number higher than the previous five years combined. As of […]
More than 10,000 blacktip sharks are swimming off the coast of some popular beach towns in Palm Beach County, Florida. Every winter, thousands of these sharks migrate along the Atlantic coast in search of warmer waters to mate and give birth. “But this year they’re further north than usual, bringing them within 100 meters of the shoreline,” ScienceAlert explained. [instagram https://instagram.com/p/BBImo-_yj4Z […]
Experts at SeaWorld got an unusual call Thursday morning from the Marine Room, an upscale oceanfront restaurant in La Jolla, California. Rescuers found an 8-month-old female sea lion asleep in a dining booth. “The pup was severely underweight and dehydrated,” The Guardian reported. “The pup was taken to SeaWorld’s animal rescue center, and experts are cautiously optimistic […]
On the heels of the recent release of the highly acclaimed major film Racing Extinction that dramatically exposes the hidden world of the global extinction crisis, the team behind this groundbreaking project has released a new short video highlighting the critical importance of protecting one of the world’s most high priority landscapes for conservation, the extraordinary […]
In tomorrow’s world, it won’t be just the corn on the great American plains that is as high as an elephant’s eye. It will be the elephant grass as well. To deliver on U.S. promises to reduce fossil fuel use, American motorists in future will drive on miscanthus—as elephant grass is also known—and prairie switchgrass. […]
By Richard Branson, Virgin.com In recent years, few species have faced a greater threat from poaching and the illegal wildlife trade than the magnificent rhino. After wild populations in Africa enjoyed a few years of relative safety, the number of animals brutally murdered for their horns has increased dramatically lately. In 2014, more than 1,200 […]
Following a major anti-ivory campaign by World Wildlife Fund (WWF)—Hong Kong, the city’s chief executive, C Y Leung, announced today that the government is actively exploring phasing out the domestic ivory trade. The government is also set to strengthen efforts to tackle the illegal ivory trade. Seized ivory in Hong Kong. Last year a WWF-Hong […]
Actor, filmmaker and social advocate Adrian Grenier is best known for his role as the leading man in the HBO series and movie Entourage. By Grenier’s own account, the “show promotes a culture of conspicuous consumerism” with Hollywood’s elite purchasing cars, homes and big ticket luxury items in nearly every episode. However, Grenier’s new “entourage,” his […]
Environmental activist group Sea Shepherd warned Japan against resuming “research” whaling in the Antarctic in defiance of an international court of justice ruling that it cease the practice and called on the Australian government to intervene. After a decade of activism by Sea Shepherd and other groups, Japan was forced to abandon its 2014-15 Southern […]
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