Sometimes, all you need is a friend. Two rescued chimpanzees found exactly that in each other. In fact, they’re holding onto their friendship and refusing to let go. A recent video posted by the Save the Chimps sanctuary in Florida shows Terry and Jeannie, two rescued chimpanzees, holding each other’s hands, never breaking contact—even when one […]
Talk about gratitude. How far would you swim to reunite with the person who saved your life? For one penguin who found himself in a sticky situation (literally), the answer is approximately 5,000 miles. Have you heard about the Magellanic Penguin and retired bricklayer in Brazil who have struck up a unique friendship? Joao Pereira […]
Without looking, would you know how many products in your home contain palm oil? Do you know which products are linked to deforestation? Palm oil is absolutely everywhere—from food like breakfast cereals to pet food and even shampoo and toothpaste. Orangutans in area recently removed from the Tanjung Puting National Park and allocated for palm […]
Attention seafood lovers: if you buy (or eat) fish sourced from one of Iceland’s leading seafood companies, you are unwittingly funding whaling. As part of the Don’t Buy From Icelandic Whalers coalition, Natural Resources Defense Council and other groups brought this message to Boston earlier this month, urging seafood companies at the Seafood Expo North America […]
By Clara Chaisson The only thing better than awesome video footage of elusive wolverines is awesome video footage of baby elusive wolverines and the new documentary, Wolverine: Ghost of the Northern Forest, delivers. https://youtu.be/ZfqN7qGqTfU Wolverines have a ferocious reputation, but very little is actually known about the largest member of the weasel family—the species prefers […]
Once upon a time in America, back in the early 1800s, more than 50,000 grizzly bears resided between the Pacific Ocean and the Great Plains. By 1975, there were only 136 grizzly bears left in Yellowstone National Park. Because of this dwindling number, they were listed as a threatened species. Fast forward 40 years and […]
Chile’s salmon industry is once again in a tailspin as the ongoing and toxic algal bloom in the country’s coastal waters has led to the death of nearly 23 million fish—or 15 percent of Chile’s salmon production—putting the total economic blow from lost production around $800 million, Reuters reported. A toxic algae bloom has killed millions of Chile’s […]
Tilikum, the killer whale at the center of the 2013 documentary Blackfish, is in deteriorating health. SeaWorld’s teams are treating him for what they believe is a bacterial infection in his lungs, the company announced on its Facebook page Tuesday. SeaWorld’s most famous orca Tilikum is ailing, the company announced on Tuesday. Photo credit: Milan Boers/Creative Commons “We […]
Sea Shepherd Conservation Society has vowed to increase night patrols of the Vaquita Refuge in the Gulf of California after two endangered species were found dead this weekend—a presumed result of illegal fishing activity in the area. Sea Shepherd Conservation Society has vowed to increase night patrols of the Vaquita Refuge in the Gulf of […]
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