Animals

Meet New York’s Newest Groundskeeping Crew

Meet New York’s Newest Groundskeeping Crew

New York’s newest landscaping crew are certainly unusual hires. They are charged with weeding Brooklyn, New York’s last remaining greenspace. They walk on four legs. They eat everything. And they are covered in fur. Yep, they’re goats. Mozart of Green Goats works at Hugh Moore Park in Easton, Pennsylvania. Photo credit: Green Goats The Prospect […]

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    The World Agrees: Let’s End Illegal Fishing

    The World Agrees: Let’s End Illegal Fishing

    By Tony Long, The Pew Charitable Trusts The Port State Measures Agreement (PSMA), an international treaty intended to help stop illegal fishing, will enter into force now that it has been ratified by more than the 25 governments needed. The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) announced May 16 that six countries—Dominica, Guinea-Bissau, Sudan, […]

    Chile’s ‘Worst Ever’ Red Tide Kills 20 Million Fish, Prompts Investigation of Salmon Farms

    Chile’s ‘Worst Ever’ Red Tide Kills 20 Million Fish, Prompts Investigation of Salmon Farms

    The unprecedented red tide in Chile’s coastal waters—which has killed more than 20 million fish—has triggered protests and a public health crisis in the South American country. Record red tide killing lots of fish in Chile's hot ocean https://t.co/5DvDxLDJQL https://t.co/cqYfjqoU8Q pic.twitter.com/ywKy0w5WDc — Bill McKibben (@billmckibben) May 12, 2016 The virulent algal bloom, which turns waters red and seafood poisonous, […]

    Baby Bison Dies After Tourists Put It in Their Car Because It Looked Cold

    Baby Bison Dies After Tourists Put It in Their Car Because It Looked Cold

    Yellowstone National Park has issued new rules to visitors after two well-meaning but “dumb tourists” inadvertently caused a newborn bison’s death after they put the animal in their SUV. Yellowstone bison calf euthanized after father & son brought it in car, thinking it was cold https://t.co/JFZIIzF7fE pic.twitter.com/vNVQy5Yd30 — CNN (@CNN) May 16, 2016 According to media […]

    Rare Rhino Gives Birth to Adorable Baby Girl

    Rare Rhino Gives Birth to Adorable Baby Girl

    Conservationists are celebrating the birth of a Sumatran rhino, which has raised hope that this critically endangered species may yet recover. The calf, who has yet to be named, was born at the Sumatran Rhino Sanctuary in Indonesia’s Way Kambas National Park Thursday morning and is the second baby for her 14-year-old mother Ratu. Photo […]

    Sonic Sea: Sounding the Alarm on Ocean Noise

    Sonic Sea: Sounding the Alarm on Ocean Noise

    Beneath the surface of our oceans lies a finely balanced, living world of sound, most of which we never hear topside. But to whales, dolphins and other marine life, sound is survival, the key to how they navigate, find mates, hunt for food, communicate over vast distances and protect themselves against predators in waters dark and […]

    Millions of Dead Fish Washing Up on Vietnam’s Shores

    Millions of Dead Fish Washing Up on Vietnam’s Shores

    Vietnam has a fish problem and the government isn’t talking about it. Since April, millions of dead fish have been washing up on Vietnam’s shores. Since April, millions of dead fish have been washing up on Vietnam’s shores. Photo credit: Jennifer Carole Steel or Fish? The lifeless fish and clams—along with the odd whale—go on for […]