One popular way to give to charity during the holiday season is to buy a needy family an animal like a goat or a cow. But experts and animal welfare advocates argue that this kind of giving actually is not helpful for the recipients or the planet. “In the lead-up to Christmas, many people are […]
As many as 900 bison could be removed from Yellowstone National Park this winter. Wildlife officials and tribal entities agreed on Wednesday to the number of the large mammals that could be either hunted, slaughtered or quarantined this winter, The New York Times reported. “Allowing the bison population to grow indefinitely could cause overgrazing in […]
Could mushrooms create a vegan leather that doesn’t harm animals or contribute to the climate crisis? In the past year, high fashion has turned to a material called mycelium, which can be grown from fungi in weeks but has the look and feel of calfskin. Experts think that working with mushrooms could give designers a […]
The North Pacific Subtropical Gyre, or the “Great Pacific Garbage Patch,” stretches for more than 610,000 square miles between California and Hawai’i. The gyre hosts around 79,000 metric tons of microplastics, nets, buoys and bottles. And, in a surprising turn, coastal life. Scientists writing in Nature Communications Thursday have found coastal animals like anemones, hydroids […]
Thirty white rhinos have just made an incredible journey. The vulnerable mammals traveled more than 3,400 kilometers (approximately 2,113 miles) from South Africa to Rwanda in the “largest single rhino translocation in history,” African Parks announced on Monday. “Introductions to safe, intact wild landscapes are vital for the future of vulnerable species like white rhino, […]
A Florida bear is finally free after living nearly a month with a plastic container stuck to her head. The bear was first spotted with her head in the container nearly three weeks ago, but then disappeared. She was finally rescued this week, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) wrote on Facebook. “Luckily […]
In another example of the risk COVID-19 poses to big cats, three snow leopards died of complications related to the disease at a zoo in Lincoln, Nebraska. The Lincoln Children’s Zoo announced the deaths in a Facebook post on Friday. “Our leopards, Ranney, Everest, and Makalu, were beloved by our entire community inside and outside […]
The imperilled northern spotted owl has won a reprieve. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) moved Tuesday to reverse a Trump administration decision that would have opened millions of acres of the owl’s West Coast forest habitat to potential logging, arguing that Trump political appointees acted on inaccurate science. “You can’t remove over a […]
For the first time, scientists have discovered a dinosaur species unique to Greenland. The new dinosaur was a long-necked herbivore that lived around 214 million years ago, and its scientific name reflects its unique home: Issi saaneq means “cold bone” in Greenland’s Indigenous Kalaallisut language. “We have selected a name in Inuit language to honor […]
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