by Admin | Sep 30, 2020 | Articles, Conservation
It’s easy to imagine that we know most all of the species we share this planet with, and that new discoveries are rare. But the truth is that we don’t even know how many species there are. More than 4,000 new species of plants and fungi were found in 2019...
by Admin | Sep 28, 2020 | Conservation
The takhi, also known as Przewalski’s horse after the Russian explorer who first described the small ungulate to Europeans, is native to the Mongolian Steppes, in central Asia. Small and stocky, typically dun or bay with faint striping, they are currently believed to...
by Admin | Sep 21, 2020 | Conservation, Sustainability
In the Oaxaca region of Mexico, iguana has been and still is a commonly eaten meat in the smaller towns. You find it on restaurant menus, usually in tamales or stew. If you order it, don’t mind the raised eyebrows. It’s thought to be an aphrodisiac. But one local...
by Admin | Sep 14, 2020 | Uncategorized
In the 1960s and ‘70s, acid rain became a central part of the environmentalist conversation when scientists tied deforestation and reef-bleaching to emissions from industrial centers whole continents away. The findings of their research implicated sulfur output mostly...
by Admin | Sep 7, 2020 | Conservation, Environmental hazards
The golden eagle, once native to nearly the entire Northern hemisphere, has lost most of its range. The IUCN estimates there to be between 170,00 and 250,000 of the large predatory birds left in the world, completely extirpated from much of their former ranges. But a...
