by Admin | Nov 9, 2020 | Conservation
From the afternoon of November 2, 2020, well into the next morning, 120 short-finned pilot whales washed ashore near Panadura, Sri Lanka in the largest mass beaching the country has ever seen. Short-finned pilot whales are native to every ocean, the largest of the...
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 | Aug 17, 2020 | Conservation, Sustainability
There is possibly no more dramatic sport fish to catch than the swordfish, with its bold coloring, massive size, and of course, the long, sharp bill that gives it its name. These deep-sea fish are native to all temperate and tropical waters and are a challenge to...
by Admin | Aug 10, 2020 | Conservation, Resources, Sustainability
The Middle Fork diversion dam in Bellingham, Washington, was 25 feet tall and controlled 16 miles of the Middle Fork of the Nooksack River, which drains the North Cascades watershed into Bellingham Bay, just a few miles south of the west-most end of the U.S.-Canadian...
