by Admin | Jan 17, 2019 | Conservation
Verreaux’s Sifaka, a threatened species on the IUCN’s Red List of Endangered Species. Photo credit: Shutterstock There are currently over 26,500 species on the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s Red List of Threatened Species. To put that...
by Admin | Feb 6, 2017 | Climate Change
While the current changes in the global climate are being caused by human activity, this isn’t the first time that the Earth’s climate has changed in dramatic ways. There have been numerous climactic shifts in Earth’s history, and they have been one of the leading...
by Admin | Jul 29, 2015 | Articles, Climate Change
According to a new study published in Science, abrupt climate change was part of the one-two punch that killed off most of the Earth’s mammalian megafauna, such as the wooly mammoth and wooly rhinoceros. A series of rapid warming events, called interstadials, happened...
by Admin | Oct 21, 2013 | Articles, Conservation
The poor albatross has had a sorry lot. First, people use its name in such unfortunate similes as, “It’s like an albatross around your neck.” What did the albatross ever do to you? To make matters worse, 19 of the 22 species of albatross are being threatened with...
by Admin | Jul 29, 2013 | Articles, Conservation, Profiles
Gliding gracefully through the water, the gentle creature swims up alongside the humans. Her back is naturally smooth, but the years have proven hard and her many scars show it. She is gentle and sweet, living to lounge in the water and graze on nearby vegetation. But...
