by Admin | Mar 29, 2021 | Conservation
In the late 1960s, a survey by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) found fewer than 500 breeding pairs of bald eagles in the lower 48 states of the United States. The bald eagle, which has been the national bird of the United States since 1787, nearly went...
by Admin | Feb 8, 2021 | Conservation
New species get found every day, but usually they’re insects, or some variety of LBB (Little Brown Bird), a fern or—if you’re very, very lucky—a previously unknown shrew. But just recently, a few incredibly lucky scientists got to announce the discovery of a whole new...
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 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...