Stephen Messenger
Stephen is a freelance writer and linguist based in Porto Alegre, Brazil. He covers issues related to the environmental movement in South America, as well as to the political and social challenges of sustainable development in the region and throughout the world. Stephen's work has appeared in numerous publications both online and in print, including the Wall Street Journal, Yahoo!, and the Huffington Post.
Latest Stories from Stephen Messenger - Page 11
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Israeli Company Wants to Make Paper From Your Poo
In the world of recycled paper, there remains a previously overlooked source of pulp that's literally being flushed down the toilet every day. (Hint: It's feces.)
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First-Ever 'Trees For Clunkers' Program Debuts in Colorado
Instead of trading in clunkers for cash, folks in Colorado are being incentivized to ditch their outdated rides for the promise of a different kind of green.
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Zoo-Bound Bear Escapes Back Into the Wild
Just months away from her planned transfer to a zoo in Sweden, Shaguyik stunned her stewards by making a bold escape last week, the first time it's ever happened at the facility for injured and orphaned wildlife.
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Surprisingly Thoughtful Zucchini Blogs From Space
NASA's most self-aware vegetable astronaut is in the throws of an existential crisis as she takes root aboard the International Space Station high overhead, far from her soil-bound ancestors -- but lucky for us, she's started a blog.
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Bus Blocks Driver From Fleeing After Hit-and-Run With Cyclist (Video)
Thankfully, the fleeing driver's reputation was the only thing seriously injured following this foiled hit-and-run.
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Awkward Panda Romance Ends Without Success
Cupid must be a misguided conservationist; he doesn't like shooting pandas.
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Woman's Life Saved By a Tree She Planted 50 Years Ago
When 95-year-old Alice Wright planted a young live oak in front of her home in Houston a half-century ago, little could she have known that it would one day save her life.
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Chimps Teach Bicycle Safety in This 1950s PSA (Video)
You'd better think twice before letting a chimpanzee borrow your bike.
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Plants Can Actually Talk to Each Other, Say Researchers
I'm not really sure how to tell you this, but your plants have probably been talking behind your back this whole time.
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Students Clean Up Lake, Discover Sunken Treasure
On a recent outing to clean a polluted lake in downtown Oakland, one group sixth-graders were rewarded with something more than just sense of civic pride.
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3,000 Dolphins Found Dead on the Coast of Peru
Biologists believe that oil companies are to blame for the recent dolphin deaths.
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Startling Blue Trees Will Soon Adorn Seattle
One artist has traveled to cities throughout the world to paint urban trees as a way of calling attention to the plight of so many of their distant, forest-dwelling counterparts.
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Shabby Old Bikes Transformed Into Rideable Works of Art (Video)
When it comes to reducing carbon emissions, recycling and bicycling go hand in hand -- heck, they're almost the same word.
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Rare Population of Sumatran Orangutans Could Be Wiped Out in Weeks
Conservationists warn that a crucial group of 200 orangutans remaining in Indonesia's Tripa swamp forest will likely not survive the year.
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Experts Warn Urban Expansion Puts Humanity at Risk
With 7 billion people on the planet, things have already begun to feel a bit hot and crowded, particularly in swelling urban centers -- but researchers warn that we've ain't seen nothing yet.
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Is the U.S. Navy Accidentally Bombing Killer Whales?
Last month, a severely wounded killer whale washed ashore in Washington state -- and one biologist think a navy bomb is to blame.
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New-Found Hammerhead Shark Species Already Under Threat
Over the last three decades scalloped hammerhead sharks have been fished and finned to near extinction, though the recent discovery of a newly documented 'twin' species means this tragedy is actually two-fold.
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Happy Dancing Cows Celebrate the Arrival of Spring (Video)
It's not just we humans who seem to take particular delight in finding that Spring has finally sprung.
