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 16
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Recycling Orchestra Plays Mozart With Garbage
It may be a long way from Paraguay's sprawling garbage dumps to the stately concert halls of Europe, but not when you recycle.
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Diver Comes Face to Face With 23-Foot Anaconda (Photos)
They are easily among the most feared creatures on Earth, but as one diver's close encounter proves, they're actually quite tolerant.
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Poachers Have Already Killed Eleven African Rhinos in 2012
It's been just a little over two weeks since the new year began, but it's already shaping up to be another deadly year for South Africa's imperiled rhinos.
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Environmental Disaster Looms Over Wrecked Cruise Ship
The ship is said to be loaded with some 2,380 tons of oil which, as the situation progresses, could very likely be spilled into the pristine, ecologically rich waters near the site of the wreck.
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Collar Camera Offers Unique Glimpse of Life as a Grizzly Bear
They are regarded as among the most ferocious mammals on the planet, inspiring fear and awe throughout the lands they roam -- but as it turns out, your life probably is more eventful than a Grizzly's.
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Beijing Disappears Beneath the Great Smog of China
No, China's Great Wall cannot be seen from space -- but because of the smog, neither can one of its largest cities.
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Dolphins and Whales Engage in Rare Interspecies Play (Video)
Biologists have recorded several incidents of what appears to be wild humpback whales and bottlenose dolphins getting together for some playtime at sea -- behavior which researchers say is extremely rare to see.
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22-Year-Old Frank Zappa Teaches How to Play the Bicycle (Video)
Sure, a bicycle can replace your car -- but as Frank Zappa demonstrates, it could replace your drum-set, too.
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Monkeys Devise a Tool to Break Out of Zoo in Brazil
In making their daring escape, a group of capuchin monkeys exhibited a remarkable use of logic.
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Mysterious Snub-Nosed Monkey Photographed For the First Time
Thanks to remote camera traps set in the forests of northern Myanmar, the very first photo of the distinctive-looking monkey, alive but imperiled, have been captured.
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Artist Creates Amazing 3D Paintings of Goldfish
Inspired by his pet goldfish, artist Riusuke Fukahori began to paint stunning three-dimensional masterpieces.
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Giant Tortoise Species May Not Be So Extinct After All
They were thought extinct, but in light of new DNA findings, scientists are echoing a very tortoise-y mantra: 'not so fast'.
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How the Dutch Got Such Great Bike Paths (Video)
The Netherlands has some of the greatest cycling lanes on the planet -- but it wasn't always so.
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Three Activists Detained After Boarding Whaling Vessel
They scaled up side of an armed Japanese 'whaling security' vessel in the Southern Ocean to demand the ship return home -- but instead, they were detained and face possible criminal charges abroad.
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Indigenous Amazonian Child Burned to Death by Loggers
"It was just pure evilness. She is from another tribe, they live in the woods, and have no contact with white people," said one witness.
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Exotic New Life Forms Found Thriving Near Deep Underwater Vents
Beneath the waves, beyond the reach of the sun, scientists have found some of the most alien-seeming life right here on Earth.
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Tiny Parasitic Fly Turns Honeybees Into Zombees
"It's the flight of the living dead," says one researcher, but it could be much more troubling than any scary movie.
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How Fibonacci Numbers are Expressed in Nature (Video)
You just might never look at a pinecone the same way again.
