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 8
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Bird's Daunting Deep-Sea Dive Caught on POV Camera
If our fine, feathered friends had their own Olympics, Imperial cormorants would be going home with the gold.
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Outspoken Climate Skeptic Now Admits Global Warming is Man-Made
... I concluded that global warming was real and that the prior estimates of the rate of warming were correct. I’m now going a step further: Humans are almost entirely the cause.
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Young Gorillas Observed Destroying Poachers' Traps
After decades of being a prime target for poachers, these critically endangered gorillas have apparently learned to outsmart them -- and even the youngsters are getting in on the act.
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Monkey's Slyly Grinning Self-Shot Wins the Internet
As it turns out, we humans might not be the only primates with a penchant for a carefully-crafted vanity shots.
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Brazil's Mass Penguin Die-Off 'Natural', Say Scientists
According to Brazil's center for coastal studies, nothing was found on the birds' bodies to indicate any human activity led to the deaths -- though questions still remain.
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Brazilian City Offers Vegetables in Exchange for Trash
Thanks to one Brazilian city's forward thinking recycling program, trading in trash has never been tastier.
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Beach Workers Crush Thousands of Endangered Turtles
Following a disturbing incident recently in which thousands of turtles were mistakenly crushed by heavy machinery, the already imperiled species there has suffered yet another major setback.
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Watch These Monkeys Cannonball Into a Pool (Video)
If there's one thing that can inspire a bit of primate solidarity, it just might be the cannonball.
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Pandamonium Abounds For Panda Awareness Week
Raising awareness has never been more adorable.
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Most Americans Agree: Conserving Nature is Patriotic
Respecting nature isn't just a nicety -- it's at the core of what it means to be a good and dutiful citizen.
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Greenpeace Video Pairs Radiohead With a Homeless Polar Bear
As global warming continues to threaten Arctic ecosystems, it's getting harder and harder for everything to be in its right place.
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Sea Level Rise Cannot Be Stopped, Say Scientists
This slow-moving environmental disaster will only become more problematic as we move deeper into this century -- and as if that weren't scary enough, scientists say that there's really nothing we can do to stop it.
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Prisoners in Brazil Can Reduce Their Sentences by Producing Electricity
Thanks to an innovative new initiative underway at a correctional facility in Brazil, prisoners are being given the chance to slash their sentences while bringing a bit of light into the world -- literally.
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150 Amazon Indians Occupy Belo Monte Dam Site
Where the words and appeals of those indigenous tribes destined to be displaced by the dam had failed, nearly two-hundred native Amazonians have now gathered in a last ditch effort to protect their homeland using their bodies.
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Outrage After Tree is Cut Down to Improve View of Billboard
"I was shocked when I saw the tree. It was cut down, the head was lopped off, it was so upsetting," said one Cleveland business-owner.
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R.I.P. Lonesome George, the Last of His Kind
Lonesome George, the world's last remaining Pinta Island tortoise, has died at age 100 -- marking the final end of a species millennia in the making, and inching that 'loneliest' mantle one notch closer to us.
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Drones to Join the Fight Against Poaching in Nepal
Conservationists have begun experimenting with the latest in advances in drone technology in a push to protect Nepals most endangered species.
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Baby and Chimp Share a Playful Moment (Video)
We adults have a lot to learn about what it means to be human from the simple wisdom of youth -- but mostly, that being human isn't everything.
