Tag: Conservation - Page 7
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16-Year-Old Creates Wildlife Tracker Website for African Game Reserve
The website has caught the attention of Google, which wants to commercialize the animal-spotting idea.
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3 Houseplants for Water Conservationists
Indoor gardeners concerned about the drought can conserve water by growing these 3 houseplants that can take being dry.
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Scientists Invoke Noah's Ark in Call to Avert Biodiversity Collapse
The modern equivalent of Noah's Ark sinking: what if protections fail at the planet's most important nature reserves?
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Guidelines for Gentle Beachcombing and Tide Pooling
Summer hordes to the beaches and tide pools can be murder on fragile ecosystems.
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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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Top Ocean Researchers Head to the Last Underwater Laboratory Before it Gets Defunded
Mission Aquarius, lead by Dr. Sylvia Earle, heads to the last remaining underwater research lab to highlight the value of undersea exploration.
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16 Key East Coast Habitats We Must Preserve to Protect Wildlife, Ourselves
Here's what TrekEast's John Davis has identified as the critical areas we need to protect, from Florida to Quebec.
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Cute Animated Video Explains Unique Biology and Value of Coral Reefs
A smart video featuring the art of Jim Toomey and the narration of Celine Cousteau is an excellent teaching tool for ocean conservation.
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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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Saving the "Modern Day Unicorn" from Extinction
We didn't know it existed until 1992, but the saola -- known as the "Asian Unicorn" -- is at risk of extinction. One group of conservationists is working to make sure that doesn't happen.
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21 Nations Block Effort to Turn Southern Atlantic Into a Giant Whale Sanctuary
There's still some pretty fierce opposition to whaling.
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Is Eurovegas Good for Spain? Its People, the Planet or Just Profit?
Las Vegas' Sheldon Adelson wants to build a Eurovegas in Spain. Madrid and Barcelona are competing for the project but Spaniards are demonstrating against it, due to the huge social and environmental impact the project would have.
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Nanotechnology from Spain Preserves the Past (Video)
Tecnadis PRS EFFECT is a water-repellent for facades and historical monuments based on nanoparticles and inspired by nature. It repels the water but at the same time lets the stone breathe.
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We're Utterly Failing Our Environmental Pledges Made 20 Years Ago in Rio, Scientists Report
A new report card in Nature gives world leaders failing grades for the assignments given to three treaties established at the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio.
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What Australia's Oceans Are Missing: Marine Scientists
Considering how vast and varied the waters around Australia are known to be, one expert says the country suffers from an "acute lack skilled marine researchers."
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Pakistani Villagers Set World Record For Tree-Hugging
In a recent show of solidarity with the forests and one another, more than a thousand villagers gathered to simultaneously give their beloved trees a loving squeeze.
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Ocean Conservation Progress 'Pitiful' Over Past 20 Years
The Zoological Society of London says, with few exceptions, the pledges nations made at the 1992 Earth Summit have not been met at all.
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The Tragic Bureaucratic Bungle That Led to the Extinction of the White Rhino
A new book tells the story of the effort to save a species that ultimately fell short.
