Tag: Preservation - Page 10
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Bad News on the Wolf Front - Key Alpha Wolves Killed in Montana
Three alpha wolves vital to a study tracking their pack's patterns were killed earlier this month by hunters in Montana. The study effectively ended, but the controversy around the wolf hunts, which were allowed to
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Chew on This! Boston Suburb Hires Goats to Mow Lawn
A Boston suburb is sidelining commercial mowers in favor of a local farmer's goats to maintain a public
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Readers' Fall Foliage Photos (Slideshow)
The weather is turning and so are the leaves; from aspens in Wyoming to maples in Tennessee, fall into this weeks readers' slideshow: Fall Foliage Photos. If you missed
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Creepy Crawlies Everywhere! A Whopping 850 New Species Discovered Underground in Australia
Scientists have discovered 850 new species
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Chasing Orchids and Fireflies in Central Colorado
Tours with the Roaring Fork Conservancy offer a rare opportunity to explore the Filoha Meadows Open Space, a beautiful area off-limits to most visitors as county conservationists work to return the fragile landscape to its original state.
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World's First Shark Sanctuary Set Up in Palau
Photo via fishpickdiver via Flickr CC Shark finning - the practice of catching sharks, cutting off their fins, and tossing the still-living fish back in the water to die a slow death - removes over 40 million sharks per year from the oceans. Half a
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6 Ways to See Endangered Species Without Endangering Them More
Some do it with photo trips, others on nature Safari. Cool types do it on scientific missions to the Antarctic. Teachers do it with turtles. Not greening their sex lives, but seeing the earth's rarest critters
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20 Wild Spaces For Getting Back-To-Nature (Slideshow)
Tireless advocate for the creation of Yosemite National Park, John Muir is credited with espousing; "Thousands of tired, nerve-shaken, over-civilized people are beginning to find out that going to the mountains is going home; that wildness is a
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More Measures to Limit Tourism to Antarctica Proposed by IMO
The raise of tourism in Antarctica has been subject of discussion during the past years, and travel to the region was finally restricted by the Antarctic Treaty in April this year.
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5 Golf Courses Up to Environmental Par
Love hitting the links but hate the environmental damage? You're not alone: Golfing is one of the most popular hobbies around, but the footprint of the courses--from constant grass watering (one course can use up to
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"Green" Gallery Transforms Garden's Garage
Pasadena, California is already the greenest part of Los Angeles county and boasts three expansive botanical gardens within a 15-minute drive of its borders, including
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If You're Going to Kill an Endangered Lynx, Don't Take It to the Taxidermist
Just a quick tip. But then again, if you're going to kill an endangered animal, please do take it to the taxidermist so that you can be caught and properly sentenced for being a dolt, as this man was who killed an endangered
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Plant Barcodes to Help Quash Illegal Trade of Endangered Species
After four years of research, scientists have decided on a standard 'DNA barcode' for
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Threatened Whale Found Impaled on Cruise Ship (Video)
A couple weeks ago, we talked about two new technologies being explored to help keep ships and whales from colliding. Run-ins with ships is a serious threat to whales, and, unfortunately, we have a news story to prove it. A
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With Help from Species Survival Plan, Red Wolves May Have a Future
Photo from Gregory Koch Red wolves are one of the rarest mammals in North America. They are a mere 100 strong in their native habitat of North Carolina’s Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge. But with the help of the Wolf Conservation Center (WCC)
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Monsters in Our Midst. 'Mazing Magnified Images
You might be mistaken for thinking that photo looks like the talons of an eagle, but it ain't. It's a Madagascan Eutetramorium mocquerysi. More precisely it's the base of its leg. Hard to believe that leg belongs to a lil' ant, albeit
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Louisiana to See Biggest Levee-Busting Operation in North America
And that's a good thing, believe it or not. Mentioning levee-busting and Louisiana in the same breath may seem like a faux pas, even vulgar, with repercussions of the Hurricane Katrina tragedy still afflicting the
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Fabien Cousteau: Ocean Exploration, Industry & You
For World Ocean Day 2009 today, TreeHugger is bringing you special coverage such as the 9 biggest issues facing our seas, coral reef conservation as well as our announcement of Planet Green's Blue August on-air and on-line programming focusing on our
