Tag: Extinction - Page 5
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Wade Davis on What it Means to be Human and Alive
Photo credit: Ryan Hill Wade Davis might have the most amazing job on the planet. Trained as an anthropologist and ethnobotonist, he's lived among some of the most remarkable cultures of the world and been witness to (and participant in) many moments
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Single Rhino Male Seeks Mate to Save Species, NSA
Tam may be one of the most eligible bachelors on the planet right now, but still his friends are having a hard time finding him a date. He's just one of an estimated 10 to 30 Borneo rhinos left in the wild and it may be up to him to keep his species
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Shark Extinction Possible Simply From Too Much Soup
In China, it's shark fin soup, in Japan it's blue fin tuna for sashimi and sushi, and in the U.S. it's our love of nice thick fish fillets and billions of fish sticks consumed annually - these cultural habits are
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Ultra-Rare Photos of Endangered Snow Leopards in the Wild
Scientists aren't sure exactly how many snow leopards remain, but one thing's for sure: their numbers are dwindling--estimates range from 3,500-7,000 in the wild. In the mountains of Mongolia, though, a group of scientists from Panthera and the Snow Leo
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Gecko and Ghost Orchid: "Invisible" Species Discovered
A gecko found in the rocky foothills of Cambodia's Cardamom Mountains has been declared a new species after examination of its unique color pattern and scale characteristics. And the Ghost Orchid, a rare plant named for
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Losing the Great Oak at the Gates of the Dead
What a fabulous name for a tree: the Great Oak at the Gates of the Dead. And what a pity that this 1,200 year old oak tree has split down the middle and died this month.
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Pre-Dinosaur Era Plant Specimens Brazenly Stolen
Important specimens from one of the world´s oldest and rarest species of plant were stolen last weekend, covert ops style, from a botanical garden
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10 Creatures That Conveniently Grow Back Body Parts (Slideshow)
While humans have the reputation of being the most intelligent of Earth's creatures, the higher you go on the
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10 Creatures That Conveniently Grow Back Body Parts
Break a leg, they say in show business. We can handle that. But humans, despite being the rulers of Earth, can't regenerate lost appendages. It seems that the more advanced the species, the less able they are to regrow legs, claws or heads. So break a hea
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Will Human Beings Save Their Primate Cousins?
At the time this was written there were 6,803,449,018 human beings on the planet. Right now, there are about 3,300 simakobu monkeys left in the dwindling forests of Indonesia; Less than 300
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Scientists Attempt to Resurrect Extinct Giant Ox
Photo: The Art Archive digg_url = 'http://www.treehugger.com/files/2010/02/scientists-attempt-to-resurrect-extinct-giant-ox.php'; Two million years ago, an enormous species of ox, called Aurochs, emerged from regions of northern India and migrated into
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Australia Loves Winning Environmental Impact Trophies
This is getting downright embarrassing. Australia just keeps on winning the big ones, even nudging out our arch rival, the USA, in environmental impact. The trophy cabinet already has Australia's name inscribed on awards for: • highest rate of mammals
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Incredible New Species Discovered in Ecuador
One look at a newly discovered species of gecko, small enough at its full-grown size to rest comfortably on the eraser of a pencil, and it's difficult not to be mesmerized by the seemingly boundless forms of biological
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7 Creepy, Crawly, Endangered Reptiles With Weird Genetic Traits
If snakes, lizards, skinks, and reptiles in general give you the creeps, then we've got seven reasons to give them another chance: From tiny turtles to massive dragons, these endangered reptiles
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School for Shamans to Save Culture from Extinction
While environmental groups and governmental policies are aiming at reducing deforestation and development in the Amazon rainforest to help preserve the world's most diverse terrestrial ecosystem, traditional indigenous cultures in
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Man and Nature: Art in the Age of Climate Change
The oldest known paintings, in a cave near Lascaux, France, are thought to be around 32,000 years old and depict horses, rhinoceros, lions, buffalo, mammoth, and humans
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Sweden Allows Wolf Hunting After 45 Year Ban
For the government of Sweden, having 237 wolves in the entire nation is a few too many. The wolves were nearly made
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Species Must Run From Global Warming to Survive
As global temperatures rise, species across the world will have to, quite literally, run to stay alive. According to the latest research, 28.8% of the biomes of the earth will need to migrate at a rate greater than 1
