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A large network of Brazilians illegally trafficking in wild animals has been arrested. The network included smugglers, hunters, sellers, and middle men. Though 72 have been arrested, 102 arrest warrants were issued and the investigation is ongoing. Federal polize in Brazil used 450 agents in a coordinated sting operation. Several suspects may currently be in [...]
In central Thailand an enormous freshwater stingray was captured, tagged and released during a National Geographic expedition. Dr. Zeb Hogan, a biologist from the University of Nevada, Reno helped tag and release the animal. It was estimated to be somewhere between 550 and 770 lbs, but was never officially weighed.
Mopane worms are critical to nutrition and income generation for most households in those rural areas in Africa where the mopane tree grows. However, climate change and over harvesting of the worms as one of the few income generating opportunities in rural areas are threatening the species’ survival. Mopane worms are the caterpillar stage of the [...]
How could we not want the safest, healthiest litter for this little lady? Our hunt for an alternative cat litter began when our vet said that clay litter was a respiratory irritant. The more we researched cat litter, the more we learned that clay wasn’t just bad for our sweet kitties, it was bad for [...]
The Maryland Department of the Environment is reporting a coal ash spill, this time on the Potomac River. [Creative Commons photo by Mikko Itälahti] How many spills does this make in the past few months alone? There was the devastating TVA spill in Tennessee, the January spill in Alabama, and now this. Three spills in [...]
