The pika, a relation of the rabbit, is blamed for desertification. China‘s authorities have scattered 200kg of rodent contraceptive pellets across the Tibetan plateau to control what they describe as a “plague of desert rats”.
China Tries to Control ‘Plague’ of Pikas with Contraceptives
March 30, 2009 By 1 Comment
“San Francisco Is So Horny!”
March 30, 2009 By 4 Comments
Those were the words that I heard exclaimed by a young man on a blue Schwinn ten-speed as thousands of my fellow bicyclists and I came pouring out of the Stockton Tunnel during Critical Mass last Friday. He seemed a little overwhelmed and thrilled by the endless throbbing swarm of bicyclists that were flowing past.
1/4th of World’s Atlantic Right Whales Gather Off Cape Cod
March 29, 2009 By 2 Comments
There are only about 325 North Atlantic right whales left in the world, and approximately 80 of them have assembled in the waters near Cape Cod. They have come together to feed on an unusually huge population of zooplankton. The whales normally follow zooplankton from Canada as they are moved with ocean currents down to [...]
Tiger-Human Violence Linked to Paper Company
March 28, 2009 By 10 Comments
Eyes on the Forest, a conservation coalition, has released a research report on the clash between commercial logging and Sumatran tigers living in forests clear cut by the paper industry. Their analysis shows that most of the tiger – human violence occurring in Sumatra has taken place near areas being deforested by Asia Pulp and [...]
Delhi Urban Ecotourism: Getting Urbanites Interested in Conservation
March 28, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Tourism is the world’s largest and most promising industry. The concept of ‘eco-tourism’ is perhaps the most abused, little understood and least explored. Going to the mountains or a National Park and all other forms of natural tourism are often, though not always, marketed as ‘eco-tours’. While Ecotourism can be distinguished from nature tourism by [...]
