News & commentary on sustainability, activism, urban planning, politics, and our world.
Giant poisonous jellyfish are poised to assault Japanese waters, experts warn. Reports of massive bloomings indicate that this season’s Nomura’s jellyfish spawn should be a big one. The good news is that there may not be a nation on Earth more psychologically prepared for the invasion of giant monsters.
As recently as 1995, there were only 50 known Kakapo still surviving. Relentless hunting by humans, widespread forest clearing, and the introduction of dogs, cats, and rats nearly wiped these friendly, flightless birds off the planet. Thanks to New Zealand’s Kakapo Recovery Programme’s intensive species management and successful breeding results, the Kakapo (Strigops habroptila) population [...]
According to the most recent data estimates, roughly 70 million sharks are caught (and killed) each year, most of this is for food, some for sport, and sadly, some just out of fear. But most of the commercially fished sharks are in fact killed for their fins only–their mutilated carcasses are simply tossed overboard. This [...]
Isalo National Park, Madagascar (photo: Bernard Gagnon) 160 million years ago, what is now called Madagascar–the world’s fourth largest island–broke free from its parent continent (Africa), allowing evolution to do some of its most creative work. The Island, located just off the Southeast coast of Africa and roughly the size of California, is home to [...]
