Sirocco, a male Kakapo, is grinning from ear-to-ear as he makes a play for a very unusual partner. While filming the BBC’s “Last Chance to See” series, filmmaker Stephen Fry and zoologist Mark Carwardine have a surprising encounter with an amorous Kakapo named Sirocco. Sirocco, one of just 124 of his kind, appears eager to [...]
Kakapo – World’s Rarest Parrot – Gets It On With Photographer’s Head: Video!
October 5, 2009 By 2 Comments
Mision 2020: A Clean and Dolphin Filled Ganges
October 5, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Ganga, the holiest of holy rivers in the Indian sub-continent is also one of the most polluted rivers in the region. Last year, after much lobbying, Ganga was declared the National River of India owing to its religious as well as environmental significance. However, just that could never have been enough for cleaning a river [...]
Congressman Alan Grayson Succinctly Explains the Republican Health Care “Plan”
October 5, 2009 By 4 Comments
Last week Florida Congressman Alan Grayson accurately and succinctly explained the Republican Health Care “Plan”: “Don’t get sick. And if you do get sick, just please die quickly.” His passionately honest retort against our nation’s “no-mongers” has spread across the country faster than a California wildfire. Brave New Films has just created this short video [...]
Nike Opposes US Chamber of Commerce & Leaves Board, over Climate Change
October 4, 2009 By 13 Comments
Necropsies Reveal 131 Walruses Were Trampled to Death in Stampede
October 4, 2009 By 2 Comments
A preliminary report issued last week by federal and local biologists and veterinarians from the U.S. Geographic Survey (USGS), U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), Alaska SeaLife Center and the North Slope Borough Department of Wildlife Management, found the 131 walruses likely died from being trampled to death by other walruses. The dead animals, mostly [...]
