Aug 31 2010

Millions of Songbirds Killed for Recipe

Tag: Animals, Food, Food and Culture, Food and Lifestyle, Human Behavior, Humans, Video, Wild Birds, Wildlife Conservation — Jennifer Viegas @ 3:17 pm
Millions of songbirds are illegally killed each year for a pickled or poached bird dish known as ambelopoulia.

Aug 26 2010

UV-Patterned Window Prevents Bird Collisions

Tag: Animals, Green Building, Inventions — Tracy Staedter @ 3:45 pm
The innovation could save the lives of millions of birds each year.

Aug 24 2010

When Horses Walked on Water to Transport Humans

Tag: Animals, History, Horses, Humans, Mammals, Travel, Video — Jennifer Viegas @ 11:51 pm
The word "horsepower" today describes the output of engines, electric motors and other machinery, but naturalist Mark Fraser takes us back to the word's more literal meaning, when horses really did power many human machines and activities.

Aug 23 2010

Bringing Kihansi Back: A Rare Toad Gets a Second Chance

Tag: Amphibians and Reptiles, Animals, Wildlife Conservation — Zahra Hirji @ 11:16 pm
Tanzania just received a shipment of 100 rare toads, marking the first phase in the world's most ambitious project to reintroduce a species that has been extinct from the wild for years.

Aug 23 2010

Photographs Show Oil Spill Affecting Wildlife, Beaches

Tag: Animals, Current Events, Fish, Food, Health, Human Behavior, Humans, Marine Life, Oceans, Pets, Photography — Jennifer Viegas @ 7:14 pm
New photographs taken at Dauphin Island, Alabama, show what appears to be oil, along with chemical dispersants, related to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill according to the Natural Resources Defense Council.

Aug 23 2010

Great White Shark Sightings Have U.S. Lifeguards on Alert

Tag: Animal Behavior, Animals, Current Events, Fish, Food, Humans, Marine Life, Oceans, Sharks, Video — Jennifer Viegas @ 6:23 pm
Dozens of great white shark sightings in recent days have authorities on alert at many U.S. beaches now, according to multiple media reports.

Aug 19 2010

Mystery of the Missing Ocean Plastic

Tag: Animals, Atlantic Ocean, Barnacles, Chemistry, Environment, Fish, Food Chain, Oceans, Plastic, Recycling, Seas, Waste — Emily Sohn @ 6:00 pm
We’re throwing away more and more plastic. If it’s not ending up in the open Atlantic, where is it going?

Aug 18 2010

Will a Commercial Flight be First To Mars?

Tag: Animals, Mars — Ray Villard @ 4:42 pm
The way to finally get to Mars may be to fly the friendly skies aboard a commercial spaceliner.

Aug 18 2010

Giant Squid: How Do You Film One?

Tag: Animals, Carnivores, Documentaries, Fishing, Predators, Seas, Squid — Jorge Ribas @ 4:32 pm
The effort to film the elusive 60-foot-long carnivore alive in its environment will entail a bevy of new tricks.

Aug 17 2010

Are Sponges the World’s Most Successful Animals?

Tag: Animals, Evolution, Fossils, Humans, Marine Life, Oceans — Jennifer Viegas @ 5:12 pm
Are sponges the world's most successful animals?
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