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February 26, 2014
These Sea Slugs Penetrate Each Other In The Head During Sex
If you’re an aficionado of sea slugs, you’re probably used to weird and cringe-worthy sex acts. When two of these hermaphrodite animals penetrate each other at the same time like an R-rated yin-yan… Garry Rogers: Unique? I couldn’t ignore this … Continue reading →
Encourage Construction of Wildlife Crossings
Target: Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta Goal: Continue to construct wildlife crossings to protect African wildlife. Wildlife underpasses have long been used to allow animals to safely cross roads. Now, underpasses in parts of Africa, such as the Mt. Garry Rogers: … Continue reading →
‘Breaking environmental law’
Wildlife groups write to UK and Scottish parliaments seeking a ban on covered propellers blamed for horrific ‘corkscrew’ injuries Ministers are breaking environmental law by failing to prevent harbour seals from being sliced to death by ships’… See on www.theguardian.comFiled … Continue reading →
February 25, 2014
Action for Elephants UK
“Action for Elephants UK is a group working to help stop the slaughter of elephants and ensure their survival as a species. In Africa and Asia elephants are being poached for their tusks in unprecedented numbers – between 35,000 and … Continue reading →
As monarch butterflies plummet, it’s time to rethink the widespread use of weed killers
Today NRDC is calling on EPA to re-examine the widespread use of glyphosate, commonly called Roundup, in light of its impacts on monarch butterflies. Glyphosate was last approved by EPA in 1993 before the adoption of genetically modified crops that… … Continue reading →
Wolves Need You Once Again
Please click HERE to take action From the very start, the Obama administration’s proposal to remove federal protections for wolves across most of the lower 48 has been based on politics, not scienc… See on our-compass.orgFiled under: Nature Conservation Tagged: … Continue reading →
Fact Attack: Endangered Species No. 106 – The Kodkod
Reblogged on WordPress.com See on aecurzon.wordpress.comFiled under: Nature Conservation Tagged: Endangered Species, Imperiled Wildlife, Nature Conservation
New whistleblowing site the WikiLeaks of poaching
Poaching is incredibly frustrating. But other than ponying up $350,000 to save an endangered rhino, your options for doing something can seem somewhat limited. Thankfully, now there’s WildLeaks, . . . See on nackpets.wordpress.comFiled under: Nature Conservation Tagged: Animal Welfare, … Continue reading →
Cycling to the South Pole, Saving India’s Killer Tigers and More
Join radio host Boyd Matson every week for adventure, conservation and green science. This week they endure a 750-mile bike ride from Antarctica’s coast to the South Pole, explore the sonic wonders of the world, explain the Yukon’s modern-day gold … Continue reading →
Lemurs On The Verge Of Extinction, Primate Is ‘Collateral Damage’ Of 2009 Political Crisis In Madagascar
The puppy-eyed primates are particularly vulnerable following political turmoil following a 2009 military-led coup. See on www.ibtimes.comFiled under: Endangered Animals, Nature Conservation Tagged: biodiversity, Endangered Species, Human Impact, Imperiled Wildlife, Nature Conservation
