FLORIDA TEEN HONORED FOR CONSERVATION EFFORTS
In April, Avalon Theisen, 11, organized Tampa, Florida’s “Save the Frogs Day” event. This year we created something that I don’t think had ever been done before,” Avalon says. “We […]
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NEW SATELLITES TO HELP SAVE INDONESIAN FORESTS
Virtual mapping has become a vital tool in forest conservation, allowing the public to see where deforestation is occurring. In Indonesia, several environmental organizations are leading efforts with new technology […]
WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY – LOOKING BACK AND MOVING FORWARD
June 5 is World Environment Day, begun by the United Nations 40 years ago to celebrate positive environmental action. This year’s host country for World Environment Day is Brazil, which […]
RARE GORILLAS CAPTURED ON VIDEO
Eight Cross River gorillas traveling across a forest path were filmed by one of four video camera traps researchers set in Cameroon’s Kagwene Gorilla Sanctuary. A combination of habitat destruction […]
WATER-SAVING COLLEGE STUDENTS POUR IT ON
Water-Saving College Students Pour It On. What began as a classroom discussion in Wisconsin has blossomed into a national project to raise water conservation awareness and help people lower their […]
LOVE OF BIG CATS SPARKS CONSERVATION PROJECT
Love of Big Cats Sparks Conservation Project. Dale Anderson keeps 27 exotic animals at California property. It began in 1992, when Anderson bought 37 hectares of California woodland, with dense […]
ARABIAN ‘UNICORN’ THRIVES AGAIN IN WILD
The Arabian Oryx, whose distinctive horns are widely believed to have given rise to the unicorn legend, is back from the brink of extinction in the deserts of the Arabian […]
ZOO’S DOLPHIN HABITAT CELEBRATES 50TH ANNIVERSARY
More than two million people each year visit the Brookfield Zoo’s Seven Seas exhibit in suburban Chicago. The exhibit, celebrating its 50th anniversary, is the oldest inland dolphin habitat in […]
RARE LEATHERBACK TURTLE SPOTTED IN INDONESIA
Conservationists say they got a rare glimpse of a 6-foot (2-meter) -long leatherback — the world’s most endangered sea turtle — together with dozens of eggs in western Indonesia.
RARE GORILLA TWINS BORN IN WILD
Twin mountain gorillas have been born in Volcanoes National Park in Rwanda. The babies born on 3 February 2011 are only the fifth set of twins ever recorded in the […]
