In Uganda, a troop of wild mountain gorillas visited a human camping ground, even grooming one man. Stem cell technology could allow for the cloning of endangered species, and more.
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A study of Przewalski’s horses proves that the boundaries of protected areas may sentence endangered species to death during catastrophic climatic events Magnificent ramshorn snails aren’t one of those high-profile endangered species that the conservationists community love to rally behind — so thank goodness there are folks like Andy Wood. Phosphorous: A Broken Biogeochemical Cycle It sounds ridiculous: how could an element on the periodic table be an endangered species? The scientist, James Elser of Arizona State University, who is asking if we need a ‘Red List’ for phosphorous uses the term to raise awareness. Pandas are cute Nursery manager Samvel Ghandilyan with rare elderberry tigrani plants being propagated in Armenia’s Karin village. Photo: Armenia Tree Project . For almost two decades, the Armenia Tree Project has been helping people pull themselves out of poverty while greening the heavily deforested Caucasus country. Photo: Stewart / cc As the world’s demand for seafood continues to rise, global fish stocks have been pushed to the brink from overfishing, with some species, like bluefin tuna, being especially hard hit. In an attempt to avoid an irreversible collapse in Atlantic tuna populations, strict enforcements were placed on the fishing industry by regulating and tracking how many fish are caught each year — but a new report on tuna fishing and sales have expo… Read the full story on TreeHugger New Zealand’s Mount Maunganui Beach, where oil is now washing ashore. Photos: Bundu Designs There are only somewhere between 2,000 and 2,500 black rhinos alive today, and 16 have been killed by poachers this year alone. But there’s some good news for the 400 odd black rhinos in Zimbabwe. Canadian group Bundu Designs has teamed up with Save the Rhino International and Zimbabwean wire artists in order to make and sell u… Young Turkish Artists Grapple With Extinction of Species, Alienation from Nature in Istanbul ExhibitSerkan Özer, “Extinction,” 2011. Image: Pera Museum. This summer, the well-regarded Pera Museum in Istanbul turned three of its floors over to art students from Anadolu University , giving them free reign to craft works representing the theme of “Present Times” (“?imdiki Zamanlar”) — “all that we experience today, things that affect us, [that] we find worth describing, and internalize to make our own,” in the words of one of their instructors in the exhibition catalog. Photo: Kelly Rossiter As a companion to the spicy pumpkin hummus I wrote about earlier, I made a sweeter pumpkin cream cheese for those who like their snacks on the sweet side, rather than savoury. |
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