The news was mixed for birds this week, with the appearance of the 2009 “State of the Birds” report — a collaborative effort of the Audubon Society, U.S. Geological Survey, The Nature Conservancy and a host of other groups. They’ve found that habitat destruction and loss are still wreaking havoc on birds that live in [...]
Fortune has smiled on two species in radically different parts of the world and the animal kingdom over the past week, as United States biologists announced a plan to study the American pika for possible protection, and the government of Cameroon unveiled its intention to create a new national park which will protect more than 600 gorillas. In [...]
People living in arid climates have taken great pains to adapt, by re-using their wash water and collecting rainfall for secondary purposes, like gardening. The practice, tuned to a fine art in places like Arizona, is widely accepted as a conservation strategy — alleviating the need to irrigate with drinking water — and a way [...]
