by faster | Feb 14, 2019 | Blog
SOURCE: Hakai Magazine DATE: February 14, 2019 SNIP: In February 2016, hunters from Sanikiluaq, Nunavut spotted two killer whales prowling around a group of beluga whales in southeast Hudson Bay. It was an unusual sight for the time of year—killer whales don’t usually...
by faster | Jan 25, 2019 | Blog
SOURCE: New York Times DATE: January 25, 2019 SNIP: Over the period of a year, monarchs produce four to five generations. The last and longest-lasting of them is born between August and October. Unlike their predecessors, which live as butterflies for a mere two to...
by faster | Jan 25, 2019 | Blog
SOURCE: The Guardian DATE: January 25, 2019 SNIP: The garden of 1979 was filled with glossy gangs of starlings, the atonal chirp of sparrows and the tap-tap of song thrushes breaking open snail shells. In 2019, you’re more likely to hear the screech of a ring-necked...
by faster | Jan 21, 2019 | Blog
SOURCE: BBC DATE: January 21, 2019 SNIP: A keystone prey species in the Southern Ocean is retreating towards the Antarctic because of climate change. Krill are small, shrimp-like creatures that swarm in vast numbers and form a major part of the diets of whales,...
by faster | Jan 14, 2019 | Blog
SOURCE: United Nations University DATE: January 14, 2019 SNIP: The fast-rising number of desalination plants worldwide — now almost 16,000, with capacity concentrated in the Middle East and North Africa — quench a growing thirst for freshwater but create a salty...
