by faster | Aug 13, 2021 | Blog
SOURCE: The Guardian DATE: August 13, 2021 SNIP: At the peak of the whaling industry, in the late 1800s, North Atlantic right whales were slaughtered in their thousands. With each carcass hauled on to the deck, whalers were taking more than just bones and flesh out of...
by faster | Jul 25, 2021 | Blog
SOURCE: The Guardian DATE: July 25, 2021 SNIP: In 1963, two years before I was born, Rachel Carson warned us in her book Silent Spring that we were doing terrible damage to our planet. She would weep to see how much worse it has become. Insect-rich wildlife habitats,...
by faster | Jul 12, 2021 | Blog
SOURCE: OPB DATE: July 12, 2021 SNIP: The calls flooded into Blue Mountain Wildlife first thing in the morning Monday, June 28 — dozens of baby hawks, desperate to escape the blast of early summer heat, bailed from their nests and plummeted to the ground. Calls poured...
by faster | Jul 8, 2021 | Blog
SOURCE: The Guardian DATE: July 8, 2021 SNIP: More than 1 billion marine animals along Canada’s Pacific coast are likely to have died from last week’s record heatwave, experts warn, highlighting the vulnerability of ecosystems unaccustomed to extreme temperatures. The...
by faster | Jun 7, 2021 | Blog
SOURCE: The Guardian DATE: June 7, 2021 SNIP: Great apes – humanity’s closest relatives, are predicted to lose a “devastating” 90% of their homelands in Africa in coming decades, according to a study. All gorillas, chimpanzees and bonobos are already endangered or...
