It’s Not a Dog-Eat-Dog World, It’s a Dog-Adopt-Dog World

President Obama isn’t the only one interested in adopting a dog these days.  In fact, dogs are now adopting other dogs. African wild dogs, one of Africa’s most endangered carnivores, are now adopting orphaned pups of their own kind.  Also known as the painted dog or painted wolf, there are only 3,000 to 5,000 African [...]

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Renewed Partnership Supports Kakapos Until 2020

Rio Tinto Alcan NZ, the New Zealand Department of Conservation and Royal Forest & Bird Protection Society have signed up to renew a partnership program that will support kakapo conservation until 2020. The goal of the group is to have the kakapos downlisted from “critically endangered” to “endangered” by 2020. The partnership is committed to [...]

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Hope is Crucial for Darwin’s Inspirations

Happy anniversary Darwin! Yes, that’s right. Today is the 149th anniversary of the day that Darwin’s On the Origin of Species was first published. The book was the culmination of Darwin’s findings from his survey expedition aboard the HMS Beagle. It was on this voyage that Darwin formulated the theory of evolution, and explained natural [...]

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China Fuels Illegal Wildlife Trade Across The Globe

Earlier this week, Africa saw its largest-ever wildlife crime bust.  The four month undercover investigation came to a close this weekend as undercover agents caught 57 criminals red-handed at ivory markets, border crossings, and airports in the five participating countries- Kenya, Uganda, Zambia, Democratic Republic of Congo and Ghana.  Included in the group of criminals [...]

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Who Knew? Biden is a Greenie!

So I recently found out about the League of Conservation Voters, a group which aims to turn environmental issues into national priorities.  The LCV has scorecards on each politician based on their environmental goals and histories.  Joe Biden has done well according to the LCV’s scorecard.  Why does Biden kick Sarah Palin’s butt in environmentalism? [...]

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SSG Seeks Companion

Polo is a 6 ft tall, dark-haired, bilingual 36 year old male.  He is also India’s only gorilla since his mate, 46 year old Sumathi passed away in 2000.  For eight years now, his keepers at the zoo in Mysore, India, have desperately been seeking a companion for the lonely male. Other zoos are reluctant [...]

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