Hundreds of birds migrating through New York City this week died after crashing into the city’s glass towers, a mass casualty event spotlighted by a New York City Audubon volunteer’s tweets showing the World Trade Center littered with bird carcasses. This week’s avian death toll was particularly high, but bird strikes on Manhattan skyscrapers are […]
VOTE for the Best Photo of the Month September 2021
Welcome to the “Best Photo of the Month” competition showcasing and celebrating the biodiversity of Planet Earth. Voting is easy and lots of fun. First click an image and the slideshow will start automatically. Then select the three images you like best of all and click the blue VOTE button at the bottom of the […]
Pepé Le New: Meet the acrobatic spotted skunks of North America
The familiar striped skunk of North America (think of the cartoon Pepé Le Pew) has a lesser-known cousin: the spotted skunk. These polka-dotted relatives are smaller, about the size of a fat squirrel, and do impressive handstands to warn predators before they launch their stinky spray. And now, this skunk group has a few more […]
Wolf Populations Drop as More States Allow Hunting
Gray wolves once roamed the entire North American continent, from the scrubby deserts of Mexico to the boreal forests of Alaska. But by the 1950s decades of overhunting and habitat loss had nearly extirpated the species in the contiguous United States. In a remarkable conservation success story, the 1973 Endangered Species Act (ESA) helped push […]
Bureau of Land Management Removes Over 600 Wild Horses from Colorado
The Bureau of Land Management has rounded up 631 horses in Colorado, resulting in two deaths during the cruel capture. Their plan was to capture 783 wild horses and then, eventually adopt out or sell 733 of them. 50 of the horses were to be released back into their natural habitat, with 25 mares having […]
Beware of Upwork’s Freelancers Fake / Spoofing Your Lighthouse Score !
Sadly, there are freelancers doing potentially harmful things to clients’ websites. Ashik Ishtiaque promotes his services on the Upwork platform with the slogan “95+ PageSpeed Insights score and load time under 2.5 seconds on ALL pages WITH 100% money-back guarantee?” He has used a “Fake/Spoofing Lighthouse Score Method” on more than 300 clients websites charging an […]
Officials Say That Drone Usage is Stressing out Wildlife
Wildlife officers urge the public to take wildlife into consideration as drone usage is increasing stress on wildlife. There have been several recurring cases of people using drones to hunt and/or harass wildlife, violating the CPW Commission Regulations as well as the Federal Airborne Hunting Act. CPW Field Services Assistant Director, Heather Dugan, said, “The […]
Saving sea turtles in the ‘Anthropause’: Successes and challenges on the beach
BEIRUT, Lebanon — Beaches across the planet emptied as COVID-19 spread in 2020, with the first full lockdowns in many places coinciding with sea turtle nesting season. With less noise, less tourist boat traffic, less fishing, less beach furniture clutter and less light pollution, the hazards and challenges for sea turtles nesting appeared to decline. […]
