When beachgoers arrive at Cahoon Hollow Beach in Wellfleet on Massachusetts’ Cape Cod peninsula, the first thing they see is a large sign displaying a photo of a great white shark. It reads: “WARNING. Great white sharks hunt seals in the shallow water at this beach. People have been seriously injured or killed by sharks […]
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The Great Insect Dying: Vanishing act in Europe and North America
In recent months a debate over whether a global insect apocalypse is underway has raged in the mainstream media and among researchers. To assess the range of scientific opinion, Mongabay interviewed 24 entomologists and other scientists working on six continents, in more than a dozen countries, to better determine what we know, what we don’t, […]
For the Philippine eagle, a shot at survival means going abroad
DAVAO CITY, Philippines — The courtship involves a partition screen in an enclosure the Philippine Eagle Foundation (PEF) calls a pairing dome, where two Philippine eagles (Pithecophaga jefferyi) are stationed to adapt to each other. They’ve been in a mating process for the last two years. “They’re inching closer to each other,” Lace Viojan, a […]
Canada passes ‘Free Willy’ bill to ban captivity of all whales, dolphins
Canada has made it illegal to catch and hold whales, dolphins and porpoises in captivity. On June 10, Canada’s House of Commons passed Bill S-203, or the Ending the Captivity of Whales and Dolphins Act, banning the practice of keeping cetaceans in captivity in the country. The new legislation also prohibits the trade, breeding and […]
Trump Opens Hunting on National Wildlife Refuges
This week, Interior Secretary David Bernhardt released a statement: “President Trump is committed to expanding public access on public lands…” So far so good! “… and this proposal is executing on that directive by opening and increasing more access to hunting and fishing.” Sigh. Clearly Trump is (intentionally) missing the point. The American people want […]
The Great Insect Dying: A global look at a deepening crisis
In recent months a debate over whether a global insect apocalypse is underway has raged in the mainstream media and among researchers. To assess the range of scientific opinion, Mongabay interviewed 24 entomologists and other scientists working on six continents, in more than a dozen countries, to better determine what we know, what we don’t, […]
More Than 100 Exotic Animals Seized From Canadian Zoo
More than 100 exotic animals are being seized from a Canadian zoo after its owner was charged with animal cruelty and neglect. It was the first time in Canada that a zoo owner was charged with criminal animal cruelty, the Montreal Gazette reports. And it was the first time in Quebec that animal cruelty charges […]
Climate crisis may be a factor in tufted puffins die-off, study says
The death of thousands of tufted puffins in the Bering Sea may have been partly caused by the climate breakdown, according to a study. Between 3,150 and 8,500 seabirds died over a four-month period from October 2016, with hundreds of severely emaciated carcasses washed up on the beaches of the Pribilofs Islands in the southern […]