A study published in the Canadian journal, Facets recently, begins positively enough. It acknowledges that the thirty Canadian zoos and aquariums represented by CAZA, a private, non-profit charity, do try to be leaders in researching this field. And, they do take part in programs aimed at species survival by breeding animals in captivity, then re-introducing […]
Rapidly warming oceans have left many northern marine mammals swimming in troubled waters. But perhaps none more so than than the strange and mysterious “unicorn of the sea,” the narwhal.
An exhaustive new study estimates, habitat suitable to narwhals could shrink by a staggering twenty-five percent by century’s end. Thanks to manmade climate change, their watery home is warming faster than anywhere else on Earth. And, in a scant few decades, sea-ice, so vital to their survival, could be gone altogether during Arctic summers. Narwhals […]
Results of the Best Photo of the Month June 2020
We are delighted to announce the results of our latest photo competition. Rogerio Rodrigues wins First Prize for his outstanding image ‘Twin Brothers’. Larry Master wins Second Prize with “A Loving Mother’ and Third Prize goes to David Desrochers with ‘Coastal Brown Bear Sow Nursing Her Cubs’. Please give kudos to the photographers by leaving […]
VOTE for the Best Photo of the Month June 2020
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 VOTE button at the bottom of the page. […]
The plight of the “Short-Ear.” A wild dog in trouble
Whether famous or obscure, Earth’s wild creatures cannot hide from the hand of man. Scant months ago, more than a billion animals, including iconic kangaroos and cuddly koalas, perished in Australia’s calamitous bushfires, found by scientists to have been worsened by man-made climate change. Now, researchers say, one of Amazonia’s least-known species could be all […]
Save Boto – Pink River Dolphin Paradise
We live in pink river dolphin paradise. But some help from man would Be so nice. Our numbers decreasing, our World shrinking fast. Without your kind help, Our kind will not last.
World Oceans Week
A world of wonder, Where mysteries remain This magic place Has not been the same. We have sadly assumed this world Is forever, But if we do not change our ways This world will be for never. So please stand up for our waters Before it is too late We the earth mother’s sons and […]
I Look Upon The Chaos
I look upon the chaos below This is a world I do not want to know. Life is simple, loving is what it is all about. Caring for those in our orbit Not for screaming and shout. The hate and screed I do not understand Nor will i try We should all do our best […]