Category: News
Conservation in Maine: where progress is happening
When it comes to saving the environment, there has been a lot of governmental push-backs. Through the spread of disinformation, if not downright lies, that…
Incredible glowing ocean organisms
Bioluminescence is one of the most amazing phenomena in nature. There are small organisms and creatures that live in the ocean that have the ability to…
Uluru Rock: What made Australia shut it down?
Uluru Rock is a landmark in Australia, a massive sandstone formation situated in the Northern Territory of central Australia. The rock is 2,831 feet high…
Taking on nature: reimagining Olympic National Park
Back in 2010, a wild mountain goat in Olympic National Park in Port Angeles, Washington, gored a 63-year-old hiker so badly that it hit an…
Fate of the Walrus: What happens if it isn’t put on the endangered species list
The Endangered Species Act was created in the United States in 1973 as a way of helping in the conservation of various species whose populations…
Return of the Wolf: the reappearance of wolves in North America
In traditional fairy tales, we hear many stories about wolves preying on the innocent, from little girls wandering in the woods to pigs trying to…
Survival: amazing stories of human resourcefulness
Stories of survival fascinate most people, and this is probably because few of us are ever placed in the situation where we are required to…
Lab-grown genetically modified mosquitoes to be released in 2018
No one likes annoying mosquito bites, the itching, and scratching, and the terrible red skin afterwards. The worst thing that can happen from a bite…
Mosquitoes released in Brazil to fight dengue fever
Dengue fever sounds like some rare and exotic disease, but the truth is that it affects about 20,000 Americans a year. Without a doubt, however,…
Incredible story of SPOT’s 4,000th rescue
Michael Herrera is a retired firefighter and a fan of the SPOT device. This enabled a speedy rescue after he crashed his motorcycle when he…