The United States Navy is planning on constructing a jet landing field in eastern North Carolina within 3.5 miles of the Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge, one of the most critical wintering grounds for waterfowl in the Atlantic Flyway and … Continue reading
Have you ever wondered how much water and energy your family uses each day? Conserving Earth’s natural resources means knowing your ecological footprint – the impact your lifestyle has on the planet – and how to minimize it. Here are … Continue reading
Excerpted from the National Wildlife Federation’s “Attracting Birds, Butterflies and Other Backyard Wildlife” by David Mizejewski Imagine a child growing up without having the opportunity to watch a tadpole changing into a frog, to smell a wildflower, or to wade … Continue reading
Photo Source: Badgerland At least five times a year, Pauline Kidner receives a most unusual package: an orphaned badger cub. This time, it’s little Chestnut, an infant of about five or six weeks old. Somewhat battered and worse for the … Continue reading
PETA fired off a letter to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) demanding that it begin protecting animals raised for the bloody fur trade after PETA investigators on a fur farm in Midland, Michigan, saw chinchillas who were being electrocuted, … Continue reading
Comfortably seated in your chair, you turn on the computer, enter a hunting field, adjust your mouse on a deer which is grazing quietly and click. The deer falls on the ground. After a few days, a courier rings the … Continue reading
Google.org engages Google’s talent, technology and resources to address some of the globe’s most difficult challenges. We’re currently exploring the best approaches and solutions for significant, positive impact in the areas of: Global Development: develop scalable, sustainable solutions to poverty … Continue reading