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
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
A forest elephant family photographed in the Congo. Forest elephants are the lesser-known cousins of the savannah elephant, and are restricted to the dense jungles of the Congo Basin in Central Africa. A recent study by the Wildlife Conservation Society … Continue reading
Behind the scenes, elephant trainer Tim Frisco instructs would-be trainers how to dominate elephants and make them perform circus tricks. “Sink that hook into ’em. When you hear that screaming, then you know you got their attention.” An elephant trumpets … Continue reading
In the times when global warming is the issue in every people’s mouth, with the help of their donors RAN frequently runs full page advertisements in national newspapers and magazines. The problem now is that we need solutions, awareness is … Continue reading
Seafood lovers have a lot of concerns: Wild-caught or farm-raised fish? Sustainably harvested or whatever is fresh? High mercury levels? The good news is that for most adults—save for those pregnant or nursing—a recent Harvard School of Public Health study … Continue reading
The act of mating with a species other than your own may not be as ill advised or peculiar as it seems. Recent research indicates that hybridization is not only widespread in nature but it might also spawn many more … Continue reading