Nov 30, 2016 12:33PM
Factors as diverse as island rats and cats, overfishing and plastic products are putting a third of all North American bird species at risk of extinction.
This year scientists discovered a new whale species in the Bering Sea and long-living orcas in the Pacific, even as dolphins in China, Hong Kong and Gulf of California waters are rapidly disappearing.
China is using a campaign by Hollywood icons Arnold Schwarzenegger and James Cameron.to urge its citizens to eat half as much meat.
In literally groundbreaking news, photovoltaic pavers are to grace a sidewalk section of a rest stop on iconic Route 66.
The risk of humans disappearing from the Earth is estimated at one-tenth of a percent every year, say environmental biologists, but rising temperatures and populations may push that probability up to 3 percent.
In the last 33 years, one quarter to a half of Earth’s vegetated lands have become more dense with living plants, which can help counter rising carbon emission levels.
To protect its traditional seeds and agriculture, Venezuela has passed perhaps the toughest law in the world regulating the use and research of genetically modified organisms.
Products linked to deforestation will no longer be purchased by Norway’s public agencies.
An Ontario hospital allows patients’ cats and dogs, once thoroughly scrubbed, to visit them for an hour each week.
Nov 30, 2016 12:33PM ● By Aimee Hughes
Guidance from a personal trainer, clear goals and an ability to forgive our own slip-ups are key to staying on track with an exercise program.
