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Elephant Shocked by Electric Wire Kills Circus Worker
April 10, 2010 — A circus elephant in Pennsylvania is reported to have killed it’s trainer accidentally after coming into contact with an electric wire. To read full article visit:...
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India Steps Up to Protect its Tigers
A new tracking system has been implemented in India to help track endangered tigers. Officials are cracking down on “lazy” wildlife guards who’ve been known to invent tiger survey data, instead of...
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Oil spill the size of Jamaica threatens the Gulf Coast.
The oil from the massive spill in the Gulf of Mexico has reached the coast today, threatening fragile fisheries and wildlife along the Gulf Coast. The oil spill, which is oozing 200,000 gallons per...
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Jamaica-sized Oil Spill Threatens the Gulf Coast
The oil from the massive spill in the Gulf of Mexico has reached the coast today, threatening fragile fisheries and wildlife along the Gulf Coast. The oil spill, which is oozing 200,000 gallons per...
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In wake of white shark's death, Aquarium launches "Must Love Sharks" campaign.
A female great white shark found tangled in a fish net near Baja, California on Tuesday, May 11th turned out to be a shark the Monterey Bay Aquarium successfully kept on exhibit for 69 days before...
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NOAA: Oil Tendril 'Likely' Headed Into Loop Current
A “small portion” of oil sheen from the giant oil slick in the Gulf of Mexico has entered the powerful “Loop Current,” the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) said on Wednesday. The...
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Senate Gets a Climate and Energy Bill, Modified by a Gulf Spill That Still Grows
The bill’s overall goal is to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions by 17 percent (compared with 2005 levels) by 2020, and by 83 percent by 2050. The targets match those in a House bill passed last year and...
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Norway to provide Indonesia with $1 billion to protect rainforests
Norway will provide up to $1 billion to Indonesia to help reduce deforestation and forest degradation, reports The Jakarta Post. The agreement comes two years after Norway pledged $1 billion to Brazil...
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Manta Ray Maybe Next on the Menu
With shark number plummeting, Asian chefs are starting to turn to the shark’s cartilaginous cousin, the manta ray, as a substitute in shark fin soup. For more about this story, go to...
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Living a Waste-Free Life
There is a a growing movement of people choosing to live a life without packaging. Side effects may include: living healthier (due all the fresh food that comes package-free) and a cleaner and less...
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June 8th is World Oceans Day!
Recognized by the United Nations, World Oceans Day presents individuals across the globe with an opportunity to reflect on the ocean’s importance, take time to do something good for our planet, and...
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Congratulations to Hawaii for stepping up to outlaw shark finning
Hawaii becomes the first state (hopefully, the first of 50) to officially outlaw the possession of shark fins. 32% of open ocean shark species are in danger of extinction due to overfishing of sharks,...
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Extinction now threatens over 60% of the world's penguins
Many factors have helped put 60% of the world’s 18 species of penguin on the endangered species list. Climate change and habitat destruction are some of the significant threats, but the biggest threat...
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The future of wolves in Montana and Idaho
A federal judge in Missoula, Montana hears arguments to determine whether gray wolves in Montana and Idaho should be protected once more under the Endangered Species Act. To learn the entire story, go...
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Sharks smell in stereo
The mystery of why sharks can smell a drop of blood a quarter mile away has been solved. Research shows shark noses use ‘smell stereo’ to detect tiny half-second delays in the time that odors take to...
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East African chimpanzees now have a 10-year plan
Fifty thousand chimps stand to gain protection from illegal hunting, habitat loss, disease, and pet trafficking due to a 10 year action plan being developed by nations in East and Central Africa. For...
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Volunteers race to save a entire generation of turtles from the Gulf Coast...
Almost 70,000 eggs will be carefully dug up and relocated to beaches on Florida’s Atlantic Coast. The turtles most at risk include loggerheads, Kemp’s ridley, green, and leatherback sea turtles. Many...
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Ocean Footage Contributer Jonathan Bird’s “Blue World” Honored with Four Emmy...
Jonathan Bird Productions is pleased to announced that the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, Boston/New England Chapter, has honored the series Jonathan Bird’s Blue World with four 2012...
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