SPECIES

COMEDY
Jimmy Kimmel Asks People If They Care About Homo Sapiens, Proves We're All Doomed
By Lee Moran
Their answers are terrifying.
ENVIRONMENT
The Strange Story Behind The Animals We Know We Haven't Yet Discovered
By Ilana Strauss
"The more we look, the more species we find."
GREEN
Thumbing Through Our Planet’s Family Photo Album
By Nexus Media News, Contributor
Stories of Humans, Science and Society
The first step in conservation is for people to meet these animals.
ENVIRONMENT
Why Should You Care About Biodiversity?
By Lev Karasin, Contributor
Founder of the Karasin Group
Reversing the drastic decline in biodiversity is the most important goal for sustainable development. Biodiversity is the collection of species and the environment in which they inhabit. Biodiversity is the life in an ecosystem.
ENVIRONMENT
The end of coconut water? The world's trendiest nut is under threat of species collapse
By The Conversation Global, Contributor
The Conversation is a collaboration between editors and academ...
A yearly investment of about US$3 to US$5 million in public international research would be enough to address most of the
ENVIRONMENT
The Time To Save Tigers Is Today
By John F. Calvelli, Contributor
Vice President for International Policy, Wildlife Conservation...
While humans carry much blame for the decline of tigers, it is not too late for us to play a larger role in bringing the species back from the brink.
HEALTHY LIVING
How To Feed Humans? Like A Species
By David L. Katz, M.D., M.P.H., Contributor
Founder, True Health Initiative
We are a species. Perhaps that’s a bit of a blow to our modern, so-over-biology, Homo sapien arrogance; but it’s true just
SCIENCE
Why Endangered Species Can't Adapt
By Quora, Contributor
The best answer to any question
The higher fitness shapes are in red while the lower ones are blue. As the environment changes, that peak is going to flatten
RELIGION
On Religion
By Dana Sekhmet , Contributor
Humane
It is an irrefutable FACT that there are good people and bad people in every religion, and to protect someone you don't know
ENVIRONMENT
The Paris Climate Agreement: What Does it Mean for Animals - And How We Eat?
By Mia MacDonald, Contributor
Executive Director, Brighter Green
There's a flipside, however. It can be argued, with solid data, that intensive animal agriculture itself threatens food production
ENVIRONMENT
One In Six Species Could Disappear Due To Climate Change, New Study Finds
By Nick Visser
16 percent. "We haven't seen many extinctions yet, and I think that's because we're still in the area where climate is [playing
ENVIRONMENT
5 Measures of Conservation to Affordably Monitor Our Effectiveness
By David Wilkie, Contributor
Executive Director for Conservation Measures & Communities, Wi...
Most conservation practitioners would rather spend the next dollar raised on reducing threats than monitoring the effectiveness of their actions. Not surprisingly, few have ever attempted to gather scientifically credible data on any of the numerous exhaustive lists of indicators.
WELLNESS
Through Ebola's Eyes
By David L. Katz, M.D., M.P.H., Contributor
Founder, True Health Initiative
Predictably, this one case diagnosed here in the U.S. has resulted in a media feeding frenzy, rumination, recrimination, and the familiar blend of hyberbole and hysteria that tends to populate those infamous 15 minutes during which any given crisis holds our attention.
ENVIRONMENT
Balancing Nature and Human Needs on the Designer Ark
By David Wilkie, Contributor
Executive Director for Conservation Measures & Communities, Wi...
I can live with rabbits in my garden, even if I don't like them. Let's do all we can to people whose homes are in or around national parks and protected areas, to live with wildlife that they would likewise prefer to live without.
ENVIRONMENT
Review: A Window on Eternity, by E. O. Wilson
By David Edmund Moody, Contributor
Author, 'The Unconditioned Mind: J. Krishnamurti and the Oak G...
He confesses that he suffers from a "mild arachnophobia" -- so much so that he was unable to cope with and preserve a large and colorful orb spider that he had acquired with some difficulty, and instead simply opened the plastic bag and released it back into the wild.
IMPACT
This is What Community Health Looks Like: This Week in Daily Giving
By Ariel Nessel, Contributor
Co Founder of The Pollination Project
Martin Montgomery is member of the Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California who, along with the dedicated commitment of Brandi
ENVIRONMENT
E.O. Wilson: Preserving Biodiversity Is an Ethical Imperative
By Bill Chameides, Contributor
Dean, Duke University's Nicholas School of the Environment
Two schools of thought -- sometimes working in unison and sometimes at odds with each other -- have driven much of the environmental movement in the United States over the past 100+ years.
RELIGION
How to De-Seed a Pomegranate in Honor of Tu B'Shevat
By Beth Rosen, MS, RD, CDN, Contributor
A Non-Diet Registered Dietitian and a Health at Every Size® pr...
It is customary during Tu B'Shevat to eat a new fruit, or to eat one of the Seven Species mentioned in the Bible. Being that it is the New Year for trees, I thought it would be the perfect time to make a "tree" resolution. So, mine is to introduce a new fruit or vegetable at least once a month to my kids.
VIDEOS
Sixty New And Rare Species Found In Suriname
Scientists from Conservation International's Rapid Assessment Programme find a treasure trove of new and rare species including cocoa frog and lilliputian beetle in pristine forests and mountains.
ENVIRONMENT
Science Mag's 'Once and Future Climate Change' Coverage
By Bill Chameides, Contributor
Dean, Duke University's Nicholas School of the Environment
"Is the climate changing?" is not the big climate question one of the world's most respected scientific journals is seeking to address. Instead, the question they attempt to address is: What does climate change mean for us, for our ecosystems, for the globe?
ENVIRONMENT
De-extinction: A Lifeline or Pandora's Box?
By Jamie Clark, Contributor
Defenders of Wildlife President and CEO
It's amazing to think of the advances in genetic science and technology made during our lifetime. But when it comes to the idea of resurrecting a woolly mammoth via genetic wizardry in a laboratory, just because we can, does that mean that we should?
SCIENCE
Shark-Teeth Weapons Spotlight Loss Of Fish Species From Kiribati Reefs
"We're losing species before we even know that they existed," said study researcher Joshua Drew, an ichthyologist at Columbia
ENVIRONMENT
Radical Adventures Into the Rainforest
By David Edmund Moody, Contributor
Author, 'The Unconditioned Mind: J. Krishnamurti and the Oak G...
Stafford and Easton are both pioneers in a world where everything seems already to be known. Both found their way into the inner recesses of nature, and both came away radically changed by the experience.
SCIENCE
Hawaii Crabs: Millions Of Mysterious Animals Wash Ashore In Rare Event (VIDEO)
By Allie Compton
State wildlife experts told Hawaii News Now that the crabs may be washing up after rough seas left air bubbles in their shells
SCIENCE
Polar Bear DNA Study Shows Split From Brown Bears Earlier Than Previously Thought
The new German study contradicts data from a study published last July in the journal Current Biology that suggested polar
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