Conservation

Nick Stockton Science Mutant Plants Suck Toxic TNT (Yes, That TNT) Out of Soil You love explosions, I love explosions, everybody loves explosions. Well…explosions where nobody gets hurt and nothing …

India gets world’s first 100% solar-powered airport Cochin, Kerala boasts a 12 MW solar farm. Where better to spread energy awareness? By: Sami Grover August 25, 2015, 1:56 p.m. The …

Remarkable timelapse of Mt Kenya BBC Earth films atop Africa’s second highest mountain 18 August 2015 Enchanted Kingdom At high altitude in Africa, a BBC Earth film crew went to …

Enigma of the trees that resist wildfires By Alejandra Martins BBC Mundo 1 September 2015 Scientists are investigating whether the trees could provide a buffer zone to hinder the spread …

gatesnotes The blog of Bill Gates  Who Will Suffer Most From Climate Change? (Hint: Not You)   [embedplusvideo height=”395″ width=”650″ editlink=”http://bit.ly/1Oe5SgH” standard=”http://www.youtube.com/v/CyXyy8aFEqY?fs=1&vq=hd720″ vars=”ytid=CyXyy8aFEqY&width=650&height=395&start=&stop=&rs=w&hd=1&autoplay=0&react=1&chapters=&notes=” id=”ep1452″ /] By Bill Gates  September 1, …

Warming Oceans Putting Marine Life ‘In a Blender’ A lobsterman threw back a lobster near Mount Desert, Me. in 2012. The catch in the area has reached record highs. Credit …

  Exploring the ‘Island of Lemurs: Madagascar’  [embedplusvideo height=”283″ width=”650″ editlink=”http://bit.ly/1LVWb99″ standard=”http://www.youtube.com/v/6eaTBoqpNEg?fs=1″ vars=”ytid=6eaTBoqpNEg&width=650&height=283&start=&stop=&rs=w&hd=0&autoplay=0&react=1&chapters=&notes=” id=”ep8644″ /]  Filmmakers got creative, even used a hot air balloon, to capture incredible footage for IMAX …

Plant Invaders [embedplusvideo height=”283″ width=”650″ editlink=”http://bit.ly/1hzATRs” standard=”http://www.youtube.com/v/bRpdPLkzl1E?fs=1″ vars=”ytid=bRpdPLkzl1E&width=650&height=283&start=&stop=&rs=w&hd=0&autoplay=0&react=1&chapters=&notes=” id=”ep2441″ /] Should we be worried about invasion by plants? Almost 4% of the plant species on earth can be found growing …

TIME Science climate change Sea Levels Are 3 Inches Higher Than They Were in 1992 Getty Images Tanya Basu @mstanyabasu  –  Aug. 26, 2015 “It’s very likely to get worse …

Welcome to the Gibbon Specialist Group, otherwise known as the IUCN SSC Primate Specialist Group’s Section on Small Apes (SSA). The SSA is a group of gibbon experts from around …