The word eco has been used so cheaply by tourism marketing strategies that probably you and I are unlikely to believe it anymore. In many projects ecotourism today is akin to green washing.
During the United Nations' International Year of...
Archive - March 2007
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Most people did and the RSPB's Big Garden Birdwatch 2007 results, have confirmed their sightings.
Milder winter temperatures across Europe and bumper fruit crops in hedgerows and woodlands meant more birds did their feeding in the countryside...
Sand Mountain consists of a 600-foot high mound of sand that stretches for two miles. Located about 25 miles east of Fallon it is a tempting destination for off road vehicle enthusiasts and dune buggies.
Though this region might appear desolate and...
Inca Dove (Columbina inca) is a tiny long tailed dove with a scaly gray body and has rofous-colored wings easily seen when they fly. It has a distinctive fish like pattern on their breast, head and black feathers. It's a small dove measuring a petite 7-9...
The grizzly bear has been taken out of the list of endangered species in the Yellowstone National Park area by the US Fish and wildlife service. The large brownish-yellow animal can grow to weigh over 600 kilograms.
It was added to the list in...
In Antarctica's Ross Sea, a fishing boat caught what is likely the world's biggest known colossal squid. It weighs in at 1,089 pounds and measures 33 feet in length. Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoniia is the scientific name of the giant squid. It has...
The beauty and elegance of whales and dolphins have always fascinated us. Watching whales is promoted as an important means of increasing the environmental awareness of the public.
The Canary Islands has large number of whale and dolphin species....
You would be surprised to know that this is very much true. It's the middlemen and not the poachers who profit as much from the ivory tusks of killed African elephants. Greed and not poverty is pushing poachers to kill!
Zakouma, a remote region...
Imagine visiting a Harley Farm in spring, when you will be able to hold newborn baby goats in green pastures.
That to be followed by an amazing tour of the milking area, to the kitchen where the milk is pasteurized in a steel vat and the curds...
Feral camels in the country are becoming desperate due to the shortage of water in drought-ridden Australia. Camels "mad with thirst" had recently rampaged through the Western Desert community of Warakurna, damaging toilets, taps and air...
Self-cleaning "ecological" pools use microorganisms and aquatic plants to filter the water and prevent algal growth, and are designed to attract wildlife, such as dragonflies and butterflies. They do not taste and smell of chlorine but are like...
With global warming, snow in lower altitudes has reduced. As a result, more people are taking to the back country, high-altitude alpine sports, recent research indicates that this may be causing stress to many alpine species.
Off-trail skiing,...
An elephant's social life, in many ways, revolves around breeding and raising of the calves. Humans selfishly take away these very calves from the live wild herds to train and tame them for safari use. Hopefully these new rules will be a thorn in...
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