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Our mission, as a grassroots environmental organization, is dedicated to protecting our planet with the direct participation and support from people like yourself.
We educate and provide solutions to the alarming effects of what human activity is having on the earth. For example, we know of approximately 1,000 species that have gone extinct in the past 500 years, from the woodland bison of West Virginia and Arizona’s Merriam’s elk to the Rocky Mountain grasshopper. Over half of the worlds remaining populations of animal species have disappeared since 1970. Habitat destruction caused by humans has resulted in one third of all life on Earth now being threatened or endangered, and this doesn’t take into account the thousands of species that disappeared before scientists had a chance to describe them.
This is especially more disturbing when considering the greatest danger to our planet is the belief that someone else will save it. That's why we need everyone to get involved, for each of us has a role to play in saving and protecting the life on our planet —including our own life.
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SAVANNAH, Ga. — The winter calving season for critically endangered right whales has nearly ended with zero newborns spotted in the past four months — a reproductive drought that scientists who study the fragile species haven’t seen in three decades. Survey flights to look for mother-and-calf pairs off the Atlantic …
In late 1992, 1,700 scientists from around the world issued a dire “warning to humanity.” They said humans had pushed Earth’s ecosystems to their breaking point and were well on the way to ruining the planet. The letter listed environmental impacts like they were biblical plagues — stratospheric ozone depletion, air …
The Department of Natural Resources sold large portions of Indiana’s Yellowwood State Park to a logging company this week, despite the fact that people interested in conserving the forest offered considerably more money. On Thursday, an auction of the forest was won by Hamilton Logging of Sullivan County for just …
In the Wake of Fukushima: Radiocesium Inventories of Selected North Pacific Fish Thirteen commonly consumed types of fish caught in the North Pacific and locally available in Hawaii were analyzed using gamma spectroscopy to measure Fukushima-derived and historic 134 Cs and 137 Cs isotopes. All fish samples had detectable 137 …
Seattle Times, Nov 7, 2017 (emphasis added): Gulf of Alaska cod populations appear to have nose-dived, a collapse fishery scientists believe is linked to warm water. . . “They get weak and die or get eaten by something else,” said [NOAA’s Steve Barbeaux]. . . The 2017 trawl net survey …
RARE images have given a glimpse inside the “Doomsday” vault which holds seeds for all the agriculture the world needs in case of a catastrophic disaster. The Svalbard Global Seed Vault, located on an Arctic island near Norway, can withstand a nuclear strike and houses more than two billion seeds. …
AFTER 3.5bn years, it’s official, the end of the world is finally upon us and leading scientists have claimed its just 100 years away and we’re the ones to blame. Experts today sounded the death knell for life on Earth warning we are devastatingly closed to reaching an evolutionary “tipping …
The world is a dangerous place for bats. Although they provide vital environmental and economic services, bat populations are declining around the globe, largely as a result of human activity. Such an example, is the plight of Fruit bats which have a brutally hard life in Sulawesi, an orchid-shaped island …
Introduction The natural history of a wildlife species provides critical information for wildlife rehabilitators providing care for young and adult animals. Yet many wildlife rehabilitation training programs focus on other rehabilitation fundamentals, such as first aid, generic diets, caging, and zoonoses and only give limited attention to natural history. Natural …
What is rabies? Rabies (Lyssavirus) is an infectious disease that affects the central nervous system in mammals. It’s transmitted through the saliva a few days before death when the animal “sheds” the virus. Rabies is not transmitted through the blood, urine, or feces of an infected animal, nor is it …
Squirrels are rather ubiquitous creates in parks and woods. Like all animals, squirrels are vulnerable to disease. Viral and bacterial pathogens in their habitat can induce disease, sometimes fatally. Squirrels in captivity may enjoy the benefit of veterinary care, but those in the wild are left to fend for themselves. …
The short answer is “No” squirrels do not carry rabies. Now, if the question were asked, “Can squirrels get rabies?,” the answer would be “Yes,” however their chances of contracting it is slim to none. In order for a squirrel to get rabies, it would have to hang around with …
