Mexican wildlife officials have announced their plans to release Mexican wolves within walking distance of the U.S.-Mexico border with hopes of bolstering the faltering wild population.
Shuttle astronauts make last walk
Astronauts complete their third and final spacewalk of the current shuttle mission to the International Space Station.
Symposium on fisheries
The Central Institute of Fisheries Technology, in association with the Indian Society of Fisheries Technologists, Kochi, will be hosting the international symposium on Remote Sensing and Fisheries.
SA satellite company to sell equity to State by mid year
South African specialist microsatellite company Sun Space & Information Systems has been negotiating for the past two years with the government over the State buying equity in the company.
Indigenous Peoples Fight for Rights, Buoyed by New Report
A grandmother of seven, Colleen Swan, along with 400 members of her Eskimo community are preparing to leave their homes on the 8-mile barrier reef off the coast of the Chukchi Sea in Alaska.
Fluffy lambs, meat and hypocrisy
A headteacher who didn’t want children to be ignorant about the link between animals and food was unfairly hounded out of a job.
Book review: 'The Whale' by Philip Hoare
Philip Hoare’s “The Whale” is equal parts almanac, literary study, celebration, elegy, eulogy and literary travel essay.
E-Waste Finds New Life in Medals for 2010 Winter Olympics
The medals that will honor winning athletes at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver will be the first in history to contain gold, silver and copper recovered from electronics otherwise destined for the landfill. …Read more at the original article here (This article was syndicated in an earlier version of the Earthzine website, but is no longer reproduced here. … Read More
Week in wildlife
Images of wildlife for the week of February 8th, 2010.
Group Hands Out 100,000 Endangered Species Condoms for Valentine's Day
Free condoms, packaged to show the connection between human overpopulation and threats to biodiversity, are the Center for Biological Diversity’s Valentine’s gift to Americans.