At the Sahrawi refugee camps in Algeria, trash used to build up, with nowhere to go but a growing pile in the Sahara desert. That was, until an organization called Precious Plastic teamed up with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees as well as residents in the camps. Together, they created a recycling center […]
A 4-month-old baby giraffe has a new lease on life at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park in Escondido, California, thanks to a brace devised by doctors specializing in human medicine. Msituni, which means “in the forest” in Swahili, was born on February 1 with a life-threatening abnormality. A hyperextension of the carpi (similar in
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Japan, a longtime leader in global technology, has engineered an innovative system that harnesses the power of ocean currents to produce a consistent, renewable source of green energy. According to Bloomberg, the giant subsea turbine, made by IHI Corp., has been in the works for over a decade. Recently, the heavy equipment manufacturer based out
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A rare albino Galapagos giant tortoise has made its public debut at a Swiss zoo. This unique baby reptile hatched on May 1 in an incubator at the Tropiquarium, a zoo in Servion, Switzerland, Reuters reports. The young animal, which debuted earlier this month, also has a sibling that hatched a few days later, on
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Time spent in nature has long been lauded as a tonic for the mind and soul. And a recent study published by Environment International suggests that living within 300 meters (roughly 984 feet) of public urban green spaces, like parks and wooded areas, is better for your body, too. According to the research, being in
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Stephanie Hongo is a big believer in doing what you love — and she’s proof that the philosophy can lead to success. When the Connecticut-based artist quit a job she hated about five years ago, she was left trying to figure out how to make a living from her work. Inspired by a fellow artist
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Light-up ocean fishing nets could be a possible solution to saving the lives of endangered and vulnerable marine wildlife around the world. An illuminating study found that attaching LED lights to ocean gillnets drastically reduced total fisheries bycatch, or unintentionally caught species, by 63% — and still maintained the catch rates of targeted fish, according
Speed walking isn’t exactly an option for sloths, which is why these animals have always relied upon a dense forest canopy to navigate their natural habitat safely. An abundance of trees has historically kept sloths relatively protected from threats like cars, electricity lines, and ground-dwelling predators. But humans have been encroaching upon sloth habitats in
While you sun, swim, and snorkel in the ocean this summer, scientists are working deep beneath the surface to protect some of its most precious marine life from becoming bycatch. Gillnets are the tool of choice for catching many species, from salmon to cod to tuna. But these mesh fishing nets are nearly invisible in
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Meet Ross and Hugo Turner, a.k.a. The Turner Twins. They’re professional adventurers who’ve rowed across the Atlantic (netting the duo two world records), scaled Mount Elbrus in Russia, and have traveled to four of the world’s Continental Poles of Inaccessibility — by bicycle and paramotor, no less — to list but a few of their
