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Technology+Design

Bee Line

Crop-raiding elephants don’t mess with beehive fences

Culture+Health

Captive Breeding

Behind bars, prisoners work to rehabilitate endangered species

Business+Economics

A Feathered Nest

Bird diversity linked to increased home values

Flora+Fauna

Backfire

Protected status makes rare species more valuable to trophy hunters

Oceans

Dirty Laundry

Clothes washers are pumping plastic into the ocean

Technology+Design

In-Shoe Technology

A quick stroll could recharge your phone

Flora+Fauna

Body Count

Assessing the impact of bird collisions with television towers and skyscrapers

Oceans

Net Gain

Fishing regulations vastly reduce sea turtle deaths

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Corruption & Pollution
February 13, 2012

Corruption & Pollution

Bribes drive up greenhouse gas emissions

Bribes, kickbacks and under-the-table deals aren’t just fixtures of crime narratives. They can also be bad for the environment. A new analysis of data from more than 100 countries shows that rooting out corruption may be a powerful means to slow greenhouse gas emissions in the developing world.
It’s a story that would hardly […] Read More »

Pigeon Shoot
February 12, 2012

Pigeon Shoot

Conservationists eliminate pigeons from the Galápagos

Conservationists don’t often brag about driving a population to extinction. But the case of invasive pigeons in the Galapagos is an exception. A new report reveals how air-gun wielding researchers carried out their pigeon-icide, which they say is one of the most successful efforts of its kind.
Rock pigeons (Columba livia) — the same […] Read More »

Tree Fall
February 8, 2012

Tree Fall

Urban trees are disappearing in U.S.

Urban development may have thrown a kink into novelist Betty Smith’s central metaphor for life: It might not be so easy for a tree to grow in Brooklyn today. A new analysis of aerial photographs taken from above 20 cities shows an alarming and not-green trend. Trees seem to be dwindling across urban America. […] Read More »

Solemn Salmon Report
February 7, 2012

Solemn Salmon Report

California’s once vibrant salmon and trout populations may soon blink away

Quick on the heals of the U.S. 2010 census, scientists are also taking a tally of slippery creatures: California salmon. And the news isn’t good. Close to 77% of California’s distinct populations of salmon and trout could go extinct within the state by the end of the century, a new analysis suggests.
California, known […] Read More »

Rubber Worms
February 6, 2012

Rubber Worms

Storks have trouble telling worms and bands apart

Next time you shoot a rubber band, think about where it might end up. White Storks in France often snap up the stretchy strips, mistaking them for worms, a new study finds. Sometimes, the case of mistaken identity can be deadly.
“Contamination of the environment with nonedible items that mimic food can cause health […] Read More »

Leafy Calm
February 5, 2012

Leafy Calm

Access to greenery evens out stress hormones

Henry David Thoreau famously fled to a small cabin on Massachusetts’ Walden Pond to recoup his mental faculties. The American writer, it seems, didn’t just inspire generations of poets both good and bad. He also may have stumbled across a prescription for better health. A new study shows that even brief encounters with parks […] Read More »

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