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Archive for ‘April, 2013’

  • Introducing the Whale Sanctuary Project

    This blog is taking a break for the next few months so that I can devote my energies to the Whale Sanctuary Project. Here's why.

  • Is the Sloth Sanctuary a Zoo?

    The Sloth Sanctuary in Costa Rica was the first of its kind for these wonderfully engaging animals, and it was a model for others that followed. But questions have arisen. And…

  • Tafi Atome Monkey Sanctuary

    Tafi Atome looks like a typical forest in Ghana. The monkeys have been revered in this village for two centuries. But being “sacred” is no guarantee of survival.

  • The Great Irony of Animal “Rights”

    The great irony of the animal rights movement is there is still only one species that has any rights at all: humans. But the Nonhuman Rights Project is setting out to change that.

  • Why Mass Extinction Is Part of Human Nature

    Why would a supposedly “intelligent” species behave in a way that’s bringing about a mass extinction – one that will likely take us down along with so many other animals?

    U.K. Astronomer Royal: Is This Our Final Century?

    Britain’s Astronomer Royal is setting up an organization to study the risks posed to ourselves and our planet by modern technology.

    “Nature has value in its own right,” he says. “So it’s imperative to do what we can to preserve the natural world, and this has to go beyond any human self-interest.”

    H7N9 Has Escaped from China

    At a briefing in Beijing yesterday, Dr. Keiji Fukuda, an assistant director general at the World Health Organization, called H7N9 “definitely one of the most lethal influenza viruses we’ve seen.”

    He added that “the potential development of human-to-human spread cannot be ruled out.”

    Sands of Time

    One day, about 185 million years ago, some dinosaurs wandered down to a small oasis in the desert, about 20 miles from where I live. There…