On the flood plains of the Brahmaputra River in Assam, India, lies Kaziranga National Park, one of the last areas in the eastern part of the country to be undisturbed by human presence. Here, the world’s largest population of one-horned rhinoceroses (Rhinoceros unicornis) — along with bears, elephants, panthers, highly endangered swamp deer, tigers, more [...]
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Are Fences the Last, Best Hope for African Lions?
“Good fences make good neighbors” is a mid-seventeenth-century proverb, popularized by author Robert Frost in his 1914 poem “Mending Wall.” According to a new report published last week, that may just be the case — especially if your neighbors are lions. In the next twenty to forty years, it’s estimated that nearly half of Africa’s [...]
Could New Animal ID Software Aid in Conservation Efforts?
Identifying individuals within a group is vital for wildlife ecologists. Following a specific animal can help scientists understand the social interactions, migratory routes, preferred habitats, behaviors within certain settings, life spans, and reproduction rates of various species. But distinguishing one animal from another in a group is often difficult. Many methods have been devised, such [...]
Changing Minds with “Chasing Ice”
Not since Al Gore’s 2006 film An Inconvenient Truth has such a powerful documentary feature film come out about the Earth’s changing climate. In the recently released Chasing Ice, National Geographic photographer James Balog trains revolutionary, time-lapse cameras on glaciers in Greenland, Iceland, Alaska, and Glacier National Park in order to capture a multiyear, undeniable [...]
Concern for the Environment Reaches a New Low
The exhausting November 2012 presidential election is finally over. Now we Americans begin what can be another long and involved phase: analysis of that election. One recent item to come out of this process is a Gallup poll taken in March 2012 that showed that Americans’ concerns about air and drinking water pollution had sunk [...]
