Help our Insects ▹ Join the Somerville Pollinator Project!
Helping our Urban Insects » Join the Somerville Pollinator Project! Insects are in trouble, but we can do something about it right where we live! Join us and help our community pollinators, the scientists who study them and all of ...
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Plant Blindness & the Extinction Crisis
‘Plant blindness’ is obscuring the extinction crisis for non-animal species Up to a million species may go extinct due to human activity according to a recent report, some within decades. We all know the mammals in trouble – polar bears, ...
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How Birders Helped Pinpoint Hotspots for Migratory Bird Conservation
How birders helped pinpoint hotspots for migratory bird conservation Many bird populations are crashing, largely because they migrate such long distances and are at risk from human influence at every link in their migratory chain. One favourite, the tiny Canada ...
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2019 City Nature Challenge
Ready for the 2019 City Nature Challenge? We Certainly Are! Between April 26th and 29th, about 170 cities in 29 countries will be competing worldwide to see who can make the most observations of nature, find the most species, and engage ...
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Cub Petting: Cute and Harmful…
Before considering cub petting or volunteering in a facility that allows close interactions with cubs, pause, research and think about the consequences... A vast number of animal lovers choose to 'volunteer' at cat parks and sanctuaries that are nothing else ...
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Wild Encountering with the Last “Man’s Messengers to the Gods”
"In the majestic Mongolian landscape, where the vast grasslands meet the endless dunes, herds of horses rove. Neither tethered nor constrained by fencing, they run and graze on the arid, windswept steppes..." —Jane Palmer Wild Encounter with the Last "Man’s ...
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Ten Years After The Crisis, What Is Happening To The World’s Bees?
Ten years after the crisis, what is happening to the world's bees? Ten years ago, beekeepers in the United States raised the alarm that thousands of their hives were mysteriously empty of bees. What followed was global concern over a ...
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Being a Grebe Guardian in Patagonia
Being a Grebe Guardian in Patagonia After having volunteered abroad on several occasions, I felt I owed it to my country and to myself to do something in Argentina. Without searching very hard, The Hooded Grebe Project came across. And ...
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The Plight of the Great Green
The Plight of the Great Green Many species are facing rapidly declining numbers for a variety of different reasons. Habitat loss, climate change, poaching, are a few of the issues that many species are facing on a daily basis. Bringing ...
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