Comic Series: New forest, not home
Nov21

Comic Series: New forest, not home

By Ariel Mark A comic inspired by Mongabay’s article: Malaysia has the world’s highest deforestation rate, reveals Google forest map

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Bouba the (Andean) bear joins the WCS Queen’s Zoo
Nov21

Bouba the (Andean) bear joins the WCS Queen’s Zoo

The Andean bear (Tremarctos ornatus) is the only endemic bear on the continent of South America.  The IUCN lists the species as Vulnerable to risk of extinction, with habitat loss and hunting as drivers behind its dwindling numbers.  This elegant species is sometimes referred to as the spectacled bear due to occasional markings around the eyes that resemble glasses. The Wildlife Conservation Society’s Queens Zoo has welcomed an...

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Book Summary: Our Beautiful, Fragile World
Nov14

Book Summary: Our Beautiful, Fragile World

By Peter Essick Our Beautiful, Fragile World: The Nature and Environmental Photographs of Peter Essick Our Beautiful, Fragile World features a career-spanning look at the images of photojournalist Peter Essick taken while on assignment for National Geographic magazine. In this book, Essick showcases a diverse series of photographs from some of the most beautiful natural areas in the world and documents major contemporary environmental...

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Meet Max: the 285 lbs baby
Nov07

Meet Max: the 285 lbs baby

A 285 lbs baby Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), that is. Max was on his feet in just a few minutes and entertaining his keepers and elephant family with his independent and playful nature. Max is now three weeks old and zookeeper Stefan Groeneveld said: “[He] has come on so much in just three weeks and is already showing an independent streak. He’ll happily leave his mum’s side to go and play in the paddock with the rest of the...

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