World Governments Failing Their Biodiversity Commitments – Pressure On Species Just Increasing

Since 1970, non-human animal populations have declined by 30%. Photo: Photo8.com via flickr.

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Photographer David Liittschwager Documents Amazing Biodiversity Found in ‘One Cubic Foot’

A sampling of the species found around a coral reef in French Polynesia. Photo by David Liittschwager via National Geographic . Even a small patch of dirt in the middle of a big city can be full of natural wonders — if you look closely enough

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Pre-Dinosaur Era Plant Specimens Brazenly Stolen

This photo, via The Telegraph , shows just how difficult it is to move one of the large, primitive cycads. Important specimens from one of the world´s oldest and rarest species of plant were stolen last weekend, covert ops style, from a botanical garden in South Africa

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Nitrogen’s Impact on Public Health

Image credit: Grist Imagine a hot summer day in a town surrounded by glistening pools of water. Now imagine that no one is swimming—that they can’t because the water has been contaminated with a potentially dangerous, yet common, pollutant. For many, this terrible thought is a reality and the culprit is nitrate…

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Reforestation in Brazil’s Atlantic Forest Could Help Biodiversity Recover

A lush valley in the Atlantic Forest. Photo by de Paula FJ vie Flickr. Guest blogger Cara Smusiak is a journalist and regular contributor to NaturallySavvy.com ’s Naturally Green section.

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Will Human Beings Save Their Primate Cousins?

There are less than 300 Cross River gorillas in the wild. At the time this was written there were 6,803,449,018 human beings on the planet

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Will Human Beings Save Their Primate Cousins?

John McCain: He Was For Climate Action Before He Was Against It

Arizona Senator John McCain, who is facing a primary challenge from uber conservative J.D.

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EU May Classify Palm Oil Plantations as ‘Forests’ in Sustainable Biofuels Scheme

Oil palm fruit; photo: fitri agung via flickr.

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Lower Biodiversity Means Fewer Bees – Restricted Diet Weakens Their Immune System

photo: John via flickr. Another twist in the colony collapse disorder saga, courtesy the BBC .

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Lower Biodiversity Means Fewer Bees – Restricted Diet Weakens Their Immune System

Incredible New Species Discovered in Ecuador

Photo via Paul Hamilton / RAEI One look at a newly discovered species of gecko, small enough at its full-grown size to rest comfortably on the eraser of a pencil, and it’s difficult not to be mesmerized by the seemingly boundless forms of biological diversity–while simultaneously reminded of its fragility. For the last seven years, the Ecuadorian Biodiversity Project has scoured the Amazon to observe and record the rainforest’s unique wildlife, and to draw attention to the imperiled ecosystem in which they live. So far, the organization has c…

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