In a time of anti-Islamic sentiment in Britain, it is important to remember that in the last century alone, hundreds of thousands of Muslims volunteered to fight for Britain — especially during World Wars I and II — with many sacrificing their lives. 70 years ago marked the death of an especially gutsy and unlikely war hero — a woman who was a Muslim princess.
A 40-seat airport shuttle bus in Britain is making headlines for running on human sewage and food waste, while cutting emissions by 30 percent using the odorless biogas.
Solar power in the UK almost doubled in 2014, with total installations on homes, businesses, and even bridges, surpassing 650,000, according to year end figures from the Department of Energy and Climate Change.
Kyle De Souza created the first Masaai night school in East Africa, where he spent seven months building solar and wind infrastructure that could power the lights for villagers who must work in the fields during daylight hours in one of the most impoverished communities in the world.
With its striking black and white plumage and elegant upturned bill, the avocet is one of the most distinctive birds. It's also a great conservation success story for Britain's Royal Society for the Protection of Birds.
In the 1980's Indiana wildlife officials imported 73 eagle chicks to raise in artificial nests at Lake Monroe, for eventually release into the wild. Today more than 200 eagles reside in Indiana, a number not seen in more than 100 years.
Last week wildlife officials in Wisconsin celebrated the birth of two whooping crane chicks marking the first time in over 100 years that a whooping crane has hatched in the wild in the Midwest.
The Manipur Bush-Quail is known to be shy. It is also believed to have been extinct for nearly 80 years. A prominent ornithologist has made history by sighting this shy little bird in the north-eastern Indian state of Assam.
A World Wildlife Fund report this week says that efforts to save pandas and tigers and gorillas can also reduce poverty and improve the lives of local communities in rural areas.
A Condor nest has been spotted in Northern California for the first time in 100 years. It is believed to contain an egg. Population levels have increased tenfold in recent decades thanks to condor recovery efforts, but this is the first time since 1905 that an active nest appeared in the Big Sur area. KTVU […]
Brazil enacted protections for the coral reefs which are the biologically richest in the South Atlantic. A buffer zone was created around the Abrolhos National Marine Park involving nearly 95,000 square kilometers â€" an area larger than Portugal.
The first birth of Amur tiger cubs in over a century has been reported in southeast Siberia, according to WWF.
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