Common Human Antibiotic Can Heal Coral Diseases - 95% Success Rate With Amoxicillin
The common antibiotic Amoxicillin was used to treat disease-infected coral in Florida and shows great promise.
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Coveted Ranch Near San Francisco to Become Sprawling New Nature Preserve with Hiking Trails
The Conservation Fund purchased a 3,654-acre ranch near San Jose, with plans to convert it into a new nature preserve with hiking trails.
'Chimpanzee' Film a True Story of Orphaned Chimp Adopted by 'Uncle'
Animal activist Jane Goodall collaborated with Disney on the new movie Chimpanzee. The film tells the story of an adorable chimp named Oscar who is left orphaned after his mother is killed. Filmed in the wild over a four-year period, documentary cameras were poised waiting for something to happen among a large family of chimps. Something amazing did happen.
'Chimpanzee' Film a True Story of Orphaned Chimp Adopted by 'Uncle'
Animal activist Jane Goodall collaborated with Disney on the new movie Chimpanzee. The film tells the story of an adorable chimp named Oscar who is left orphaned after his mother is killed. Filmed in the wild over a four-year period, documentary cameras were poised waiting for something to happen among a large family of chimps. Something amazing did happen.
Bolivia Designates World's Largest Protected Wetland
The Bolivian government recently created the largest protected wetland in the world - an area bigger than the Netherlands and Belgium combined, more than 17 million acres (6.9m hectares). The Llanos De Moxos wetland is prized for its rich natural diversity, as the home to 131 species of mammals, 568 types of birds, and 625 fish species. Several species - including the giant otter and the Bolivian river dolphin - have been identified as vulnerable, endangered or at critical risk of extinction.
Social Media Photos Are Actually Helping Researchers Study the Landscape
Thanks to the tags, comments, and location services attached to social media photos, scientists are actually able survey natural landscapes.
Trio of Nations Sign Landmark Agreement to Protect World's Largest Tropical Wetland
Three South American countries have agreed to share the responsibility of preserving 42 million acres of wildlife habitat and biodiversity for years to come.
Nations Unite to Create World's Largest Marine Reserve in Antarctica
Antarctica's Ross Sea will become the world's largest protected marine sanctuary with 600,000 square miles safe from human interference.
Billionaire Philanthropist to Give Millions to Help Fix Washington Monument
The billionaire philanthropist David M. Rubenstein will donate $7.5 million to help fix the shuttered, earthquake-damaged Washington Monument, government officials plan to announce Thursday.
England's Forests to be Saved, Not Sold
Having dropped a policy allowing state-owned English woodland to be sold to the private sector, the government is now committing instead to preserving it for future generations. Environment secretary Owen Paterson announced in January 2013 that a previous policy of selling off 15% of the public forest to raise funds was to be dropped and an independent public body created to hold them in trust.
First Stranded Baby Beluga Whale to be Rescued in US, Nursed Back to Health by Slew of Experts
For the first time in history, a live, stranded beluga whale calf has been found in U.S. waters and rescued. But saving the baby, estimated to be only two or three days old when rescued, is requiring the efforts of marine mammal experts from far and wide. Marine mammal specialists have descended upon the Alaska SeaLife Center in Seward, to provide round-the-clock care, including feedings via stomach tube, while the baby learns how to suckle from a bottle.
Africa's Last Eden Spared by Logging Company
A Congo Republic rain forest full of rare animals and trees, one of the most pristine left in Africa, will be protected from all logging thanks to the voluntary actions of a timber company to forfeit its harvesting rights.
Help Save a Rainforest the Size of Wales
An area the size of Wales' is frequently used to measure the rate of forest destruction. Welsh-born comedian Dan Mitchell is bringing people together to help protect an area of rainforest at least this size and is assembling Welsh tribes from all over the country to do it.
Frog Bonanza: Up to 36 New Frogs Discovered in Tiny Madagascar Forest
In one of the last surviving lowland forests in Madagascar, an area half the size of Manhattan, researchers found 36 frogs which look to be new to science.
Leading Paper Producer to Halt Deforestation in Indonesian
The world's third largest paper company, Asia Pulp and Paper, announced in February an immediate end to all natural forest clearing in its supply chains in Indonesia. The company's pledge to stop making paper from the pulped remains of some of the last virgin rainforests, along with its improved transparency, will help protect endangered Sumatran tigers and orangutans and forested peatlands that store massive amounts of greenhouse gases.
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