WWF recruits panda watchers in China

CHENGDU (Xinhua) — International conservation group WWF is recruiting four panda watchers for a five-day research and patrol program in the wilderness of southwest China’s Sichuan Province. The ideal candidates should be avid bloggers who are eager to share text, photos and video of their experiences with other Internet users, WWF said on its microblog [...]

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Healthy Eating Planner!

POSTED BY on Sep 27 under Animals, Eco-friendly

Life is hectic for most of us and sadly that can mean there is a lot of neglect when it comes to purchasing and preparation of healthy foods and meals. To many of us tend to eat on the go, or rely on takeaways which are heavy in fat and not good for the environment [...]

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Scientists make fish-rescuing efforts in drought-stricken Texas

Wildlife biologists collected thousands of smalleye and sharpnose shiners from the Brazos River, the longest river in Texas, and would take them to the state’s fish hatchery, according to the newspaper Houston Chronicle.

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New dolphin species discovered in Australia

POSTED BY on Sep 15 under Animals

Researchers in Australia have discovered that dolphin colonies living around Melbourne are a species unlike any other in the world, they revealed on Thursday. The dolphins that frolic in Port Phillip Bay and the Gippsland Lakes, numbering around 150, were originally thought to be one of the two recognised bottlenose species.

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Contact lost with wayward penguin “Happy Feet”

POSTED BY on Sep 14 under Animals, Eco-friendly, Eco-friendly News

WELLINGTON | Tue Sep 13, 2011 2:21am EDT WELLINGTON (Reuters) – Nothing has been heard for several days from a young Emperor penguin released last week after capturing global attention when it washed up on a New Zealand beach thousands of kilometers from home. Article source: Source

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Happy Feet the penguin missing in Southern Ocean

POSTED BY on Sep 12 under Animals, Eco-friendly, Eco-friendly News

Scientists tracking Happy Feet, the wayward penguin who became a worldwide celebrity after washing up on a New Zealand beach, said Monday they had lost contact with the giant bird.

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Activists seek release of giant Philippine croc

POSTED BY on Sep 10 under Animals, Eco-friendly, Eco-friendly News

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Animal rights activists are urging Philippine authorities to return a captured giant crocodile back to the wild. The mayor of the town where it was caught refuses, saying it poses a threat to his constituents.

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Fishery authorities probe fish deaths in E China

POSTED BY on Sep 5 under Animals, Eco-friendly, Eco-friendly News

GUTIAN, Fujian (Xinhua) — Local fishery authorities in east China’s Fujian Province are working to determine what caused the deaths of a large number of fish discovered in a major river earlier this month.

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Happy Feet the penguin begins long swim home

POSTED BY on Sep 4 under Animals, Eco-friendly, Eco-friendly News

Happy Feet, the lost penguin who became a worldwide celebrity after he washed up on a New Zealand beach was released back into the Southern Ocean on Sunday to begin a long swim home to Antarctica.

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Mountain lion killed while crossing LA freeway

POSTED BY on Sep 1 under Animals, Eco-friendly News

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A 15-month-old mountain lion has been killed while trying to cross one of Los Angeles’ busiest freeways. Authorities say the cat was struck by a vehicle Tuesday on Interstate 405 in the Sepulveda Pass, near where officials closed a 10-mile stretch of the freeway in July while workers removed part of [...]

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