How Youth Can Save the World. Cool Art for Endangered Species. Which one Do You like Best?

2013 Youth Art Contest Semi-finalists Grades K-2 Amanda Liu Polar Bear Angela Liu Sandhill Crane Ann C. Sonu Spotted Owl Annabelle Chen Hawaii Honeycreeper Grand Prize Winner Ava Bribriesco American Burying Beetle 1st Place K-2 Hannah Chacko San Francisco Garter Continue Reading

Great Things Come in Small Packages. Why Frogs are Very Important!

Introduction Frog populations have been declining worldwide at unprecedented rates, and nearly one-third of the world’s amphibian species are threatened with extinction. Up to 200 species have completely disappeared since 1980, and this is NOT normal: amphibians naturally go extinct Continue Reading

“Its OK” to kill endangered species!” says US gov.t. Do you agree?

U.S. to Endangered Species Hunters: ‘Bring Your Trophies Right on In!’ New precedent set as U.S. grants permission for American hunter to import dead, endangered rhino from African safari. (Photo: T and O Safaris) For the first time in over Continue Reading

Saving the rhino with surveillance drones- Is this the answer??

A rhino farmer in South Africa is planning to use surveillance drones designed for the US military to combat poachers who are driving theanimals towards extinction. Clive Vivier, cofounder of the Zululand rhino reserve in KwaZulu-Natal province, said he has been granted permission by Continue Reading