Travel & Nature

High-Tech Green Gear for Skiing and Snowboarding (Slideshow)

October 25, 2011

Photo: Robert | www.robertvandijk.com/Creative Commons

The temps are dropping, you’ve signed up for a season-long pass to your favorite eco-friendly ski and snowboard mountain — now all you need is the gear.

From jackets and baselayers to ski poles…

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From Yawning Lions to Buffalo-befriending Birds: Africa’s Threatened Animals in Stunning Photos (Slideshow)

October 24, 2011

Photo: WildiZe

For more than 10 years, the WildiZe African Conservation Foundation has been lending its support to conservation projects across Africa, from improving the relationship between locals and animals to developing sustainable farming pract…

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Urban Green in Wisconsin

October 24, 2011

Graphic Credit: Chambers Design, Photo Courtesy of Smart USA

Wisconsin is not the first place I think of as a hotbed for green innovation. It’s better known for cheeseheads, the Green Bay Packers and political unrest. But the Badger State is surprisi…

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Professional Acorn Picking is a Green Job

October 24, 2011

Photo: peakoak

Here’s a green job for someone who loves trees and the great outdoors: a professional acorn picker.

Job satisfaction is excellent: the man who has this job in the UK has been personally responsible for planting 10 million oak trees. …

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Hawk Shot With Nail Gun Rescued in San Francisco

October 23, 2011

Photo: WildRescue

Two weeks ago, visitors to the San Francisco Botanical Gardens spotted an injured young red-tailed hawk, the apparent victim of a senseless nail-gun attack — and now, thanks to wildlife rescuers, the bird has been saved. After seve…

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More Humpback Whales in the North Pacific Than Previously Thought

October 22, 2011

Photo: natalielucier

Scientists have recently come to the conclusion based on one of the largest ever studies on humpback whale populations that the population in the North Pacific is actually higher than previously thought. Scientists believe that n…

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The Week in Animals News: Mass Animal Escape, Sweaters for Penguins, and More (Slideshow)

October 21, 2011

Image: TreeHugger

Residents of Muskingum County in Ohio got quite a shock this week after dozens of exotic animals broke free from an area wildlife farm and took to the streets and highways.

We also have a project dedicated to knitting sweaters for…

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NASA’s Visual Tour of Every Fire on Earth Since 2002

October 20, 2011

Credit: NASA

When our earliest ancestors first learned to manipulate perhaps the most powerful of natural forces by creating and harnessing fire, it set the human species on a trajectory towards global domination from which we, for better or worse, …

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Liberated Battery Hens Find a New Home in Prison

October 20, 2011

Photo: bhwt

It’s the “only in Britain” category for this one… The British Hen Welfare Trust has proudly announced that it has rescued 20 battery hens and “re-homed” them in a high security prison for women.

The jailbirds will live at the prison …

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Photographer Ellen Jantzen Reinterprets the Cliche American Road Trip (Slideshow)

October 19, 2011

Image credit: Ellen Jantzen

The road trip—during which people pile into a car and set out across the continent on a journey of discovery and transformation—is an American right of passage. When photographer Ellen Jantzen was planning her …

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