This Agronomist Is Safeguarding the World’s Seeds
Åsmund Asdal coordinates with gene banks to preserve thousands of seed varieties in a safely guarded Nordic vault. Continue reading This Agronomist Is Safeguarding the World’s Seeds
Category Archives: conservation
The ‘Camera Trap Queen’ Who Shares Remote Wildlife With the World
Asia Murphy explores, studies, and photographs some of the wildest regions on Earth. Continue reading The ‘Camera Trap Queen’ Who Shares Remote Wildlife With the World
Watch a Pipe Spewing Blood Into a British Columbia Channel
“I didn’t know it would be so gruesome and disgusting.” Continue reading Watch a Pipe Spewing Blood Into a British Columbia Channel
Inside Florida’s Alligator Hunting Season
I went to Florida’s alligator hunting grounds to see how they were killed and sold. Continue reading Inside Florida’s Alligator Hunting Season
Illegal Weed Can Be Worse for Forests than Logging
Though logging has a greater overall impact, growing pot can be even more destructive on a per-unit-area basis, according to a recent study. Continue reading Illegal Weed Can Be Worse for Forests than Logging
Jane Goodall Is on a ‘Mission to Save the World’
The legendary anthropologist and conservationist spoke to Radio Motherboard for the premiere of ‘Jane,’ a new documentary on her early career. Continue reading Jane Goodall Is on a ‘Mission to Save the World’
Scientists Inflated Dead Dolphin Dicks to Simulate Cetacean Sex
“The degree of coevolution is astounding.” Continue reading Scientists Inflated Dead Dolphin Dicks to Simulate Cetacean Sex
Scientists Inflated Dead Dolphin Dicks to Simulate Cetacean Sex
“The degree of coevolution is astounding.” Continue reading Scientists Inflated Dead Dolphin Dicks to Simulate Cetacean Sex
Camera Traps Are Now Watching Poachers, Instead of Wildlife
Panthera, a big cat conservation group, brought former IBM engineers on to custom build the camera traps. Continue reading Camera Traps Are Now Watching Poachers, Instead of Wildlife
Replicating a Victorian Era Console
[Dt99jay] lives in a historic Victorian-era district in the UK. Most homes in the area have ornate exterior window dressings with stone consoles holding up heavy stone hood molding.
The window hood molding turned out to be wood — most likely the result of damage repaired after the blitzkrieg bombings of WWII. The 1940’s era work is now rotting away, so it was time for a repair. When the hood was pulled away from the window, disaster struck. One console completely crumbled, while the other lost large chunks of material. The They weren’t solid stone after all, but replacements most …read more
