Human greed and ignorance know no bounds. Nor do they know boundaries. Across Asia tigers are routinely killed so their parts can be used in traditional Chinese medicine. Meanwhile in Africa a similar fate can befall the continent’s lions. To wit: 16 lions were recently butchered by poachers in South […]

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Country: Eritrea, Ethiopia, India, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Kenya, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Uganda, Yemen “This … situation … threatens the food security of the entire subregion. FAO is activating fast-track mechanisms that will allow us to move […]

If you’ve heard of the term “MSG,” you might have also heard of its common — but inaccurate — connotations.

The value of coral reef ecosystems can hardly be overstated and neither can the threats they face on a warming planet. Now there’s a new undersea imaging technology to help oceanographers and researchers understand what’s happening beneath the sea, because they’re able to more clearly see object color and structure. […]