In Held v. Montana, Young People Sue Montana Over Use of Fossil Fuels – The New York Times

Sixteen young Montanans have sued their state, arguing that its support of fossil fuels violates the state Constitution. KALISPELL, Mont. — Badge and Lander Busse tromped into the forest behind their house on a snowy Sunday in March, their three…

Critically-Endangered West African Lion Going from Strength to Strength in Niokolo Koba, Senegal

Reprinted with permission from World at Large, an independent news outlet covering conflict, travel, science, conservation, and health and fitness. In a thrilling sign of recovery for the Critically-Endangered West African lion, camera trap footage and photos of a West African lioness and her three cubs playing, nursing, and feeding in Senegal’s Niokolo Koba National Park […]

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Why East Antarctica is a ‘sleeping giant’ of sea level rise – BBC

Scientists once thought the East Antarctic ice sheet, which contains enough water to raise sea levels 52m (170ft), was stable. But now its ice shelves are beginning to melt. Jan Lieser had just started going through the dozens of satellite…

Author of ‘Rainbow Bridge’ Poem About an Animal Heaven was Finally Revealed–She Had No Idea it Went Viral

Around the US and UK, dozens of animal hospitals have a catch-all when it comes to grieving pet parents who have lost a furry friend: they give them the poem Rainbow Bridge. Yet this poem that has touched millions of peoples’ hearts has remained largely authorless for years until the sleuth work of an art […]

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‘Try not to step on any toads!’: David Attenborough’s camera wizards on how to film Britain’s wildlife

Ferocious oceanic storms. Biting ants. Venomous snakes coiling round camera equipment. Weeks sat in icy water. But mostly weather. British weather. Gloom, hailstones, mud and rain; sometimes for weeks on end. Wildlife film-makers work with forbearance in hostile environments all…

The never-ending fallout of the northern rivers floods: ‘People are just worn down’

In February the hills and valleys of the New South Wales northern rivers are green and lush and fertile in the late summer sun. There is brightness in the madly proliferating tropical flora, radiance in the golden hour of the…

For the First Time Since 1977, Zero Rhinos Were Poached In India’s Parks

In May 2021, a new Chief Minister of the Indian state of Assam set out to thoroughly put an end to poaching in the state’s protected areas. Now 20 months later, the forestry and police departments of the state have reported that 2022 saw no rhinos lost to poaching, the first time that’s happened since […]

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Stone ‘Bird Palaces’ Meld Historic Architecture with Islamic Love of Animals in Istanbul

An empire which lasted 500 years was famous among writers for making a place in its society for animals, and the “bird palaces” of Istanbul are testament to that testimony. Dating back as early as the 13th and 14th centuries, the bird palaces reflected an Ottoman Empire policy of compassion towards all living things, created […]

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Man Who Spent his Life Helping Disabled People Find a Home Has Won a £2.5million Country House in a Raffle

A man who has spent years helping disabled people find homes has won a £2.5million country house in a raffle. Grant Carson scooped up the five-bedroom farmhouse complete with eight acres of the Lake District after entering the Omaze Million Pound House Draw. The 58-year-old windower said that he can now get a dog, which […]

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Dogs, fire ants and global warming | Letters to the Editor | leader-call.com – leader-call.com

On the fox news sunday show they were giving a new reason for global warming. Now they are blaming it on dogs. I happen to have two dogs and now they have got my dander up. I didn’t want to…