A little good news for a change… Amur Leopards were poised to be extinct with only about 30 of these gorgeous big cats left in the world, but humans stepped up and helped provide a safe habitat and they are now up to a population of 103! Still not perfect, but going in the right direction. Great report from wildlife Green Dude John R. Platt, who writes Extinction Countdown and edits The Revelator for The Center for Biological Diversity.
Posted 8 years ago Tagged turtles wildlife wildlife conservation
Another in our series with Green Dude John Platt on his Extinction Countdown. This one is on the state of turtles around the world. It’s not all bad news either!
Posted 8 years ago Tagged birds wildlife wildlife conservation
Birds are in trouble, which means we’re all in trouble really. Listen to this great Green Divas Heart Wildlife segment to hear John Platt talk about what’s happening with some bird species.
Posted 9 years ago Tagged
Listen to this podcast before you believe all those reports that tigers in the wild are on the rise. So much I didn’t know . . . so much that is hard to know. Did you know there are tiger farms where tigers are raised solely for their body parts to make “medicinal” remedies?!? Yea, there’s more. Listen up . . .
Posted 9 years ago Tagged marine conservation marine wildlife ocean
Hallie Austen-Iglehart, founder of All One Ocean shares her brilliant and educational beach cleanup stations for any beach to help reduce the garbage flowing into our oceans and water ways from beaches.