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Assessing Puma’s Practices

July 26th, 2010 by Susie Hill in General
Sustainability’s largest boost may happen as global companies sign on to environmentally friendly operations.  The sportswear company Puma is establishing sustainable practices that include having their 20 key suppliers in South East Asia and other regions issue their own sustainability reports starting in 2011.  Puma is...


July 24th, 2010 by Alison Wheatley in Conservation
Among the videos on National Geographic’s website is a Gulf Turtle Eggs Relocated video about volunteers moving loggerhead turtle eggs to a new,...


July 20th, 2010 by Susie Hill in Wildlife
The BP oil spill is about to hit closer to home as millions of migratory birds from Canada will soon stop over in the Gulf Coast on their way South fo...


January 28th, 2010 by Alison Wheatley in Wildlife
Wildlife photography awards are good opportunities for photographers to be recognized for their skilled work, and for everyone to enjoy some great photos of animals.  Several yea...


January 12th, 2010 by Alison Wheatley in Conservation
In Guatemala just over a year ago, I flew in a small plane so low over the rainforest that we could see some large birds circle and land in a tree.  For the first time in my l...



How Science Helps Protect Endangered Species

November 24th, 2009 by Alison Wheatley in Endangered Species
Just as good business management helps non-profits save endangered animals, integrally- sound science is also essential for saving the animals.  Legally, the decision of whether or not to add a threatened species to the Endangered Species Act list requ...


Saving Our World’s Tigers

November 18th, 2009 by Alison Wheatley in Endangered Species
Credit: John Goodrich, WCS Into a world with just less than 3,000 tigers left in the wild, Tigers Forever was born in 2006 with the goal of increasing key tiger populations by 50% over the next ten years.  They knew it would take more than money alone, since tigers were getting more funding than most endangered species and yet were s...


100 Heartbeats

November 10th, 2009 by Alison Wheatley in Conservation
The name “Hundred Heartbeat Club” was first used by E.O. Wilson in “Vanishing Before Our Eyes”, and refers to species that “literally have fewer than 100 hearts beating on our planet”.  Jeff Corwin’s new book, entitled “100 Heartbeats: Th...

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