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First-Ever Baby Seahorse Spotted in British Waters
A tiny baby seahorse was measured off the coast of Dorset, England. Image via the Seahorse Trust. It must have been like finding a needle in a haystack, but somehow, in murky water conditions, diver Neil Garrick-Maidment, the executive director of the Seahorse Trust, spotted a single 1.5-inch-long female baby seahorse "clinging onto a piece of seagrass" off the coast of Studland, Dorset -- a finding so rare he said it was "akin to seeing a yeti in the wild."... Read the full story on TreeHugger
Sep 4, 2010 3:43:44 PM (17 hours ago)
West Virginia Football Uniforms To Honor Coal, Fallen Miners
photo via Nike In an attempt to honor the 29 coal miners who tragically died last year at the Upper Big Branch coal mine, the West Virginia University Mountaineers have teamed up with Nike to create new football uniforms that have the mark of coal. The uniforms are white, but have coal dust on the pants and shoulders. The yellow strip on the hemet is said to represent a miner's headlamp. In the photo featuring the new uniform a player appears to be emerging from a strip mine, leaving behind a desolate landscape. ... Read the full story on TreeHugger
Sep 4, 2010 3:43:44 PM (17 hours ago)
50,000 Minks Loose In Greece After Fur Farm Raid (UPDATED)
Photo via qmnonic Nothing like a flood of minks loose in a country's already fragile ecosystem to put environmentalists in a tough spot. Two fur farms in northern Greece were raided, the results of which saw 50,000 minks running for the hills. Fortunately for everyone (except the minks) the problem could solve itself in a short time. UPDATE: An animal rights group has claimed responsibility for the raids and a photo of the unfortunate outcome of the action, after the jump. ... Read the full story on TreeHugger
Sep 3, 2010 3:43:44 PM (2 days ago)
Chimps Found Deactivating Snares Set By Human Bushmeat Hunters
photo: Graham Racher via flickr Go chimps, go! An interesting new paper in the journal Primates documents how a group of chimpanzees in Bossou, Guinea have been successfully deactivating snares set by human bushmeat hunters. Though not always successful, the scientists observed the behavior in five juvenile to adult males. Compared to the rate of injuries from snares to chimps--which aren't the target of these hunters, it should be noted--across Africa as a whole, this group in Guinea has remarkably lower casualties. ... Read the full story on TreeHugger
Sep 3, 2010 3:43:44 PM (2 days ago)
Taiji Opens Season on Dolphins Today
Photo via Animal Planet Each year in early September, Japan opens season on dolphins, and today marks the start of the season in Taiji, a now notorious place for slaughtering cetaceans thanks to the Oscar-winning documentary The Cove. And of course, activist Ric O'Barry is on the move. He delivered a petition to the US Embassy in Tokyo signed by 1.7 million people from 155 countries demanding an end to the hunt. The embassy wasn't his first destination -- the Japanese fisheries agency was. But death threats from a group known for violence kinda put a damper on that. ... Read the full story on TreeHugger
Sep 2, 2010 3:43:44 PM (3 days ago)
Awesome Time Lapse of Earth Viewed From International Space Station (Video)
Image via YouTube video A really neat time lapse video put together by Oregon State University alum Don Pettit shows footage from his time on the International Space Station. This one shows Earth from day to night, and you can spot everything from auroras to city lights. Check it out after the jump. ... Read the full story on TreeHugger
Mar 9, 2010 3:43:44 PM (6 months ago)
Banksy Turns Kiddie Ride Into Anti-BP Statement
Photo: Banksy.co.uk Poor Dolphin World-famous guerilla artist Banksy has made many environmental statements in the past, but we think this one is particularly clever, especially with the events of the past few months. Check out the video after the jump to see the coin-operated kiddie ride in action.... Read the full story on TreeHugger
Sep 3, 2010 3:43:44 PM (2 days ago)
Curious Whales Check Out Photographers with Stunning Results (Slideshow)
Photo via The Daily Mail The ocean's whales are some of the Earth's most massive and majestic animals, reaching sizes of up to 80 feet long and 150 tons. As the targets of centuries of whaling, they have a violent history -- and are still recovering from an industry that depleted their numbers substantially. But while whales can be aggressive at times, they are more often gentle, curious creatures -- and likely to check out foreign objects in the water, including boats and photographers.
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Feb 9, 2010 3:43:44 PM (7 months ago)
House Built From Hemp Is Full Of Green Surprises
All images from Push House In much of the world, hemp is thought of as a useful building material; Warren recently showed us an interesting house from Australia and it is common in the UK. But in America, it is still the butt of hippie jokes; Matt Hickman of the Mother Nature Networks describes a new house in Asheville, North Carolina with references to Tommy Chong and describes the interior: "there's not a blacklight poster, hanging spider plant, or crumpled up Cheetos bag in sight." Discovery News says "Put aside old visions of burlap-like shirts that belong with hacky sacks." Even the owner tells CNN ""We heard that we could have a really great neighborhood party if it ever caught on fire." It's a shame that everyone is focusing on that, because it is just one interesting product in a fascinating house that is full of surprises.... Read the full story on TreeHugger
Feb 9, 2010 3:43:44 PM (7 months ago)
Notre Dame Begins Test Run of iPads With a Paperless Course
Photo by Jaymi Heimbuch The University of Notre Dame is taking the use of e-readers in classrooms seriously, embarking on a one year study of how the devices integrate into classrooms. The first course to have students use an iPad instead of any text books is Project Management, a class with 40 students that will not only use the iPad as a book, but will also be encouraged to use it for everything else in daily life and report back their impressions (hmmm, could that possibly have been at Apple's request?). Apple is making a big push to turn iPads into the next big thing in education. The company wants to corner the market for electronic readers in schools, and has been discussing getting text books into digital format for some time now with major text book publishers. This new test run with Notre Dame could have big consequences for how speedily the device replaces paper books in schools. ... Read the full story on TreeHugger
Jan 9, 2010 3:43:44 PM (8 months ago)
DAjA Vu All Over Again: Offshore Oil Platform Explodes in Gulf of Mexico [Updated x5]
Image: Google Maps Thankfully, No Deaths This Time An offshore oil platform exploded and caught fire today in the Gulf of Mexico. It is located about 80 miles off the Louisiana coast, west of the site of BP's massive oil spill. All 13 people who were on the rig were evacuated and only one was injured, reports the U.S. Coast Guard.... Read the full story on TreeHugger
Sep 2, 2010 3:43:44 PM (3 days ago)
When Bike Sharing Falters (and Why We Can't Let It)
Photo credit by batega via flickr. In its early days, Barcelona's Bicing seemed like an unparalleled success. With 400 stations and 3,000 of the squat, burly red-and-white bikes stationed around the city, Bicing quickly became part of Barcelona's big city atmosphere and was enthusiastically received by inhabitants. But after five years, something scary started to happen, in addition to the vandalism and abandonment that plagued Bicing and other big programs...ridership started to decline.... Read the full story on TreeHugger
Sep 2, 2010 3:43:44 PM (3 days ago)
Curious Whales Check Out Photographers with Stunning Results
Reaching sizes of up to 80 feet long and 150 tons, whales are some of the oceans' most varied and majestic creatures -- and they're also some of its most endangered: Of the 11 species of great whales, at least nine have been severely impacted by years of whaling, according to Sea World. But while whales can be aggressive at times, they are more often gentle, curious creatures -- and likely to check out foreign objects in the water, including boats and photographers.Right Whale
This massive right whale came up to wildlife photographer Brian Skerry with "great curiosity, but no aggression," he told The Daily Mail, when he was working underwater off the Auckland Islands. Fully-grown right whales are around 55 feet long and weigh nearly 70 tons, and are usually black with patches of rough skin known as callosities on their head. Though endangered right whales live all over the world, scientists believe there are no more than 350 of them left in the North Atlantic, 100 in the North Pacific, and a few thousand in the Southern Hemisphere.Photo via The Daily Mail... Read the full story on TreeHugger
Feb 9, 2010 3:43:44 PM (7 months ago)
Live On From Beyond The Groove: Have Your Ashes Pressed Into Vinyl
TreeHugger has reviewed many different, greener things to do with our bodies after we have shuffled off the mortal coil, from freeze-drying to composting . Now an English company offers a new option: Have your ashes pressed into vinyl record albums. ... Read the full story on TreeHugger
Sep 1, 2010 3:43:44 PM (4 days ago)
Female Cyclists Demand Respect, and Kisses from Hot Men
Image credit: Joe Plommer/The Mule Bar Girls April may believe we need more girls on bikes, but there is no doubt that gender politics and cycling can be an explosive mix. When I wrote about podium girls—or the practice of bike races employing female cyclists to look pretty and kiss men—the response from our readers was mixed to say the least. Some felt it was just part of the culture, others felt it was degrading and disappointing. Now a top female cyclist is weighing in on the debate, demanding a hot male athlete to even up the score. Oh, and maybe she'd like a little bit of respect for her sport too.... Read the full story on TreeHugger
Jan 9, 2010 3:43:44 PM (8 months ago)