Well there goes 2021. I think it’s safe to say we all thought this year would go very, very differently. But as the global headlines begin to sound more and more like the world’s most depressing record stuck on loop, the conservation world has been full of some wonderful reasons to hope.Here’s the rundown of our favourites:Melvin saves a species:Melvin Smith is a hero - literally - and this year he received the award to prove it. Nicknamed
Not to mention tedious and not much fun. And that’s the good news.By David Bromwich, DECEMBER 25, 2021Climate change has destabilized the earth’s poles,” said a Washington Post headline on December 15, and it served as a reminder. The ice is breaking up. The waters are rising. The all-encompassing political question today is climate catastrophe. How can the nations and people of the world mobilize the social energy necessary to slow
December 27, 2021 It’s stating the obvious to point out that the grizzly bear is a formidable beast. Even your average wolf pack, more often than not, thinks twice before engaging one of these big, unruly “silvertips.” And, while in most parts of the continent the bulk of the grizzly’s fare is vegetative, it can be an effective predator on an occasional basis, capable even of bringing down moose and the odd bison.But attacking large mammals
December 28, 2021 Bloodthirsty British hunters have been killing reindeer on a pre-Christmas shooting trip to Iceland.The £2,000 ‘Icelandic Safari’ was organised by Ian Farrington, a deer stalker from Devon.He posted gruesome pictures online of slaughtered reindeer and boasted on a forum for hunters: ‘We have returned from another trip to Iceland with 100 per cent success – all hunters taking reindeer bulls on the first day of their hunt.’Mr
The controversial tech billionaire is under growing scrutiny in China as his satellites almost collided with the country's space station twice. By Heather Chen, MUSK AT THE TESLA PLANT IN EASTERN GERMANY. PHOTO: PATRICK PLEUL / AFPYou could call it an invasion of space—in outer space. Authorities in China have lashed out after satellites launched by Elon Musk’s Starlink programme nearly collided with the country’s space station twice this
BY TONY TAN, December 15, 2021 Photo by Greg ElmsIf you love the taste of ginger, this simple dessert is for you. It’s an easy ginger pudding that requires no baking or steaming and has only three ingredients: milk, sugar and ginger juice. The secret is the way the ginger reacts with heated milk, causing it to set. You need to use old fibrous ginger because it’s the starch in the juice of old ginger that sets the milk. Also, unless
December 20, 2021 Consecutive wet years have boosted breeding colonies of waterbirds in eastern Australia but not enough yet to increase total bird numbers, according to the latest edition of one of the world’s largest and longest nature surveys.Researchers on the annual survey, now in its 39th year, flew 38,360km – or almost enough to circumnavigate the globe – to track the abundance in more than 2,000 wetlands of about 50 bird species, from
