by Haley Velasco & Katie Watkins | Aug 16, 2017 | Environment, Featured
WASHINGTON – For Congolese honorary park ranger Adams Cassinga, there is nothing quite like observing an elephant in its natural habitat. “It is a feeling of peace. It is a feeling of amazement,” he said. “It’s such a huge animal. If you have seen it on...
by Katie Watkins | Aug 11, 2017 | Environment, Featured, Topics
WASHINGTON — On Saturday, Ambika will celebrate her 70th birthday like most of us do: with cake and surrounded by friends. She’ll reach for her cake — a mix of ice and tropical fruit — with a speckled trunk, during her celebration at the Smithsonian’s National...
by Ritu Prasad | Aug 9, 2017 | Environment, Featured
Shark Week 2017 has come to a close, but that doesn’t mean the shark conversation should end. We can let the CGI one that raced Michael Phelps go until next year, but the 500-plus species currently living in our oceans need us to keep the discussion about shark...
by Katie Watkins | Aug 8, 2017 | Environment, Featured
WASHINGTON — For Americans interested in reducing their carbon footprint, a new Canadian-Swedish study has a bold proposition: consider having fewer children. Researchers from Canada’s University of British Columbia and Sweden’s Lund University analyzed 39...
by Christine Huang | Aug 4, 2017 | Environment
As new reports indicate that Earth’s temperature will likely increase by two degrees Celsius by the end of the century, scientist and economists are once again urging the government to take immediate action to avoid the most devastating consequences of climate change....
by Ritu Prasad & Katie Watkins | Aug 2, 2017 | Environment, Featured
WASHINGTON — Twenty-one-year-old Mikaela Biester has been climbing trees since she was six years old. Unlike most people who abandon the tree-tops for careers on the ground, Biester aspires to be a professional tree climber. With a father who owns a tree care company,...
