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Resource managers now have a method to determine the source of oil found in the waters off Southern California and differentiate between naturally seeped oils and those produced by offshore oil and gas production. This method is detailed in a new joint report from the US Geological Survey (USGS), th

I just heard an awesome discussion with Allan Savory, a pioneer of holistic management. Long ago, large herds of wild herbivores roamed grasslands throughout the world. Humankind shifted grassland ecology with a focus on smaller herds of domestic livestock that were confined to relatively small spac

I got a link from Cuéntame today with a disturbing video on American Reclamation's deadly business practices: Now check out this blurb from American Reclamation, Inc's home page: American Reclamation, Inc. (AMR) is a family owned corporation with over 50 years of experience in the recycling and sold

While photographing a nesting phoebe, I saw this tufted titmouse collecting hair and fuzz from my dogs' blanket on the porch:

New info on WNS: Experts had suspected that an invasive species was to blame for the die-off from "white nose syndrome." Now there's direct evidence the culprit was not native to North America. The fungal illness has not caused widespread deaths among European bats unlike in the U.S. and Canada....

Because females may suffer disproportionately from the effects of radiation on survival due to differences in sex roles during reproduction, radiation-induced mortality may result in male-skewed adult sex ratios.

I totally love this ad from Chipotle that aired during the Grammy's. It speaks most directly to the tragedies of factory farming and our unsustainable food systems, but the idea of getting back to the start -- relating to Earth and each other from heart space, and co-creating our world...

Great article from Jeff Biggers and awesome video from Magnolia Mountain: As millions of pounds of explosives from mountaintop removal strip mining operations continue to devastate historic mountain communities in central Appalachia, a powerful new music video released this week by the beloved Ameri

Continuing saga of the bees...interesting article: Bayer-produced imidacloprid harmful to bees even at very low levels - Common Dreams staff A new study published in Naturwissenschaften - The Science of Nature by a leading bee expert provides damning evidence that a widely used pesticide, even at lo