Plants and Animals

I was fascinated to read last Friday in the Courier-Mail that the Herveys Range Heritage Tea Rooms in North Queensland have started selling $50 a cup Kopi Luwak coffee. The coffee is expensive because the coffee beans are retrieved from the poo of … [Read more...] about Coffee Cats & Clouded Leopards

Four elephants have arrived safely in Sydney after two years of court battles and months in quarantine. They are from Thailand and probably destined to spend the rest of their lives behind bars at Taronga Park Zoo. But judging from these seven … [Read more...] about Elephants Arrive Safely in Sydney

Sustainable use for conservation has been a focus of two recent articles at BBC News. Eugune Lapointe put the argument for commercial trade in ivory in a piece entitled 'Hunting for Conservation Solutions' and a second piece by Eli Leadbeater … [Read more...] about A Sumatran Tiger

The Icelandic Fisheries Ministry has declared that Iceland will resume commercial whaling with a catch of 30 minke whales and 9 Fin whales. George McCallum explains the implications both nationally and internationally: "Iceland will become only the … [Read more...] about Iceland to Resume Commercial Whaling: A Note & Pictures from George McCallum

Here's a typical Norwegian coastal whaling boat leaving harbour. The boat is 25m long. A typical quota for a boat this size would be 15-20 minkie whales. For photographs: www.whalephoto.com. … [Read more...] about Norwegian Whaling Boat: Picture & Note from George