Plants and Animals

There has been an interesting exchange between Ann in Sweden, David in Tokyo, and others following my blog post of 23rd April titled 'Norway to Kill More Whales'. The discussion has now moved from whales to elephants. I lived in Kenya from 1989 … [Read more...] about Elephants to Sweden?

I have copied this comment by Bob McDonald from my blog post of 7th April titled 'MInister Blocks Wind Farm for Orange Bellied Parrots': Wind power as generated by turbines with large blades has only recently been discovered to have a significant … [Read more...] about Birds, Bats & Wind Turbines, With Particular Reference to Orange Bellied Parrots: Bob McDonald

The World Conservation Union (The IUCN) has just released it ‘red list’ for 2006 with the headline: "The number of known threatened species reaches 16,119. The ranks of those facing extinction are joined by familiar species like the polar bear, … [Read more...] about 16,119 Species Threatened with Extinction?

It's really a documentary about the lifecycle of Emperor penguins in the Antarctic. But I'm going to go along with the movie critiques and romantics who have described 'March of the Penguins', a Warner Independent and National Geographic film, as an … [Read more...] about March of the Penguins

It's official, Norway is planning to kill many more minke whales this season. The 2006 minke whale quote for Norway was officially set last December, the season started on the 1st April. The quota is much higher than for previous years. Here are … [Read more...] about Norway to Kill More Whales

Members of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) voted in 1982 to ban commercial whaling beginning in the 1985-86 season. Since 1992, the IWC Scientific Committee has unsuccessfully requested that the Commission lift the moratorium and allow … [Read more...] about Scientific Whaling: Podcast from Dana Centre