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Aquaculture Farm to Grow 500,000 Lbs of Shrimp in Shipping Containers … In the Mohave Desert

5:29 pm in animals, Business & Politics, conservation, united states by TreeHugger

shrimp-farm-desert-shipping-container.jpg Photo: Snowpea & bokchoi via Flickr/CC BY In order to help meet Las Vegas vacationers' voracious demand for shrimp in a more 'sustainable' manner, one company has set up an elaborate aquaculture farm to raise shrimp in shipping containers in the middle of the Mohave desert. The company Blue Oasis Pure Shrimp is harvesting a half million pounds of shrimp annually from its intriguing operation....Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Altruistic Chimpanzees Documented For First Time In Captivity

12:24 pm in animals, primates, Science & Technology by TreeHugger

chimpanzees photophoto: dullhunk/CC BY For a long time altruistic behavior in chimpanzees in the wild has been documented--unrelated chimps helping one another without apparent expectation of reward--but documentation in a more controlled environment had been lacking, until now. A new study in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (coming to us via Read the full story on TreeHugger

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As Oregon Bans Shark Fins, Will California Follow?

1:00 pm in animals, Business & Politics, conservation, fishing, oceans, Travel & Nature by TreeHugger

shark fin photo Photo by Willy Volk via Flickr CC (and our TreeHugger Flickr Pool) Oregon's Governor John Kitzhaber signed bill HB 2838 last Thursday, appropriately during Shark Week, which bans the sale, trade and possession of shark fins. It follows Hawaii and Washington to hammer down on the shark fin trade, and helps with the federal government's legislation on shark finning in US waters. ...Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Why Should Eating Salad Make You "a Jerk"? A Vegetarian Rejects Judgement

9:37 am in animals, food, united states, vegan, vegetarian by TreeHugger

vegetarian-judgement.png Image credit: The Perennial Plate I wondered before why I find myself apologizing to vegetarians for eating meat, even though I don't feel bad about it. At the time, I concluded that it was a similar issue to why any and every green lifestyle choice—even if kept completely to ourselves—what we choose to do, or not do, can be seen by others as a judgement on what they do. It seems that Mirra, the veg...Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Adorable, But Threatened, Chicks Call Cargill’s Old Salt Ponds Home (Pics)

9:25 am in animals, birds, conservation, endangered species, Science & Technology, Travel & Nature by TreeHugger

snowy plover photo All photos by Jaymi Heimbuch Friend and fellow photographer Rebecca Jackrel knows the quickest way to my heart -- invite me out into the field with a camera to photograph, well, pretty much any living thing. She invited me along for a trip with Caitlin Robinson-Nilsen of the San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory (SFBBO) as she checked on Western Snowy Plover nests for newly hatched chicks to band....Read the full story on TreeHugger

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6 Species Facing Extinction Without Protection

9:13 am in animals, conservation, endangered species, Travel & Nature by TreeHugger

american pika on a rock photo Photo credit: normalityrelief/Creative Commons Tigers, black rhinoceros, and giant pandas attract a lot of attention from conservationists and wildlife lovers—and...Read the full story on TreeHugger

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The Platypus Faces Extinction As Australia Heats Up

1:06 pm in animals, australia, endangered species, global climate change, global warming effects, Travel & Nature by TreeHugger

platypus-endangered-global-warming.jpg Photo: einalem under a Creative Commons license. As a mammal that lays eggs, has a duck's bill, a beaver's tail, an otter's feet and a venomous spur on its foot (males only), the platypus is a one of a kind animal. I mean that literally: it is the only non-extinct species in its genealogical family and genus. But things aren't looking good for the perplexing animal: as temperatures on its native Australia heat up, the platypus is finding it harder and harder to survive. A Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Polar Bear Kills Teenage Boy in the Arctic

3:50 pm in animals, Business & Politics, endangered species, global climate change by TreeHugger

polar-bear-habitat.jpg Photo: flickrfavorites via Flickr/CC BY Reports are coming in that a tragic attack has occurred on an Arctic expedition in Svalbard, Norway: A British teenager taking part on the trek was attacked and killed by a polar bear -- four others were wounded, and the bear was shot dead. ...Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Shark Week: Interesting Facts About Sharks!

3:35 pm in animals, oceans, Science & Technology, shark week by TreeHugger

sharks-photos Photo: Wikipedia, CC 〜〜〜〜〜〜〜^〜〜〜〜〜〜〜 With Discovery's Shark Week almost over, now is a good time to look back on some of what we've learned this week, and to learn a few facts about these magnificent ocean predators. (Yes, those little waves when a triangle above are supposed to be water and a shark fin. ASCII art at its finest!)...Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Isla Holbox, Where Whale Sharks Dominate (Video)

1:13 pm in animals, conservation, fishing, oceans, Travel & Nature by TreeHugger

The word "dominate" is an odd word to use with whale sharks, one of the gentle giants of the sea. But in sheer numbers and size, Isla Holbox is certainly overrun (in a good way) with the massive fish. This video, narrated by oceanographer and one of our favorite conservationists, highlights the beauty of the whale shark as hundreds gather to feed on plankton off Isla Holbox. ...Read the full story on TreeHugger

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