In the 2015 hunt, hunting permits were for anyone who could pay for them, leading to a chaotic event that was shut down days early. The 300-plus bears killed then included at least 38 females with cubs, meaning the little bears probably died too.
In New York, the Nonhuman Rights Project filed legal papers to try to free the Asian elephant Happy from the Bronx Zoo butin 2022. The group then filed similar papers in California to try to free
‘s three African elephants but a judge ruled against the group.NEW YORK (AP) — To survive, clownfish cope by shrinking in size.
Scientists observed that some of theshrank their bodies during a heat wave off the coast of Papa New Guinea. Fish that slimmed were more likely to survive.
Heat waves are becoming more common and intense underwater due to climate change.
can bleach sea anemones that clownfish call home, forcing them to adapt to stay alive.Harry reluctantly allows Mari, who lived for years in a religious farming community in South Carolina, to plant a vegetable garden on his family’s property while he clears out its contents and readies it for sale. They grow closer as Harry helps Mari and her 6-year-old son, Levi, with gardening chores and he slowly starts absorbing his loss.
Distinguished retired diplomat Tom Estabrook, who knew Mari and Harry as children, is also a key character in the book released this month byEstabook, who spent many summers on Little Great Island, worries over its future as the ocean around it heats up, lobsters and clams die from shell disease and monarch butterflies on land largely disappear. Mari’s father bemoans that his daily lobster catch is now just around 60, down from an average of 400 or 500.
In Woodworth’s skillful hands, Little Great Island itself emerges as a leading character, with vibrant mentions of the natural world that range from an osprey’s hunting sound to lobster mating habits.As Little Great Island and its way of life are increasingly threatened, year-round and summer residents are struggling over the future.