Image via Live Science video The walnut sphinx caterpillar has a trick up its sleeve — er, side — to keep birds from chomping on it. The clever bug can make an odd whistling sound, which startles birds enough that they usually just leave it alone. Researchers didn’t know how it managed to make this sound, so they set up cameras and began experimenting. The results are rather strange. … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Researchers Discover Caterpillar Whistles to Ward Off Birds
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Photo: Hitesh Mehta/Collins Design Whether you’re planning your next splurge of a vacation — or just trying to mentally escape your drab cubicle — the striking architecture and views of these environmentally-friendly hotels will do the trick. In Authentic Ecolodges , author and architect Hitesh Mehta highlights 36 of the most beautiful — and sustainable– hotels around the world, from China and Thailand to Canada and Tazmania, ranging in price from $15 a night to over $500 a night. We’ve highlighted 10 of the most incredible hotels here, with descrip… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Image: Zo_loft Pop Hand-made, on Flickr Whether you are looking for the perfect Christmas gift, or the perfect ambiance for your Christmas party, Zo_loft has a tablecloth or table runner to meet the need. What makes a Zo_loft tablecloth so unique? The pockets! Each tablecloth or runner has pockets for organizing in small spaces. You can use the pocket for table settings like napkins and silverware. Or guests can use the pockets to store their cell phone and keys for a … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Moody Tablecloth, Hand-made in Italy, has Pockets for Organizing Small Spaces
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Image: Zo_loft Pop Hand-made, on Flickr Whether you are looking for the perfect Christmas gift, or the perfect ambiance for your Christmas party, Zo_loft has a tablecloth or table runner to meet the need. What makes a Zo_loft tablecloth so unique? The pockets! Each tablecloth or runner has pockets for organizing in small spaces. You can use the pocket for table settings like napkins and silverware. Or guests can use the pockets to store their cell phone and keys for a … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Photo by jomilo75 via Flickr Creative Commons In a first-of-its-kind project, researchers from Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, a joint venture of CU-Boulder and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, are using cameras mounted to a remote controlled plane, called the Scan Eagle, to scan arctic areas monitoring seal populations as the ice levels decline. The project is keeping tabs on both the melting ice, and the animals to understand what impact warming temperatures are having on animals that rely on those … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Remote Controlled Planes and Image Recognition Software Track Arctic Seals on Thin Ice
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Photo by jomilo75 via Flickr Creative Commons In a first-of-its-kind project, researchers from Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, a joint venture of CU-Boulder and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, are using cameras mounted to a remote controlled plane, called the Scan Eagle, to scan arctic areas monitoring seal populations as the ice levels decline. The project is keeping tabs on both the melting ice, and the animals to understand what impact warming temperatures are having on animals that rely on those … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Remote Controlled Planes and Image Recognition Software Track Arctic Seals on Thin Ice
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Image credit: UpTrees We like trees here at TreeHugger. And we like to do interviews too. So it’s only natural that UpTrees caught my eye. It’s a project by Norwegian Henrik G. Dahle, an artist and “social engineer”, who has decided to climb a tree every day for a year, and to have a conversation with someone interesting while he’s doing it. … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Climbing a Tree Every Day for a Year. With Interesting People.
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Image credit: UpTrees We like trees here at TreeHugger. And we like to do interviews too. So it’s only natural that UpTrees caught my eye. It’s a project by Norwegian Henrik G. Dahle, an artist and “social engineer”, who has decided to climb a tree every day for a year, and to have a conversation with someone interesting while he’s doing it. … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Photo by evilthomthai via Flickr Creative Commons Fish living in waters off California’s coasts are changing the timing of their reproductive cycles, new studies show. Eighteen of the area’s most common species are spawning 15 to 62 days earlier than what was common in the 1950s, while eight other species are spawning between 15 and 38 days later. While experts aren’t sure why the trends are occurring, they’re eyeballing changes in water temperature as a culprit. … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Fish Spawning Earlier Off California Coasts
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Photo: O Globo For most of his 27 years, Jimmy the chimpanzee has been kept under lock and key, allowed only to dream of the world beyond the confines of his enclosure at a small zoo in Rio de Janeiro. With no companion and little to do to pass the time, Jimmy had become understandably depressed — that is, until he discovered the joy of painting. But despite receiving national acclaim for his artistic ability, and becoming a household name in Brazil, the results of Jimmy’s latest … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Picture Painting Chimp Earns Fame, But Not Freedom
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