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Good Instructions for Preserving the Beach While Enjoying it

Image credit: Good It would make sense that people who love to visit the beach—who enjoy sunbathing, swimming, sand, and surf—would be the most inclined to protect and preserve the coast. Unfortunately, this is not always the case and beaches around the world suffer each year from the very people who make the effort to seek them out. According to Good , it doesn’t have to be this way…. Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Dramatic Arctic Aerial Photography Hints at a Grim Future (Slideshow)

Image credit: Florian Schulz For nearly a decade, Florian Schulz has traveled the Arctic, documenting the region’s scenery and wildlife. During this time, he has logged hundreds of hours in the air to compile an extensive collection of Arctic aerial photography—and the results are stunning. But these photographs, largely, hide a darker truth: that this region is in peril, threatened by expanding energy development.

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For Desert Bats, The Secret to Survival Is Skin Deep

Photo credit Shai Pilosof, via press release

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Who Wins in a Conservation Competition?

Competition is a driving force in nature, but can it be a driving force to save nature? Image credit: mikebaird /Flickr Among birders, the desire to identify as many species as possible in a day, month, or year is what separates the interested from the obsessed. In The Big Year , Rick Obamscik tells the story of a group of competitors racing across the country to secure the coveted American Birding Association championship. Now, some conservationists are using this passion to aid protection efforts…. Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Critically Endangered Indian Vultures Bred for First Time in Captivity

White-rumped vulture, photo: Lip Kee Yap via flickr Some hope for three species of endangered Indian vultures: Conservationists have successfully bred all of them in captivity for the first time. Considering that at current rates of decline–brought about in no small part because of a painkiller used in cattle (more on that below)–these vultures would be globally extinct within 10 years, the importance of this seems clear. … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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TEDxOilSpill: Observing a Disaster

Philippe Cousteau takes the stage at the TEDxOilSpill conference in Washington, DC. Image credit: David DeFranza Every year, the TED—Technology, Education, Design—conference convenes with the intention of showcasing “ideas worth spreading.” However, a once-annual conference of diverse speakers, organizers have realized, is not always enough. Sometimes, an issue or event arises that simply demands discussion—that requires the world’s greatest minds and most passionate activists to work together. Certainly, the oil spill in the Gulf

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Canadian Tar Sands Corp Found Guilty of Killing 1600 Ducks in Toxic Tailing Pond

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Whaling & Dolphin Hunting Not About What’s Being Killed But Who

Humpback whale breaching, photo: Christopher DiNottia . Continuing on a theme that keeps coming up on TreeHugger, the fact that an increasing number of scientists believe that cetaceans have levels of self-awareness and societal development that they should be granted rights similar to human rights : There… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Superhero Animals Saving Other Animals (Slideshow with Videos)

Photo via Mabels When it comes to daring rescues, most news focuses on those acts of bravery committed by humans — but the animal world has heroes too. The amazing feats on these pages — from a lion saving a baby rhino, to a dog saving a cat, to a dolphin saving a whale — show just how far the animal kingdom will go to help one of their own.

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NASA Releases Time-Lapse Video of Gulf Oil Spill

Photo via NASA This two-minute video by NASA shows a space-based view of the burning Deepwater Horizon oil rig and the horrifying oil spill that has followed. The images–taken using the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) instrument–were hand-picked to best showcase the disaster. The images begin with the

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