What is the status of the hyena in the wild?
Among the most intelligent animals on Earth, three species of hyenas still roam in wilder parts of Africa and Asia. Of them, the striped hyena and the brown hyena are most at risk. Both are considered “Near Threatened” by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), which maintains
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Querido DiálogoEcológico: ¿No serviría bastante instalar bidés en las salas de baño de nuestros hogares para reducir el uso de papel higiénico y salvar los bosques?
Querido DiálogoEcológico: ¿Qué es la "agricultura vertical" y por qué es preferible para el ambiente?
I ride my bike to work along busy urban streets
Aside from the obvious physical safety considerations (especially when talking on a cell phone!), biking on highly trafficked roads exposes riders to considerable amounts of fine particles, nitrogen dioxide and volatile organic compounds spewing out of tailpipes.
Are Elephant Populations Stable — And Safe — Nowadays?
Are Elephant Populations Stable — And Safe — Nowadays?
O Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree
Here are some great tips from the Morton Arboretum—a plant and tree environmental education facility—to keep your Christmas tree bright this season.
Obama Heads to COP15
President Obama will visit Copenhagen, Denmark, on December 9 to participate in the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP15).
Global Warming Superheroes
As delegates from around the world prepare for COP15, so do climate justice activists. In what’s being dubbed the "other climate conference," KlimaForum09 will take place December 7-18.
Wouldn”t a return to installing bidets in bathrooms at home
Besides being more sanitary than toilet tissue, bidets—those squirty accessories so popular in Europe, Japan and elsewhere that clean your underside using a jet of water—are also much less stressful on the environment than using paper.

