This video says about itself: Whales and Orcas Feeding Together | BBC Earth 31 May 2018 Normally rivals, whales join orcas to take advantage of their of their fish stunning skills and go on a feeding frenzy.
Mankwe Dam, a large man-made impoundment that holds water throughout the year and that’s a veritable magnet for wildlife, is located in the heart of the Pilanesberg National Park. On its banks you’ll find the Mankwe Hide, very popular with photographers and recently rebuilt after being destroyed in a veld fire. That is where we […]
A day in Pilanesberg: Hour 4 — de Wets Wild
A report from Reuters. Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton said on Thursday he saw no need for a new racetrack in Rio de Janeiro and was against cutting down forest trees to make way for it. Plans for a grand prix circuit, which will replace Sao Paolo’s Interlagos on the F1 calendar, caused controversy […]
Hamilton against cutting trees for new track in Brazil — Repeating Islands
Whales are magnificent are they not. I am fascinated by them as they are guardians of our planet Earth. They hold much wisdom far more than we will ever know. Where did the Whales originate from. A watery planet in a far off galaxy, they were brought here eons ago when Earth was first created […]
Whales —
This week’s Sunday Stills challenge theme is ‘Winter.’ See more responses here. There are seasons in Hawaii, but they’re not as markedly different as they are on the mainland. So when it comes to a seasonal challenge theme I tend to fall back on migratory creatures. When it comes to winter, I think of humpback […]
Humpback whales — Graham’s Island
This is the sixth of the “Week-Long Alaskan Dream” post series. While COVID-19 has thrown 2020 a curve ball, and continues to disrupt in ways that are so difficult for so many, it seemed superficial to pick up where I left off to finish this blog series from our Alaska trip a year (seems like […]
The Wonder of Whales — Travel. Garden. Eat.
I just read about the beached whales in Tasmania. It’s very sad. Apparently only 108 out of roughly 350 survived. There was more that I don’t want to quote, so I’ll just get to the point of this post. The news article referred to the dead whales as ‘cadavers’. I don’t like that. It’s so […]
Beached whales — Vegan Lynx
Polar bears, Siberian tigers, our friendly neighborhood bees – what do they all have in common? That’s right. They’re all endangered species! What is sometimes informally referred to as the endangered species list is actually called the Red List of Threatened Species.
The IUCN Red List: Conservation of Endangered Species — Moosmosis
One of the most useful aspects of the Endangered Species Act is its stipulation no federal funds be spent on projects which jeopardize listed species. On federally administered lands- national parks, national forests, Bureau of Land Management properties, even military installations, these protections can mean the difference between recovery and further decline. Public lands, managed […]
Montana Grayling Test the Endangered Species Act — The outside bend.
One in four living things on the planet are endangered. A significant cause of species becoming endangered is habitat destruction, which is typically at the hands of humans for development of agricultural land, infrastructure, and business or home. In the US, the Endangered Species Act, signed in 1973, was the first law of its kind […]
Why It Matters – Endangered Species — Maggie Dewane
