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Tag Archives: wildlife
Map Monday: where the animals used to roam
We get used to being told that many of our most iconic animals are endangered, due to climate change, destruction of natural habitat, poaching and overhunting. But we rarely stop to think about what things were like when these magnificent … Continue reading
Posted in Map Monday
Tagged bears, buffalo, elephants, endangered species, giraffes, historical ranges of animals, history, lions, maps, pandas, rhinos, tigers, wildlife
34 Comments
Wordless Wednesday: do you ever have days like this?
Can you think of a worthy caption for this image?!
Posted in Wildlife Wednesday, Wordless Wednesday
Tagged bird, buffalo, fun, humor, humour, when things go wrong, wildlife
21 Comments
Mother Nature doesn’t care if you believe in science or not
It seems to be fashionable these days for people to pick and choose among scientific theories and advice, depending on whether they like the implications of that scientific advice. They may treat one scientific theory like the gospel and another … Continue reading
Getting relief from troubling times through nature – and maps
Today is Map Monday, but all the maps I’ve been looking at are awfully depressing. They seem to offer yet more evidence of what poor decisions humans have made throughout history. I thought I’d see what maps I could find … Continue reading
Posted in Map Monday, Wildlife Wednesday
Tagged animals, Canadian High Arctic, Galapagos Islands, Greenland, icebergs, Madagascar, wildlife, world maps
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Wildlife and Earth Day in the time of COVID-19
Wildlife Wednesday and Earth Day all rolled into one. Happy Earth Day, everyone! Believe it or not, this marks the 50th year of celebrating Earth Day on April 22. I have to admit to not having been aware of Earth … Continue reading
Posted in Climate change, History and Politics, Wildlife Wednesday
Tagged air pollution, air quality, clean air, Climate change, CO2 emissions, coronavirus, COVID-19, Earth Day, microplastics, ocean pollution, pandemics, plastic pollution, renewable energy, sheltering in place, sustainable agriculture, wildlife
20 Comments
Wildlife Wednesday … and almost wordless as well
There were 3 very rare white giraffes in Kenya until early March. Along came the poachers, and then there was one.
Posted in Wildlife Wednesday, Wordless Wednesday
Tagged Kenya, poachers, white giraffe, wildlife
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Wisdom from Facebook friends in the midst of world COVID-19 lockdown
I don’t know about you, but with even more time for people to be on Facebook, I find that FB friends are passing along helpful and thoughtful “posters” to help deal with self-isolation, to understand why it’s so critically important, … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership, Odds and Ends
Tagged caremongering, community, coronavirus, COVID-19, crows, Gilbert and Sullivan, humor, humour, patience, prayer, self-isolation, things to do, wash hands, wildlife
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Wildlife Wednesday: Climate change is threatening the very existence of many of our animals | Mar 11/20
Last week we looked at animals who are officially listed as being under severe threat of extinction because of loss of habitat, conflict with encroaching human populations, questionably legal wanton killing, and illegal poaching. This week we look at 10 … Continue reading
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