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Category Archives: Wildlife
Were to Buy Locally Sourced Christmas Trees
We can all be thankful Turkey day is over. It’s finally time we start listening to “The Christmas Song” on repeat (embittering Jews, etc.) and shopping ourselves to death. If you survived, aren’t broke and are feeling particularly festive, GrowNYC … Continue reading
Posted in Holidays, Nature, Wildlife
Tagged Christmas, christmas in New York, christmas trees, ethics, grand army plaza, holidays, locally sources, organic, sustainable, Union Square
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New York Welcomes Back State Insect
The nine-spotted ladybug is back on New York soil. This is the first time that the official New York State insect has been spotted in 29 years, reported The New York Times. The first spotting of the ladybug was in … Continue reading
Posted in Wildlife
Tagged Amagansett, John Losey, Ladybug, Lost Ladybug Project, New York, Nine-Spotted Ladybug, Official Insect, Peter Priolo
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Australia Helps the Fish
Australia began the first steps to create the world’s biggest marine park on Friday. The new park in the Coral Sea will cover almost 1 million square kilometers off of Australia’s northwest coast, the Environmental News Network reported. It will … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, Fish, Water, Wildlife
Tagged Australia, Coral, Coral Sea, Environmental News Network, Fish, Sea Turtles
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Unwelcome Biodiversity in Prospect Park?
Some living thing is thriving in the Prospect Park lake, now “a breeding ground for a dangerous bacteria that’s been known to kill animals and sicken humans,” the Post claims. “Cyanobacteria have been insidiously multiplying on the lake since the … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, Birds, Fish, Nature, Pollution, Prospect Park, Water, Wildlife
Tagged bacteria, biodiversity, Cyanobacteria, parks department, prospect park, what the Post is up to
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Wild Turkey Overpopulation in Staten Island Conveniently Reported in Early November
“The turkeys keep coming and coming and coming. They never stop,” Suloa Perasevic, 37, of Ocean Breeze told the Daily News. A riveting piece of journalism published in today’s News says wild turkeys of Staten Island “are multiplying – and getting … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, Birds, Food, Holidays, Nature, Wildlife
Tagged gooble gooble motherfucker, Ocean Breeze, Overpopulation, Staten Island, Thanksgiving, thankskilling, Wild Turkeys
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Can 3-D Printing Help the Crab Housing Shortage?
Hermit crabs are having trouble finding housing in todays’ market. One 3-D printing company is hoping to help out the housing shortage for homeless crabs. MakerBot Industries wants to design and produces plastic shells that can be used as shells … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, Design, Technology, Wildlife
Tagged Crabs, Hermit Crabs, MakerBot Industries, Mother Nature Network, Project Shelter, Shell, Shortage
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BP All Set to Drill in the Gulf Again
British Petroleum will be drilling seven new exploratory wells in the Gulf of Mexico next year, Green blog reports. The Obama administration gave the oil giant a drilling permit last week, saying “BP has met all of the enhanced safety requirements that we have … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, Birds, Energy, Nature, Pollution, Shark, Technology, Wildlife
Tagged BP Oil Spill, Deepwater Horizon accident, Gulf of Mexico, Obama Administration
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Wildlife Already Flocking to New Trees
By the end of the planting event in Queens on Saturday, there were already two types of wildlife climbing the branches of the saplings. A praying mantis crawled around the trees as we looked on. One research student, Ian Johnson, … Continue reading
Posted in Birds, Nature, Wildlife
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Join the Naming Contest for a New Park in Long Island City
A former parking lot at the eastern end of Queens Plaza in Long Island City is being repurposed and transformed into a sustainable “1.5-acre oasis with wetlands, plantings, millstones and artist-designed benches,” the Times reports. Last Thursday, Mayor Bloomberg charged … Continue reading
Mysterious illness plagues Alaskan seals
Several days ago, The Associated Press [via Washington Post] reported a large handful of ringed seals had been found along the Alaskan shore with a mysterious illness. According to the article, 107 seals appeared along the Beaufort sea coast with “lesions, … Continue reading
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