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Many designers are looking for alternatives to conventional materials. Carmen Hijosa of Spain has found one: she uses pineapple fibers to produce a fabric that can be used as a vegan alternative to leather. Who will win the race to be the next leather? The mushroom or the […]
At first sight, all these creatures have nothing in common whatsoever. But in reality, all of them are sharks! There are more than 500 shark species in the world, and lots of them don’t look as if they’re related. The most fearsome predators in the ocean, sharks have […]
Shoes, bags, armbands – Adi Reza Nughoro in the city of Bandung in Indonesia creates the raw material for such products from agricultural waste. His startup Mycotech makes leather from mushrooms. It’s easy on the environment and doesn’t involve killing animals. Here is a longer version on the […]
Mother of rare, white-headed cub killed Sept. 3 by train, cubs presumed dead Wildlife experts say the death of a mother grizzly bear and her two cubs — including a rare blond-headed grizzly — in Banff National Park is a major loss to the population. Parks Canada has […]
Nobody knows why the marine mammals have been ramming boats in waters from Gibraltar to Galicia, Spain, in recent months. Some vessels were so badly damaged that they had to be towed to port. Here is a video of one chasing a yacht and damaging the rudder:
Caribou populations in Jasper National Park are in deep trouble. Of three southern mountain woodland caribou herds managed by Parks Canada, one — the Maligne herd — is now considered extirpated, or locally extinct, while the other two are dangerously small, according to the Jasper National Park’s Species at Risk report. Worse, neither […]
Paul Stinson was vacationing in Yellowstone National Park when he stumbled across an incredible find. The Texas resident happened upon a herd of bison fording a river, Yahoo! Entertainment shared as video. And Stinson was ready with his camera. As the bison crossed the river, he recorded it all and saved it […]
A big chunk of ice has broken away from the Arctic’s largest remaining ice shelf – 79N, or Nioghalvfjerdsfjorden – in north-east Greenland. The ejected section covers about 110 square km; satellite imagery shows it to have shattered into many small pieces. The loss is further evidence say […]
Watch the video on Instagram here. Keep looking on our site for other great whale videos like the new born Humpback whale or the video on the largest whales, Blue Whales 101 !
Reindeer herders in a Russian Arctic archipelago have found an immaculately preserved carcass of an Ice Age cave bear, researchers said Monday. The find, revealed by the thawing permafrost, was discovered on the Lyakhovsky Islands with its teeth and even its nose intact. Previously scientists only had been […]
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