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The great apes, namely the gorillas, chimpanzees, bonobos and the orangutans are our closest genetic relatives. But that didn’t stop us from slaughtering them as usual! Now, reports suggest that orangutans are likely to be the first ones to bid...
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Summer at Colorado’s Beaver Creek Resort is usually a time of hot days, cool nights, verdant views and the peaceful sound of the Rocky Mountains. Not this year.
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AP, Mexico City
Tropical Storm Genevieve has strengthened into a hurricane far off Mexico’s Pacific coast, and forecasters say it is expected to stay out at sea.
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Every year millions of computers are dumped into landfills instead of being recycled.But scientists in Romania and Turkey have discovered a way to remove toxic...
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The Drake Landing Solar Community is a one of a kind community located in the town of Okotoks, Alberta, Canada sets a wonderful example of sustainable lifestyle,...
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Since the Japanese government has long been asking phone makers to be more active in encouraging their collection and reuse, Plaza Create from Japan came up with the...
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This light weight clip fan with a diameter of 7.3 cm is definitely a delight when you’re out in the burning heat, providing a sense relief! The best thing about this...
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The population of vultures in Uttarakhand has shown a slight decrease from 5,066 as registered in 2007 to 4,720 in July, 2008, according to the recent bird census...
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NASA is attempting to deploy and operate its first solar-sail powered craft NanoSail-D, made of extremely lightweight gossamer fabric designed to glide into space. It...
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With animal feed and fertilizer prices at record highs, Japan’s food recycling industry is seeing greater demand than ever before for pellets for pigs and poultry...
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The Earth is alone among the planets of our solar system in having plate tectonics. Venus, a near twin of our planet in size and density, has no tectonic activity....
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As Hurricane Dolly batters the coasts of Texas and Mexico, it’s not the whipping winds that residents should be most worried about. It’s the water.
made popular Jul 24 2008
Johnny Depp may be one of the few environment-concerned actors around. So, when he needed to light up the isolated island of his, in Bahamas, he decided to keep it as...
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In Arthur C. Clarke’s forward to his novel 2001 A Space Odyssey, he wrote that
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It is not often that one finds stuff like milk crates and egg cartons to be a part of the living room on a pretty permanent basis but many across the world are...
made popular Jul 24 2008
Pedal-Power is nothing new or revolutionary but this new fun way of using it is really cool and is an example of green fun at its very best. More than anything else...
made popular Jul 24 2008
Can ants really predict earthquakes? If we go by observations and belief of Turkish man Kadir Sutcu they can. Kadir Sutcu is not an expert ant researcher but he claims...
made popular Jul 24 2008
Once again we have news related to the latest and the most innovative part of lighting technology- OLED. It is no secret that I love LEDs and it seems that even before...
made popular Jul 24 2008
Firstly this is not to be confused with another concept car design that carries the same name and is covered in green (Only the color and not so much the eco-features)....
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Gone are the days when living a eco-life meant secluding away in the woods with no or minimal necessary luxury along. Times have changed and so have the ideas, designs...
made popular Jul 24 2008
The world’s first plastic motor powered solely and directly by light is a ground breaking news in our green world! Till now we all are well versed with the regular...
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AP, Bangkok
Orangutan numbers have declined sharply on the only two islands where they still live in the wild and they could become the first great ape species to go extinct if...
made popular Jul 5 2008
A male orangutan, clinging precariously to overhanging branches, flails the water with a pole, trying desperately to spear a passing fish.
It is the first time one has...
made popular Apr 29 2008
AP, Miami
A 55-year-old Sumatran orangutan, believed to be the world’s oldest, has died at the Miami zoo.
made popular Dec 30 2007
Do you know, filling your car with biofuel is slowly destroying our planet earth? According to Sky New, bio diesel comprises of palm oil has destroyed a whole lot of...
made popular Sep 28 2007
AP, Kuala Lumpur
An orangutan in a Malaysian wildlife sanctuary snatched a French tourist’s backpack and bit her while pulling off her shoes, socks and pants, the tourist said...
made popular Sep 25 2007
AP, Kuala Lumpur
An orangutan at a wildlife sanctuary fought with a French tourist for her backpack, leaving her bruised and scratched, an official said Tuesday.
made popular Sep 25 2007
Orangutan forests are under threat of being wiped out, thanks to rampant illegal logging. The tropical forests of Southeast Asia, home to millions of wildlife species...
made popular Jun 13 2007
Glen Barry in Rainforest Portal rightly said natural ancient rainforests are too valuable to be replaced by oil palm plantations! This reaction is on the basis of the...
made popular Feb 22 2006
The concern for the destroying tropical rain forests is no new. We all are familiar with several reasons behind it, if not all. But, do you know that the responsible...
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