or to add a new species or remove an existing one, are made at the CITES meetings of the Conference of the Parties. Proposals require a two-thirds majority vote to pass and are supposed to be science based, taking into account evidence such as how many of the animals are left in the ...
Edna Molewa, South Africa's environmental issues minister, says, "During 2014, we are sad to say this, 1, 215 rhinos were killed. This is a rise in the number of poached rhinos from 1, 004 in 2013 and indeed very worrying." The animals are hunted for their horns. Many people in ...
Sadly,more species are going extinctevery year. It’s a horrifying problem for the biodiversity of our planet. Data-driven technologies like IoT and AI can help us study animals’ behavioral patterns and monitor animals without disrupting them. Rhino poaching in South Africa has increased from 13...
Kimberlite pipes are created as magma flows through deep fractures in the Earth. The magma inside the kimberlite pipes acts like an elevator, pushing the diamonds and other rocks and minerals through the mantle and crust in just a few hours. These eruptions were short, but many times mor...
Animals are afraid of humans:If you hear a noise blow your whistle or yell. If it is an animal, it will run away. If it is a rescuer, you will be found. You have hundreds of friends looking for you:If you hear people yelling your name they are not angry. They are trying to fin...
(DRC). Sudan. Chad. Five of the world’s least stable nations, as ranked by the Washington, D.C.-based organization the Fund for Peace, are home to people who travel to other countries to kill elephants. Year after year, the path to many of the biggest, most horrific elephant ...
Different methods are used to acquire each type of textile material on the market. Cotton, for instance, is derived from clumps of fluffy fiber that surround mature cotton seeds. Wool, on the other hand, is acquired by shearing wool-bearing animals. Textile producers manufacture synthetic fibers...
Poached eggs are made by partially cooking the egg in simmering water. When it’s served, the egg whites will be soft and you’ll be able to see the whole yolk. I’ve never had a poached egg but I’d sure like to try it. 29. Sunny-side up Sunny-side up refers to an egg ...
Many versions incorporate raw pounded meat and fresh blood in the dressing. Chicken meat can be replaced with beef, pork, seafood, vegetables or young jackfruit. There are recipes for lawar all over the web, which seem slightly different but generally are variations on the same theme; and ...
A water station for virus-hunters; between two and five zoonotic viruses — the kind that cross from animals to humans — are discovered each year© Yanthe Nobel “Tropical rainforests are exceptionally important in this regard,” says Tom Gillespie, who leads a lab studying pathogens and envi...