Life
In 1959, and again in 1971, South Korea imported American bullfrogs to be raised as food, but the business never took off
Sep 4, 2026
wildlife conservation
23 articles in this category.
Life
On Christmas Day in 1900, 27 people went out to count birds instead of shooting them
Sep 3, 2026
Life
In the 1880s, Hawaii’s sugar industry introduced mongooses to the islands to kill rats in cane fields, but the effort largely failed…
Sep 1, 2026
Life
Most humpback whale populations have rebounded from near-extinction over the past sixty years, but the Arabian Sea population
Aug 24, 2026
Life
The most expensive wool on Earth doesn't come from a farm, but from a wild Andean animal called the vicuña, hunted to a few thousand by the…
Aug 20, 2026
Life
Crocodiles still live wild in the middle of the Sahara desert, trapped there since the desert itself used to be green
Aug 20, 2026
Climate Change
Copernicus satellite data puts Spain's 2026 burned area at over 200,000 hectares, the largest of any EU nation, and the evacuation orders…
By Nato Lagidze · Aug 5, 2026
Agriculture
Faced with losing its last forests, Costa Rica made a bet no country had tried at scale
Jul 24, 2026
Animal
Spotted Owls Benefit from Wildfires, Forest Fire Suppression Should Focus on Homes
By Derek Lee · Dec 10, 2020