Homegrown Mushroom Kayak Sails The Ocean
Los Angeles artist and mycologist Sam Shoemaker recently completed a remarkable 26 mile paddle from Catalina Island to San Pedro in a kayak grown entirely from mushrooms, proving that fungi based materials could one day replace the plastics that choke our oceans. Shoemaker cultivated his 14 foot vessel from mycelium, the dense root like network […]
Billie Eilish Just Saved A Quarter Million T-Shirts From Landfills
Pop sensation Billie Eilish is transforming decades of unwanted concert merchandise into new fan gear through a groundbreaking program with Universal Music Group that will save approximately 280,000 shirts from ending up in landfills or being shipped overseas to pollute developing countries. The initiative, led by the music giant’s merchandise division Bravado, takes old band […]
Scientists Discovered How Clownfish Like Nemo Shrinks
Researchers from Newcastle University made an astonishing discovery in Papua New Guinea during the extreme ocean heat wave of 2023 when they tracked 134 orange clownfish and watched 101 of them shrink their bodies more than once as water temperatures spiked. This represents the first documented case of coral reef fish temporarily reducing their size […]
The Pet Store Ban That Goes WAY Beyond Dogs And Cats
West Hollywood just passed the most comprehensive animal protection law in United States history by voting unanimously to ban the retail sale of all live animals including mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, arachnids, hermit crabs, and fish starting May 1, 2026. The California city already prohibited dog and cat sales back in 2010 to combat puppy […]
Turning Airport Runways Turn Into Parks Around The World
Cities around the world are transforming abandoned airports into massive green spaces that give residents room to breathe, play, and connect with nature in ways urban life rarely allows. Berlin’s Tempelhofer Feld, a 953 acre decommissioned airfield just 15 minutes from the city center, has become the German capital’s largest open space where people play […]
The Teamwork Between These Sea Animals Is Stunning Scientists
Scientists studying orcas off the coast of British Columbia have discovered something remarkable happening between two different species that normally don’t cooperate this way. Researchers led by marine scientist Sarah Fortune used drones, underwater microphones, and special cameras to record northern resident orcas hunting with Pacific white sided dolphins in what appears to be genuine […]
High Seas Treaty Will Protect 30% Of The High Seas In 2026
The world’s first treaty to protect marine life in international waters will officially become law in early 2026 after reaching a major milestone when the 60th country ratified the agreement. The High Seas Treaty, which took two decades to create, aims to protect 30 percent of the open ocean by establishing Marine Protected Areas in […]
Cardboard And Soil Combined Beats Concrete
Australian researchers have invented a revolutionary way to build walls using nothing but recycled cardboard boxes, dirt, and water that costs one third the price of concrete while producing 75 percent less carbon pollution. The team at RMIT University calls their creation cardboard confined rammed earth, and it works by packing moist soil inside cardboard […]
Prehistoric Bees Made Nests In Animal Bones
In a Caribbean cave scientists made a groundbreaking discovery that rewrites what we know about ancient bee behavior. About 20,000 years ago, bees living in Cueva de Mono in the Dominican Republic created their nests not in soft soil like their modern descendants, but inside the empty tooth sockets of prey animals eaten by giant […]
They Returned After Being Declared Extinct In 1996
The Campbell’s keeled glass-snail was officially declared extinct in 1996, joining the tragic list of lost species like the thylacine. But in 2020, everything changed when a Norfolk Island citizen scientist sent surprising photos to Dr. Isabel Hyman at the Australian Museum, showing an unusually large snail he’d discovered hidden under a decayed palm frond. […]