Animal Geography

Most recent stories in Animal Geography

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  Julie Urbanik, Ph.D.

  

  3 days ago

  Animal rides are cruel, advocates say. So why are we still doing them?

  The Washington Post - By Andrea Sachs

  Earlier this month, a photo of Pai Lin made the viral rounds. The image of the septuagenarian female illustrated the dark and painful underbelly of elephant tourism in Thailand. The Asian elephant’s back sloped down like a ramp, the weight of countless visitors crushing her spine. Pai Lin spent a …

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  Julie Urbanik, Ph.D.

  

  3 days ago

  Italian plan to ban lab-grown food criticised as misguided

  The Guardian - Angela Giuffrida in Rome

  The Italian government has approved a draft law that would ban food grown in laboratories, including artificial meat, as it seeks to “safeguard our nation’s heritage”. Under the ban, which needs to be passed in both houses of parliament, those who produce, export or import food grown from animal …

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  Julie Urbanik, Ph.D.

  

  4 days ago

  Why sea creatures are washing up dead around the world

  The Washington Post - By Rachel Pannett

  Dead fish in Florida. Beached whales in New Jersey. Sea urchins, starfish and crayfish washing ashore in New Zealand. Millions of rotting fish clogging up a river in the Australian outback. A mass fish die-off in Poland. Around the world, freshwater and marine creatures are dying in large numbers, …

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  Julie Urbanik, Ph.D.

  

  6 days ago

  A Sting Operation to Save Elephants, With No Stings

  The New York Times - Rachel Nuwer

  It’s a familiar, dreaded scenario in many parts of Africa and Asia: An elephant shows up, wanders into farmers’ fields, and tramples and eats crops. Sometimes farmers fight back, and elephants are killed. That series of events seemed likely to play out recently when a forest elephant bull emerged …

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  Julie Urbanik, Ph.D.

  

  6 days ago

  Monarch butterflies lose sanctuary in Mexico as climate changes

  The Washington Post - By Naomi Schanen

  Every year, millions of monarch butterflies make their way across North America to spend winters in the same forests of central Mexico’s Michoacán state — a phenomenon that remains an evolutionary mystery. But in just one year, the population of monarch butterflies wintering in those hillsides …

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  Julie Urbanik, Ph.D.

  

  Rainbow fur, £10,000 ballgowns and hounds in hats: inside LA’s canine couture show

  The Guardian - Oliver Wainwright

  Hairdryers whirr, curling irons sizzle and clouds of hairspray fill the air backstage at LA fashion week, as stylists riffle through clothes rails and make frantic adjustments to hemlines. Models are lining up to be photographed, moments before the show begins, but they all seem a little …