Or, “The Call of the Wild” underwater My Octopus Teacher, a 2020 Netflix Original documentary, directed by Pippa Ehrlich and James Reed, might already be the most watched and talked about cephalopod drama since Kirk Douglas fought the giant squid in the 1954 Walt Disney epic 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, based on the 1870 […]
Watchable wildlife species often seen at Hidden Beach
Hidden Beach habitat use overview (See also Exploiting starving orcas to push a boondoggle.) Photographed at Hidden Beach by Beth Clifton Grey whales photographed from Hidden Beach, frequented by as many as three whale at a time for more than a month in spring 2018. Sydney the harbor seal, born just north of Hidden Beach […]
Which are more deadly, balloons or alligators?
Jogging with the alligators Readers who troll my wife Beth’s personal Facebook page have probably seen a collage image she posted last summer showing me jogging along an embankment littered with alligators, stepping over their heads as I go, trailing a leaky helium balloon behind me. Obviously I didn’t really go hopping past alligators: the […]
“Salmon farming is an environmental disaster”
by John F. Robins, Animal Concern Scotland About thirty years ago an Animal Concern Director and I attended one of the first annual conferences of the Scottish fish farming industry. It was held in a wee hall in Oban and there were perhaps a hundred people attending. A student from University of Stirling gave a […]
When the cats are away, the mice will play––and the rats & rabbits
Purging cats from South Atlantic islands often harms birds more than helps them (Part I of a two-part series. See also What if an island has no cats?) LONDON, U.K.––Fourteen years after declaring victory over feral cats on remote Ascension Island, on behalf of sooty terns, the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds […]
Four poachers get life for killing Costa Rican sea turtle defender
Convictions for the killing of Jairo Mora Sandoval reverse 2015 acquittal LIMÓN, Costa Rica––Four poachers have received prison sentences ranging from 74 to 90 years for the May 30, 2013 murder of Costa Rican sea turtle defender Jairo Mora Sandoval, 26, and the kidnapping and robbery of four volunteers who were helping Mora to […]