The Black Mamba Anti-Poaching Unit (Black Mamba APU) is a mostly female ranger unit founded with the purpose of protecting wildlife in South Africa. They are on the front-line protecting dwindling numbers... continue reading
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In a very short amount of time the human population exploded and is still growing very fast. Will this lead to the end of our civilization?
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 4 months ago • 558 views • 6:40Not sure how this fits in and not very topical but I found it interesting.
posted by vil 7 years 6 months ago • 191 views • 10:05The Speke’s gazelle is the world's smallest gazelle, and is also one of the most endangered. This Bambi lookalike lives in the semidesert areas in the Horn of Africa. Named after English explorer John... continue reading
posted by blacklotus90 7 years 9 months ago • 202 views • 1:07Coober Pedy is a small desert town in Australia where the entire population lives in underground homes. With outside temperatures hovering over 100 degrees, residents made permanent homes in the cooler... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 9 months ago • 589 views • 2:11As urban populations continue to rise, innovators are looking beyond traditional farming as a way to feed everyone while having less impact on our land and water resources. Vertical farming is one solution... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 9 months 3 weeks ago • 832 views • 3:38I'd be looking out for a killer backhand! YouTube: San Quentin prison sits on a secluded bay just north of San Francisco and inside the walls hosts the largest death row population in the United States.... continue reading
posted by PlayhousePals 8 years 4 months 4 weeks ago • 148 views • 7:03Too bad there are so many who can't get their heads around the facts. YouTube: Bill Nye boils down the basic facts surrounding climate change, and why the rate at which our planet is changing is so important
posted by PlayhousePals 8 years 6 months 1 week ago • 738 views • 1:06A whole lot, apparently. Recent surveys and modelling techniques have allowed scientists to get a much more accurate picture of the tree population of planet earth.
posted by Fantomas 8 years 7 months 3 weeks ago • 20 views • 2:44"Over 99% of all the animal species that have ever lived are now extinct."
posted by PlayhousePals 9 years ago • 363 views • 4:27YouTube: This week, science explains the chemical love-connection we share with our dogs, and how some of the most isolated populations of people in the world are different on the inside
posted by PlayhousePals 9 years 1 week ago • 141 views • 4:38"Our concrete jungles can be hard on wildlife."
posted by PlayhousePals 9 years 1 month ago • 99 views • 3:21YouTube Description: In 1991, Cuba's economy began to implode. "The Special Period in the Time of Peace" was the government's euphemism for what was a culmination of 30 years worth of isolation. It... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 9 years 4 months ago • 1,569 views • 8:30This shows the 56 different ethnic backgrounds living in China today, in descending order of population. China is a much more diverse place than one would expect.
posted by artician 1 decade 10 months 3 weeks ago • 236 views • 5:03What has happened to us? Despite the most advanced medical technology in the world, we are sicker than ever by nearly every measure. Two out of every three of us are overweight. Cases of diabetes are... continue reading
posted by eric3579 1 decade 11 months ago • 599 views • 2:12Youtube Description: This 50 minutes long BBC documentary film is aired in the year 2011. The BBC film says it is the first and the most technological advance in the world, ancient chariot racing, the... continue reading
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