Plastic-free soy sauce container biodegrades in 4 weeks

Chances are sushi aficionados have left a restaurant take-out in tow and with a handful of adorable, but environmentally ...

Can a crow teach recycling? That's one goal of a Pinetop raptor show

Owls and other talon-ted species at the White Mountain Nature Center remind audiences of the importance of recycling and ...
Polygon

20 years later, the best Animal Crossing game has never been topped

Wild World marked the first time an Animal Crossing game allowed players to see the sky, facilitated by the Nintendo DS's dual-screen hardware. Image: Nintendo But Wild World lacked many of the ...
The Clarion-Ledger

Want a hippopotamus for Christmas? What MS law says about wild, exotic pets

Mississippi requires a permit to own certain exotic animals considered "inherently dangerous," such as hippos, big cats and bears. Permit applicants must be at least 21, have experience with the ...
Yahoo

Onlooker captures stunning photo of tourists' reckless behavior near wild animals: 'They're gigantic'

Folks, those are not dairy cows: Despite plenty of videos circulating online of bison running up hills and charging at tourists, that message hasn't sunk in. A poster on the r/NationalPark subreddit ...
WUSA

‘Trashed’ panda | Raccoon returned to wild after ransacking a Virginia liquor store

ASHLAND, Va. — A drunken raccoon was treated at a Virginia shelter after pillaging a liquor store and passing out in a bathroom last week. According to the Hanover County Animal Protection and Shelter ...
The Republic

How trading wild turkeys for other animals became a conservation success story

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — No one wants a weasel on their Thanksgiving table, but swapping turkeys for other animals was once surprisingly common. Trading turkeys – for wildlife management, not dinner – was ...
The Clarion-Ledger

A monkey for a pet in MS? What you need to know about wild animals for pets in the state

Mississippi law considers certain animals "inherently dangerous" due to their potential to cause serious harm. The list of dangerous animals includes various primates, large carnivores, elephants, and ...
Smithsonian Magazine

More Than 1,200 Marine Animal Species Eat Plastic. Ingesting Even a Tiny Amount Can Kill Them, a New Study Suggests

Each year, an estimated 24 billion pounds of plastic end up in oceans across the world. Unable to distinguish that trash from natural food sources, many marine animals end up ingesting it. While ...
Northcountrypublicradio.org

Eating just a handful of plastic can be fatal for marine animals, a study finds

Scientists have long known that plastic waste is bad for marine animals. A new study quantifies how little ingested plastic it takes to be a... Eating just a handful of plastic can be fatal for marine ...
WVXU

Eating just a handful of plastic can be fatal for marine animals, a study finds

Candy wrappers. Balloons. Grocery bags. Every day, the equivalent of 2,000 full garbage trucks worth of plastic gets dumped in the world's oceans. Scientists have long known that plastic waste is ...