Here’s a story that makes your stomach turn. The “aye aye” is a harmless little animal that feeds on larvae. Locals in Madagascar may kill them on sight because they fear the creature will stab them with its long claw.

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In fact, the animal uses its middle finger to find and harvest insect larvae in trees. It prowls at night, tapping its finger rapidly against tree branches to listen for hollowed-out pockets in the wood that hold grubs.

This may come down to the pesticide issue. Carbaryl is one of the widely used chemicals which can completely wipe out bee colonies.

One third of our diet comes from plants that have to be pollinated.

mong all the stresses to bee health, it’s the pesticides that are attracting scrutiny now. A study published Friday in the scientific journal PLOS (Public Library of Science) One found about three out of five pollen and wax samples from 23 states had at least one systemic pesticide — a chemical designed to spread throughout all parts of a plant.

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Amazing news! This would be the second wolf in the state. The other was recently killed.

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Some sad news. They could never explain where the wolverine came from. The likely scenario is from Ontario. Either way, the wolverine died of natural causes. It probably ate well in the lower thumb of Michigan. The wolverine state loses its last known wolverine.

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An indigenous leader from Canada addressed the conference today, describing how his people have hunted polar bears for generations, mostly for food and furs to use for clothing and shelter. He said they do so in a sustainable way, and vowed to continue the trade.

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