Photo via Animal Planet Each year in early September, Japan opens season on dolphins, and today marks the start of the season in Taiji, a now notorious place for slaughtering cetaceans thanks to the Oscar-winning documentary The Cove . And of course,... 

Taken June 2009. Courtesy Jeff Ford . Michigan lost its last wild wolverine in March. State wildlife officials later said the animal, a female about nine years old, would be mounted and put on display at a state park. But that was months ago. What happened... 

Photo via qmnonic Nothing like a flood of minks loose in a country’s already fragile ecosystem to put environmentalists in a tough spot. Two fur farms in northern Greece were raided, the results of which saw 50,000 minks running for the hills.... 

Photo via fabriziogiordano23 If you´re a city dweller, chances are you see them everyday - strolling down the sidewalk with their friends, having lunch at a local cafe, or just hanging out in the park. But for as much as we share with our urban lifestyles... 

Photo via thirtyfootscrew Few animals are as adept at swinging through the treetops as our primate cousins - but sometimes even they could use a refresher course. After years of being limited to mostly terrestrial locomotion, a group of orangutans at... 

Photo via Telegraph , Credit: Anne Young/Solent News In the Ubud region of Bali, Indonesia comes a companionship straight out of children’s books. Photographer Anne Young was vacationing at the Monkey Forest Park when she spotted a young male long-tailed... 

Photo via Telegraph , Credit: Anne Young/Solent News In the Ubud region of Bali, Indonesia comes a companionship straight out of children’s books. Photographer Anne Young was vacationing at the Monkey Forest Park when she spotted a young male long-tailed... 

Benjamin Benschneider / The Seattle Times Rebecca Teagarden of the Seattle Times visits Steve Sauer’s 182 square foot basement apartment. The 6′-2″ tall engineer designs airplane interiors for Boeing, but notes a different inspiration:... 

Benjamin Benschneider / The Seattle Times Rebecca Teagarden of the Seattle Times visits Steve Sauer’s 182 square foot basement apartment. The 6′-2″ tall engineer designs airplane interiors for Boeing, but notes a different inspiration:... 

Image credit: AZrainman Could government finally be waking up to the threat of peak oil? When a government minister attended a peak oil conference as a “keynote listener” , I perhaps unkindly cited it as evidence that miracles do happen....