From Popular Science. A conservation biologist and realtor by training, Maurice Rodrigues co-founded the Turtle Conservancy in 2005. The non-profit takes in abandoned, homeless, and illegally trafficked reptiles confiscated at airports in the New York City metro area. According to law enforcement officers working with the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, inspectors seize about…
From Michael Burns. Go to https://buyraycon.com/MICHAELBURNS to get up to 30% off during Raycon’s Black Friday and Cyber Monday Sale! Thanks Raycon for sponsoring! For this months BURNS AFTER READING, I talk about Jenny Odell’s How to Do Nothing, a book that uses the form of a self-help book to argue for new ways to…
From Bizarre Beasts. Thylacines, or Tasmanian tigers or Tasmanian wolves, went extinct in 1936. The conflict between them and settlers on the island is mostly to blame for loss of this marsupial, but the trade in thylacines for zoos, museums, and private collections also put a bounty on their heads. So, when it comes to…