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☆ Plant milks or dairy: What's better for you and planet Earth?
  + stars: | 2022-11-15 | by ( Sandee Lamotte | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +12 min
The advertisement featuring a pearly white, cow’s milk mustache on a smiling face sends a message often repeated at home: Dairy milk is good for you. Fat, sodium and cholesterol: Compared to dietary cholesterol in whole dairy, most plant milks are good choices — plant foods never have dietary cholesterol, Gardner said. Sodium levels are relatively equal between plant milks and dairy at about 100 milligrams of sodium. “No need to fear the fat of most plant-based milks — unsaturated fats are considered healthful in the modest quantities found in plant-based milks,” Gardner said. Plant milks have no such advantage, and this is where nutrition can stumble, Gardner said.
☆ What to know about Mastodon, the Twitter alternative
  + stars: | 2022-11-08 | by ( Rachel Metz | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +7 min
I am one of these Mastodon newcomers, trying it out of curiosity and because Twitter has felt increasingly toxic over time. Davide Bonaldo/SOPA Images/ShutterstockBut while it can be exciting to seek out a new social network, it can be tricky, too. Mastodon and Twitter have some similarities, yet they’re quite different — both in how they work and how they’re operated. I have mostly taken the more manual route by searching on Twitter for the word “Mastodon” to pull up people I follow who have added Mastodon usernames to their Twitter profile names. There also isn’t a Mastodon equivalent to Twitter’s quote-tweet feature, where you can repost another user’s post and append your own thoughts to it.
☆ More than 700 dolphins in the Black Sea have died since the war in Ukraine began. Scientists believe the fighting cripples their ability to navigate, find food, and talk to each other.
  + stars: | 2022-11-04 | by ( Kelsey Vlamis | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +6 min
There's been an increase in dolphin strandings around the Black Sea since the war in Ukraine began. Dolphins and porpoises talk and navigate via sound, which may be disrupted by the loud noises of war. "Russia's war against Ukraine escalated in February 2022 puts the entire Black Sea basin under a huge threat. Dolphins, porpoises, and whales have an acute sense of hearing and use echolocation to map out their environment. The areas were identified as important habitats for three species that the IUCN classifies as threatened or endangered: the Black Sea common dolphin, the Black Sea harbor porpoise, and the Black Sea bottlenose dolphin.
☆ What Elephants’ Brains Reveal About Their Dexterous Trunks
  + stars: | 2022-10-27 | by ( Dominique Mosbergen | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: +1 min
African elephants, such as this juvenile at a sanctuary in Kenya, might have the most facial nucleus neurons of any land-dwelling mammal, and many of the cells appear to be associated with ear and trunk movement. Elephants are known for their strong and dexterous trunks that can deftly peel bananas, suction up tortilla chips and lift hundreds of pounds of weight. A rare analysis of elephant brains offers some clues into how they do it: Elephants have tens of thousands of brain cells devoted to facial movement—and as many as half of them may be just for moving their trunks. The study, which analyzed the brains of eight elephants, claims to be the first attempt to count the number of facial nucleus neurons, or brain cells involved in controlling facial movement and expression, in elephants. African elephants were discovered to have about 63,000 facial nucleus neurons, and their slightly smaller cousins, the Asian elephant, had around 54,000, according to the analysis published Wednesday in Science Advances.
☆ Container ships are being asked to slow down near Seattle in order to protect endangered killer whales
  + stars: | 2022-10-18 | by ( Stephen Jones | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
Ships passing through the Puget Sound near Seattle are being asked to slow down to protect endangered orcas. A two-month trial aims to reduce the impact of underwater noise on local Southern Resident killer whales. The aim is to reduce the amount of noise, and therefore sound disturbance caused to the local population of Southern Resident orcas, also known as Southern Resident killer whales. Quiet Sound was launched in June 2021 with the aim of understanding and minimizing the impact of large container ships on Washington State's population of Southern Resident killer whales. There were just 74 Southern Resident killer whales remaining in the wild, as of December 2020, according to the United States Environmental Protection Agency.
☆ Congolese NGOs decry mining in main refuge of 'Africa's unicorn'
  + stars: | 2022-10-18 | by ( Erikas Mwisi Kambale | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +3 min
Industrial activities are supposed to be banned in the 13,000 square kilometers of the reserve in northeast Democratic Republic of Congo. Aerial photo evidence shows mining has persisted, the civil society groups said at a joint news conference to mark the international day of the okapi. The NGOs blamed a Chinese company called Kimia Mining, which has previously been accused of flouting a ban on river-dredging in Ituri province and other mining regulations, according to a 2016 report by a UN Group of Experts. There was no available contact information to reach Kimia Mining for comment. Congo is currently at loggerheads with conservationists and scientists over its plan to open other parts of its rainforest and peatlands to oil and gas drilling.
☆ About 17 Americans die waiting for transplants each day. Scientists are trying to make more organs in 5 creative ways.
  + stars: | 2022-10-18 | by ( Morgan Mcfall-Johnsen | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +11 min
Courtesy of Leilani GrahamIf pig organs turn out to be just as effective as human organs, she added, "That is more appealing to me than using marginal donors." If the technique works for human organs in the future, it could allow clinicians to preserve many more organs for donation after death. Changing organs' blood typeEnzymes are delivered to a lung inside a perfusion machine at Dr. Marcelo Cypel’s lab. Growing synthetic organs from stem cellsResearcher Stormy Chamberlain holds a tray of stem cells at the University of Connecticut's Stem Cell Institute. Hanna started a company called Renewal Bio to pursue the possibility of turning stem cells into organs for transplants.
☆ Breaching whale shocks father and son fishing off Jersey Shore as it nearly comes aboard boat
  + stars: | 2022-10-15 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Dennis-Romero-Circle-Byline-Template.Jpg | Dennis Romero | ) www.nbcnews.com   time to read: +3 min
A father and son were fishing for striped bass and tuna off the Jersey Shore near Belmar on Wednesday when they hooked a prize memory: A massive humpback whale breached the sea inches from them. The water boiled with activity, with dozens of small fish jumping from the sea, before the humpback's head emerged next to the duo's small boat. Humpback whale breaches the water near fishermen in NJ. The whale's head landed with a splash, and soon it was deep in the sea. Eric Otjen, SeaWorld San Diego vice president of zoological operations said apparent humpback whales feeding on small fish near shore is nothing unusual, but breaching near a boat is.
☆ India reintroduced 8 cheetahs after the big cats were wiped out 70 years ago — but some scientists say it's more of a PR stunt than a conservation effort
  + stars: | 2022-10-09 | by ( Kelsey Vlamis | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +8 min
Cheetahs are being reintroduced to India after being declared extinct in the country in 1952. The reintroduction effort is aimed at creating a viable population of wild cheetahs. Some experts are critical of the plan, saying it's more like a large "zoo" than a wild population. The reintroduction plan, which is estimated to cost about $11 million, aims to establish a viable, free-ranging population of cheetahs. "The cheetah is a magnificent animal, it's a big magnet for ecotourism," Jhala told National Geographic.
☆ 5 cutting-edge medical experiments could expand our organ supply, from gene-edited pigs to artificial embryos
  + stars: | 2022-09-24 | by ( Morgan Mcfall-Johnsen | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +10 min
Courtesy of Leilani GrahamIf pig organs turn out to be just as effective as human organs, she added, "That is more appealing to me than using marginal donors." While much of the shortage is driven by imperfect logistics and bureaucracy rather than supply, cutting-edge research could make organs — human, pig, or synthetic — more accessible in Graham's lifetime. If the technique works for human organs in the future, it could allow clinicians to preserve many more organs for donation after death. Changing organs' blood typeEnzymes are delivered to a lung inside a perfusion machine at Dr. Marcelo Cypel’s lab. Growing synthetic organs from stem cellsResearcher Stormy Chamberlain holds a tray of stem cells at the University of Connecticut's Stem Cell Institute.
☆ Rare video shows a seal inflating its nose like a balloon to attract a female in a mating ritual
  + stars: | 2022-09-21 | by ( Marianne Guenot | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
A rare video shows the mating ritual of hooded seals in the Arctic Ocean. In the video, a young male hooded seal appears bobbing along a slab of ice, where a female is nursing a pup. A male hooded seal is shown in an illustration. More than 600,000 hooded seals live across the North Atlantic and Arctic Ocean, per the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) fisheries. Hooded seal pups are weaned off the milk in just four days, the shortest time for any mammal.
☆ A Paradise of Birds in Ghana’s Kakum National Park
  + stars: | 2022-09-21 | by ( Photographs Lyle Ashton Harris | Lyle Ashton Harris | Photographs Yael Martínez | ) www.nytimes.com   time to read: +22 min
An animal voyage is special because it requires us to make many journeys all at once. To return home from an animal voyage is to become, yourself, a new animal living in your old habitat. “If the snow leopard should manifest itself, then I am ready to see the snow leopard,” Matthiessen writes. The best trips, like Peter Matthiessen’s search for the snow leopard, find a way to make themselves permanent. To return home from an animal voyage is to become, yourself, a new animal living in your old habitat.
☆ Meeting the Beasts of the Jungle in French Guiana
  + stars: | 2022-09-21 | by ( Photographs Antoine D Agata | Antoine D Agata | Photographs Yael Martínez | ) www.nytimes.com   time to read: +22 min
An animal voyage is special because it requires us to make many journeys all at once. To return home from an animal voyage is to become, yourself, a new animal living in your old habitat. “If the snow leopard should manifest itself, then I am ready to see the snow leopard,” Matthiessen writes. The best trips, like Peter Matthiessen’s search for the snow leopard, find a way to make themselves permanent. To return home from an animal voyage is to become, yourself, a new animal living in your old habitat.
☆ Inside an Animal Sanctuary in Bolivia Where Tourists Can Help
  + stars: | 2022-09-21 | by ( Photographs Yael Martínez | Yael Martínez | ) www.nytimes.com   time to read: +22 min
An animal voyage is special because it requires us to make many journeys all at once. My favorite record of an animal voyage is a book that’s fluent in failure. To return home from an animal voyage is to become, yourself, a new animal living in your old habitat. “If the snow leopard should manifest itself, then I am ready to see the snow leopard,” Matthiessen writes. To return home from an animal voyage is to become, yourself, a new animal living in your old habitat.
☆ Inside Seoul’s Wild Animal Cafes
  + stars: | 2022-09-21 | by ( Photographs Robin Schwartz | Robin Schwartz | Photographs Yael Martínez | ) www.nytimes.com   time to read: +22 min
An animal voyage is special because it requires us to make many journeys all at once. My favorite record of an animal voyage is a book that’s fluent in failure. To return home from an animal voyage is to become, yourself, a new animal living in your old habitat. “If the snow leopard should manifest itself, then I am ready to see the snow leopard,” Matthiessen writes. To return home from an animal voyage is to become, yourself, a new animal living in your old habitat.
☆ Lessons From a Lifetime of Animal Voyages
  + stars: | 2022-09-21 | by ( Sam Anderson | Photographs Yael Martínez | ) www.nytimes.com   time to read: +22 min
An animal voyage is special because it requires us to make many journeys all at once. My favorite record of an animal voyage is a book that’s fluent in failure. To return home from an animal voyage is to become, yourself, a new animal living in your old habitat. “If the snow leopard should manifest itself, then I am ready to see the snow leopard,” Matthiessen writes. To return home from an animal voyage is to become, yourself, a new animal living in your old habitat.
☆ Where the Wild Things Are
  + stars: | 2022-09-21 | by ( The New York Times Magazine | Photographs Yael Martínez | ) www.nytimes.com   time to read: +22 min
To return home from an animal voyage is to become, yourself, a new animal living in your old habitat. “If the snow leopard should manifest itself, then I am ready to see the snow leopard,” Matthiessen writes. “We’ve seen so much, maybe it’s better if there are some things that we don’t see.”Today, nearly 50 years later, if you are so inclined, you can go see a snow leopard at the zoo. The best trips, like Peter Matthiessen’s search for the snow leopard, find a way to make themselves permanent. To return home from an animal voyage is to become, yourself, a new animal living in your old habitat.
☆ Chinese researchers clone an Arctic wolf in 'landmark' conservation project
  + stars: | 2022-09-20 | by ( Jessie Yeung | Cnn'S Beijing Bureau | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +5 min
"After two years of painstaking efforts, the arctic wolf was cloned successfully. The Arctic wolf, also known as the white wolf or polar wolf, is a subspecies of grey wolf native to the High Arctic tundra, in Canada's northern Arctic Archipelago. Sinogene launched its Arctic wolf cloning project in 2020, in collaboration with the polar theme park Harbin Polarland, it said in a statement posted on the Twitter-like platform Weibo. The company said in its Weibo post that a second cloned arctic wolf is expected to be born soon. The cloned Maya is now living with her beagle surrogate mother, and will later be housed in Harbin Polarland, open to the public.
☆ China lost its Yangtze River dolphin. Climate change is coming for other species next
  + stars: | 2022-09-17 | by ( Heather Chen | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +7 min
China has been grappling with its worst heat wave on record and the Yangtze, the third longest river in the world, is drying up. Parts of the Yangtze River have dried up from the extreme heat. Experts have also noticed a drastic decline of many native freshwater species of fish, like the now extinct Chinese paddlefish and sturgeon. “The Yangtze is the longest river in China and (all of) Asia and has long been a cradle of civilization. “If there’s anything we can learn from the death of the Yangtze River dolphin, it’s that extinction is forever and we can’t afford to take it lightly.”
☆ Giant invasive pythons run rampant in Florida and wreak havoc on native species — but python hunters are here to help
  + stars: | 2022-09-03 | by ( Kelsey Vlamis | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +9 min
Invasive Burmese pythons have decimated native species in Florida. The invasive pythons are feasting on native speciesSiewe is one of 100 licensed hunters contracted by Florida to catch and kill the invasive reptiles, which have wreaked havoc on the ecosystem and decimated native species. One of the largest of all snakes, pythons can grow up to 20 feet long and feast on animals as large as white-tailed deer. Paid to hunt — in the name of conservationWildlife officials are working on projects to estimate the python population, but the most successful effort to address the problem has been the python hunters, Kirkland said. "I know it sounds crazy, but it is the easiest way to catch these pythons," Siewe said, adding she's been bit many times.
☆ A dolphin's GoPro video shows it eating 8 venomous sea snakes, and scientists aren't sure why
  + stars: | 2022-08-20 | by ( Morgan Mcfall-Johnsen | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
A Navy-trained bottlenose dolphin devoured eight venomous sea snakes one day, GoPro videos show. Dolphins have never been documented eating sea snakes, only playing with them. The attacks puzzled scientists, since consuming venomous snakes can be dangerous. Prior to this study, which was published in the journal PLOS ONE in August 2022, there was no documentation of dolphins eating sea snakes — only playing with them and releasing them. They searched for other fish that might look like a sea snake on camera, but they found no other explanation.
☆ These startups are beating Elon Musk in the race to let you mind meld with your computer
  + stars: | 2022-08-17 | by ( Adam Rogers | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +21 min
That's when I started reporting on them, and like any good nerd I was compelled by what scientists could learn with these "brain computer interfaces." The race for implantable brain chips has been a long, deliberate marathon. Graham Felstead, who has severe paralysis, was the first person to have a BCI inserted via the blood vessels. Brain chips will enable them to perform simple actions on their own and reduce the need for round-the-clock care. "When we started in 2015 and I was pitching venture capitalists on brain computer interfaces, no one knew what a brain computer interface was," says Matt Angle, the CEO of Paradromics.
☆ Orcas observed devouring the tongue of a blue whale just before it dies in first documented hunt of the largest animal on the planet
  + stars: | 2022-01-29 | by ( Bethany Dawson | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
A study from Australia is the first to scientifically document blue whales' killings by orcas. Orcas were observed devouring the nutrient-rich tongues of the giant blue whales. It includes details of how the killer whales swam inside the mouth of the enormous whales to eat their nutritionally rich tongue just before they died. A few weeks later, the next attack occurred when a blue whale calf was targeted. The final attack recorded by the study was on a 45-foot-long blue whale, chased for 15 miles in a 90-minute hunt.
Persons: orcas, Orcas, —, Jeff Foott, Robert Pitman, It's Organizations: Service, Mammal, Cetrec WA, Oregon State, Mammal Institute, Geographic Locations: Australia, Western Australia
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