Since the turritopsis nutricula jellyfish species is capable of cycling from a mature adult stage to an immature polyp stage and back again, there may be no natural limit to its life span.
Read the full story to learn more about this fascinating creature.
Alex Shoumatoff sits with a Siberian Yukaghir native.
Called "consistently the farthest flung of the New Yorker’s far flung correspondents," in 1987 by The New York Times, Alex Shoumatoff’s 40 year career has brought him around the world, from the fiery depths of the Amazon to the mucky tundra of Siberia to cover the diversity and changing environment of the Earth.
Now a Contributing Editor at Vanity Fair, in an upcoming article this May, Shoumatoff investigates Canada’s oil sands. Recently, ...
The U.S. backed proposal to put a trade ban on Atlantic Bluefin Tuna was defeated Thursday at the UN's Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species meeting in Doha, Qatar, according to a CBC report.
According to the CBC, the failed ban could be bad news for other marine species. The U.S. backed proposal to ban trade of polar bear parts was also defeated.
In the BBC series "Charles Darwin and the Tree of Life," David Attenborough shares his personal view on Darwin's theory of evolution.
The entire episode is broken into six parts, so be sure to visit YouTube to check them out. As usual, there's stunning nature footage galore, so it's well worth a watch.
Increased aid to developing countries for sustainable fisheries could increase food security worldwide, says a recentarticle in the Feb. 12 issue of Science.
Still, a lack of policy coordination on the issue among nations is threatening seafood supplies, it says.
While the paper looks at trade policies and private incentives as possible options to make the seafood industry more sustainable, it concludes that increased aid for infrastructure in developing countries is the best option, since ...
