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Manon Verchot
Manon Verchot is an environmental journalist. She has worked in many countries, but now lives in New York and is a digital editor for Mongabay. → Read More
Trump's Presidency Gives Norway Hope For Fossil Fuel Exploration in the Arctic
Trump's inauguration in January marked the start of high levels of distress across the world as news of his policies spreads across the globe. But ... → Read More
Manon Verchot
Manon is a multimedia journalist focusing on international environment, health and sustainability based in New Delhi. She has a master's from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism and has spent the last four months reporting on climate change and renewable energy in South Asia. → Read More
Rejection, Realization, Reaction: A Rape Survivor's Path To Recovery
She didn't internalize it immediately, in fact it took her weeks to be able to say the words, to tell me "I was drugged and raped on a date." Weeks to realize what actually happened to her was rape. The sickening thing is that part of me had expected that one day, a close friend of mine was going to say these words to me. Statistically, one in five women are raped, according to the Center for… → Read More
Could genetically modifying plants to process salt be the future of agriculture?
With sea levels rising, a large amount of agricultural land will be lost... → Read More
Endangered giraffe rescued in Uganda
There are fewer giraffes left than there are African elephants → Read More
Here's what you need to know about the climate meetings in Lima
Nations met in Peru this month to discuss solutions to climate change → Read More
Bone-eating worms come in all shapes and sizes
This might be the most bizarre creature in the world. → Read More
Pufferfish don't hold their breath
It turns out puffers can breathe when they feel threatened → Read More
Why killing wolves doesn't work
If we want to protect livestock, we shouldn't get rid of wolves - find out why → Read More
5 of the weirdest (and cutest) animal friendships
You would never expect these animal pairs to bond... → Read More
Tourists save shark babies from their dead mother
A walk on the beach quickly turned into a rescue mission → Read More
Fish can drink and drive
Tired of seeing your goldfish swim in circles around its bowl? Would you be happier seeing it drive in circles? Well, now you can with Studio diip's motorized 'Fish on Wheels.' "We came up with the idea to make something controllable by animals to show that the technology we use is so easy that even animals can benefit from it," Thomas de Wolf, of Studio diip, told TreeHugger. "We then decided… → Read More
In cold blood: Investigating sea lion deaths
Scientists use "autopsies from space" to discover the root causes of sea lion deaths → Read More
Albino dolphins targeted in the killing cove
Fishermen can make a lot of money from albino dolphins → Read More
How vodka can help de-ice roads
As snow begins in parts of Canada and northern parts of the U.S. it's time to start thinking about snow removal → Read More
Acoustic tags turn monitored animals into targets
Seals and other underwater predators are being conditioned to find - and eat - sea life → Read More
Snails blown to extinction by cement company
Human demand for resources renders yet another species extinct → Read More
Should the U.S. kill 16,000 birds to save salmon?
16,000 cormorants could be culled by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers → Read More
This is not an ant - it's a spider
300 species of undercover spiders use interesting ant-ics to hide from predators and sneak up on prey → Read More