(Natural News) The younger the red colobus monkey, the more likely a chimpanzee is to bite onto its head first. But rather than being an act of mere savagery, researchers believe that this horrific eating habit has a purpose. Namely, it gives them easy access to tender, delicious, and nutrient-packed brains. This was the conclusion […]

(Natural News) As the problem of deforestation continues to spread around the globe, one brave orangutan has decided that he’s had enough. Loggers were tearing down trees left and right in the Ketapang Regency on the island of Borneo, when the orangutan began defending its home.  Daring to climb across a fallen tree, the fearless creature […]

(Natural News) Here’s some good news you can definitely drink to. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) announced that the lesser long-nosed bat has made a full recovery. According to an EcoWatch article, the agave pollinator is the first U.S. bat species to be removed from the endangered species list. The lesser long-nosed bat […]

(Natural News) It has become readily evident to most people that our planet is in trouble – big trouble. The bees are in crisis, forests are being cut down at an alarming rate, pollution of the air and oceans is out of control, and nobody seems to be doing very much about any of it. […]

(Natural News) A branch of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has come under fire for the ruthless killing of wild animals. Known as the Wildlife Services, the department is responsible for millions of wildlife deaths every year — a fact that is rather ironic, given that the USDA is charged with animal welfare. The […]

(Natural News) Reed canary grass is taking over land around the country. It grows surprisingly quickly, choking out the other plants in the areas where it crops up and reducing the biodiversity of area insects and birds. The invasive species is so dense that deer and pheasants won’t eat it, and it clogs up open […]

(Natural News) Wind turbines have been used to generate wind power, which is generally regarded as clean energy. However, wind turbines have killed numerous bats and birds, including golden eagles and bald eagles, which are federally protected species. Researchers have come up with a solution to minimize these deaths in a study published in Wind Energy. The researchers have […]

(Natural News) There is no doubt that pharmaceutical drug use is on the increase globally. In addition to the detrimental effects the use of such drugs have on our health, their distribution also causes widespread harm to the environment. A study presented recently at the European Geosciences Union General Assembly, found that if urgent and […]

(Natural News) Swedish researchers have found that European migratory songbirds leave their warm but disease-laden homes in the tropics to raise their vulnerable young in the healthier environs of Europe. This way, according to an article on ScienceDaily, their species could make do with less robust but also less costly immune systems. The University of Lund researchers came across […]

(Natural News) In the 1960s, the Cuyahoga River became infamous for becoming so polluted that it regularly caught fire. Now it suffers a different, subtler kind of water pollution. Decades of discharging chemicals into the waters of the Great Lakes have altered the hormones and metabolism of fish found in the Cuyahoga and two other […]