5 days ago From Mongabay.com  

MENLO PARK, CALIFORNIA - NEW TECUMSETH - Tottenham's Village Pizza Restaurant and The Baja Luna Lounge is once again asking for the community's support for its upcoming Camp Oochigeas golf tournament fundraiser. Registration is open for the restaurant's 16th annu ...

17 days ago From Nature World News  

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - Illegal trading of endangered tortoises from Madagascar has soared in the past few years, according to the Wildlife Conservation Society. Since the beginning of the year, about 1,000 tortoises have been rescued from potential smugglers. The illegal . ...

28 days ago From Mongabay.com  

MENLO PARK, CALIFORNIA - The 16th annual =93Richie Ashburn Home Runs for Heart=94 event gives you the opportunity to stand at home plate and swing for the fences. Proceeds benefit the American Heart Association, a charity dear to Richie Ashburn's son Rich. =93I've ha ...

40 days ago From Times of India  

NEW DELHI, INDIA - Epoch Times reports that Hawking, 71, was visiting Cedars-Sinai to tour a stem cell laboratory focused on trying to slow the progression of Lou Gehrig's disease, or ALS. Hawking was diagnosed with the disease 50 years ago, but went on to develop ...

41 days ago From Voice of America  

CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS - Dr Gordon Ajojina is a longtime mangrove conservationist and chair of the Cameroon Wildlife Conservation Society. He says today the degradation rate stands at 2,500ha annually, and is resulting in wildlife habitat loss and rising coastal erosion. It& ...

46 days ago From Mother Nature Network  

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - The cub is estimated to be about four to five months old, according to a release from the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), which conducts animal surveys in the area and helped place the camera that captured the young tiger's image. A second c ...