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Canadian scientist and wildlife cinematographer Adam Ravetch, who has previously worked with Planet Experts, recently documented new narwhal behavior while filming in the Arctic. Working with the World Wildlife Fund, Adam set out to solve the mystery of the narwhal’s tusk, which is actually a tooth that can grow up to up 9 feet long. Researchers…

Two researchers diving off the coast of Turkey in 2011 captured what they claim is the first-known video of two cuttlefish engaged in a physical battle. The newly released footage, recorded by Justine J. Allen and Derya Akkaynak, features a perturbed and feisty cuttlefish defending its mate from an interloper. Cuttlefish usually settle their differences by…

By Nadia Prupis Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) chief Scott Pruitt on Thursday explicitly called for the U.S. to remove itself from the Paris climate agreement, one of his strongest remarks yet expressing his opposition to the landmark deal to keep global warming below 2°C. “Paris is something we need to look at closely. It’s something…

By Nadia Prupis The White House on Monday announced that President Donald Trump would donate the first three months of his salary to the National Park Service, a grand total of $78,333.32. It’s just too bad the service is run by the Department of the Interior, whose budget the president wants to slash by $2 billion. Press…

On January 26th — well over 1,000 days into the ongoing Flint water crisis — unwitting community leaders Melissa Mays and Nayyirah Shariff traveled to Dallas at the invitation of Jim Schermbeck, director of Downwinders At Risk, a Texas-based organization fighting toxic and unhealthy air pollution near extractive and/or large-scale industrial facilities. Because the greater Dallas-Fort Worth area…

The sky above Wisconsin flashed a brilliant blue early Monday morning as a streaking meteor exploded into a ball of fire. The meteor — which scientists say was zipping along at about 38,000 miles an hour — disintegrated over Lake Michigan. Researchers hoping to recover meteorites were left with only dashed hopes, admitting that chunks of extra-terrestrial…

Late Night host Seth Meyers recently used his media pulpit to take jabs at the Trump administration’s environmental platform — or lack thereof. In his “A Closer Look” segment, the comedian and former SNL writer tackles climate change, The Donald’s ominous cabinet selections and everything in between.

A wild, juvenile, male orangutan named Lana was released into the Lesan River Protected Forest in Indonesia on December 10, 2016. Lana, whose name means “explorer” in the local dialect, was shown to be independent, skilled at nest building, moving through the forest, and foraging for food — thus deemed fit for release. Organized and…

Socially-conscious outdoor gear company Patagonia continues its stellar stream of documentaries with The Refgue. The 15-minute-long film highlights the decades-long struggle of the indigenous Gwich’in people as they fend off fossil-fuel companies eager to drill for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR), which the Gwich’in call “the Sacred Place Where Life Begins.” Caribou migrate to…

Would you buy and eat extra restaurant food if you could snag it at a steep discount? Your answer probably depends on what “extra” means. In this case, we’re talking about food that goes unpurchased and uncooked at the end of each day. It’s usually thrown out — even though it hasn’t gone bad yet…

A new documentary takes aim at Canada’s controversial bear hunt, during which hundreds of grizzlies are killed every year by hunters seeking their heads, paws and furs. ‘Trophy’ was released on Tuesday and is currently streaming free on Vimeo and Youtube, and is also available for download. The film is a project of Lush Cosmetics and…

With plastic waste pretty much everywhere, Dave Hakkens is turning trash into recycled treasure via Precious Plastic. Beginning as a graduation project in design school, Precious Plastic evolved into a global movement empowering people to recycle plastic waste wherever it’s collected, thus tidying up the environment and stimulating the local economy at the same time. Precious Plastic…