by Tracy K | Dec 7, 2024 | The 4%, The 99%
Nothing fascinates Monica Biondo more than the animals often referred to as the ocean’s “living jewels” — the vividly colored little fishes who dance around in its waters. Biondo, a Swiss marine biologist, became enamored with ocean life as a child after spending many...
by Tracy K | Sep 2, 2024 | The 4%, The 62%
Switzerland fired the official starting gun on a five-month-long wolf cull on 1 September. Several cantons have applied to kill young wolves and their elders, as well as to wipe out numerous whole packs. If approved by the federal authorities, the cantons...
by Tracy K | Aug 11, 2024 | The 4%, The 99%
The main thing we know about the deep sea is that we don’t know enough about the deep sea. Just last year, researchers reported that they found over 5,000 species on the seabed in a part of the Pacific. Most of the species were new to science, which...
by Tracy K | Jul 28, 2024 | The 4%
It sucks being a bat in the Anthropocene, or as some would have it, the Capitalocene. Climate crisis-fuelled extreme heat is killing bats in droves. The wind power infrastructure being built to limit global warming is causing bat...
by Tracy K | Jul 28, 2024 | The 4%
A year ago, I set out on a journey to vigorously report on the legal trade in wildlife. Why? Because this gigantic trade is a relentless driver of the world’s biodiversity crisis. Figures from the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of...
