Roger Ulrich demonstrated the power of having a connection with nature, however tenous, in his classic 1984 study with patients recovering from gall bladder removal surgery in a suburban Pennsylvania hospital.
so that half were able to gaze at nature while the others saw only a brick wall.
Environmental psychologists Rachel and Stephen Kaplan attributed nature s apparent restorative ability to something they termed#oesoft fascination#:
While nature wasn t enough to make the participants forget about stressful life events, it appeared to quell their psychosomatic complaints.
Which is all to say that there is something fascinatingly mysterious about the entanglement of our health with that of nature.
for the first time ever, begin to control nature s greatest forces. Details here. 16. Global System Architect 17.
or too expensive to grow in nature or to make with petrochemicals. The rush to develop bio-factories as a means for production
and climatology to one where the true power-brokers will wield the forces of nature. Final Thoughts In much the same way that the 1985 Apple Laserwriter gave birth to desktop publishing,
Alvaro believes this sort of autonomous reorganization would effectively mimic the random beauty found in nature.
but because of their long-life they will likely contaminate wildlife for decades EWG says.</</p><p>This is a well-studied toxin
</p><p>Congressman Steve Womack of Arkansas was among the<a href=http://www. livescience. com/40110-government-shutdown-human-nature. html>Republicans involved in the stalemate</a>that caused the government to shut down
</p><p><p></p><p>In the wake of the shutdown the U s. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) has suspended most of its programs and operations.
a comical nature-versus-nurture tale about raising clones of Albert Einstein in less than-ideal settings.
or supported by Nixon according to Mother Nature Network (MNN. com). He also established the Environmental protection agency (EPA) as a cabinet-level federal department.
and water conservation and established more than 200 national forests national monuments national parks and wildlife refuges. As governor of New york Roosevelt even outlawed the use of feathers in clothing like hats to prevent the slaughter of exotic birds.
Improve crop production worldwide Crop production in certain parts of the world is not very efficient said Jason Clay an expert in natural resources management at the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) a conservation organization.
and other iconic wildlife only exist in stories photos and zoos. But that may be where the future is heading for some of these animals.
or threatened mostly due to the clearing of the island's forests according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) a global environmental organization that's 91 percent of all lemur species for
Mother Nature took a few minutes out of her busy schedule to share a few thoughts on how to improve the situation here on our planet with some New year's resolutions that should be taken up by mankind.
Take it away Mother Nature: 1. Prevent species from going extinct Earth is in the midst of an enormous extinction crisis the biggest spate of die offs since the disappearance of the dinosaurs 65 million years ago according to several studies.
The world's level ofâ biodiversity is also down by 30 percentâ since the 1970s according to a report by the World Wildlife Fund a conservation group.
and most wildlife people depend on plants and animals for survival. Ultimately the loss of biodiversity will hurt you as you dear humans are part of the web of life.
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and potentially endangered species are found Johan van de Gronden director of the World Wildlife Fund Netherlands said in a statement.
But also like most scientists Muller's evidence comes primarily from the statistical analysis of large numbers of temperature observations over many years not from direct observations of nature.
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Hammurabi himself would discuss the nature of his divinity in his famous law code. Law Code of Hammurabi While the Law Code of Hammurabi (now in the Louvre) is well known for its oeeye for an eye style of lawmaking it also sets out the nature of the relationship between Hammurabi the gods and the people he ruled.
In his view the gods sent him to rule with some level of compassion over his empire.
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The discovery was reported to officials of the National park Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department and so an official came out to examine the log
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and Asia to join forces to protect this universally valued and much needed species. Some of the agreed upon measures include treating wildlife trafficking as a serious crime strengthening national laws against poaching
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Higher temperatures will lessen snow cover according to the study which is detailed in the March 31 issue of the journal Nature Climate Change.
#At least 26 Elephants Killed by Poachers in Central africa At least 26 elephants were killed in Central africa after a group of armed poachers raided a protected sanctuary on Monday (May 6) according to wildlife officials.
Seventeen poachers armed with Kalashnikov rifles entered Dzanga-Ndoki National park in the Central african republic earlier this week representatives from the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) said in a statement.
Wildlife representatives described the Dzanga Bai scene as an elephant mortuary and it was evident that local villagers had started taking meat from the remains of the dead animals they added.
According to the Wildlife Conservation Society some 25000 African elephants are killed every year. The elephants here face a sure death as criminals obtain ivory
n Samper the Wildlife Conservation Society's president and CEO said in a statement. On my recent visit to Dzanga Bai I stood in awestruck silence as
More and more we're starting to see that nature's senses are almost as good as they could possibly be.
and severity of the fire and how the fire's burn patterns are affecting recovery of vegetation wildlife and water resources.
The U s. Fish and Wildlife Service announced a plan Jan 17 to reintroduce the beastsâ according to the Alaska Dispatch a news website.
but the Fish and Wildlife Service said that the plan is to eventually open the herd to the public given certain constraints.
and wildlife experts reintroduction could begin by next springâ Reuters reports. Â Â A total of 132 animals already live in captivity at the Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center in Portage.
Under the plan they would be reintroduced to a grassland area near the lower Innoko and Yukon rivers according to the Dispatch.
Wood bison are larger than their plains cousins with adult bulls weighing up to 2000 pounds (900 kilograms) or more according to a statement from the U s. Fish and Wildlife Service.
#Bizarre Egg-Burying Birds Hatch at Bronx Zoo Three maleo chicks have been hatched at the Wildlife Conservation Society's (WCS) Bronx Zoo in New york where keepers recreated the conditions of the birds
The birds which belong to the megapode family are listed as endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.
It also includes reintroducing young captive-born pandas into Southwestern China's Wolong Nature Reserve where they are protected.
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because it lets him observe urban wildlife he said as he pointed out a swallow dipping down to snatch a bee with the Empire state Building looming just a couple of blocks away.
I think it's the first example of nature manipulating memory in an animal neuroscientist Serena Dudek of the National institutes of health who was involved not in the study told Livescience.
Koski was paid even for the livestock losses he sustained pocketing $33000 of the $40000 paid out by the wildlife management unit.
Wolves are an economic and ecological boon to the state driving wildlife-oriented tourism and keeping prey populations in balance thereby reducing crop losses
and the other to restore the rights of voters to have a say on wildlife management policies
Celiac disease if left untreated can cause a myriad of serious life threatening problems because of its nature as an autoimmune disorder.
The region today is widely known as one of the world's most unique wildlife sanctuaries.
Iris Ho is a program manager for the Wildlife Department at HSI. This Op-Ed is adapted from an article that first appeared in the Global Times.
Historically and globally demand for expensive wildlife products often follows economic prosperity. Thus not surprisingly China's rise as an economic superpower has brought with it new status vices.
Some people with income to spare spend it on lavish and often outlandish wildlife luxury goods like rhino horn and elephant ivory.
and its people it may spell doom for wildlife species. China is not immune to this problem
But the Chinese government has shown the world that it is willing to combat the illicit wildlife trade.
Together with other recent seizures of elephant tusks and rhino horns in Hong kong the Chinese government has taken a stand in opposition to the practice of illegal commerce in wildlife.
In recent years China has faced the daunting task of stopping the influx of wildlife contraband and protecting the threatened species within its national borders.
because China occupies a pivotal strategic position in the global fight for wildlife protection. With the global economic balance of power shifting eastward the rising purchasing power in East asia has made it a new destination for illegal ivory and other wildlife products.
China is also rich in biodiversity and is a top market for wildlife and its parts.
Effective enforcement of China's Law on the Protection of Wildlife and the nation's honoring its obligations under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species serve to protect Chinese indigenous species and those in other countries.
Governments in the rapidly modernizing East asia region are engaged also in finding a way to balance preservation of cultural traditions with the safeguarding of Earth's rarest creatures for future generations.
Additionally as the single biggest investor in Africa China bears special responsibility to that continent's people and wildlife.
As a vital force in the global alliance for wildlife protection China's growing commitment and efforts to combat illicit trafficking can save elephants and rhinos from extinction while inviting global commendation for its efforts.
This article is adapted from Battle to Protect World's Wildlife Depends on Beijing's Commitment which first appeared in the Global Times.
Despite recent gains in reforestation and grasslands restoration the desert continues to expand each year by about 950 square miles (2460 sq km) according to the World Wildlife Fund (WWF.
and nature to irreparable harm Hansen wrote in an accompanying essay distributed to reporters. The new study is a departure from the typical climate science paper both for the wide variety of fields represented in the list of co-authors
Stanford climate scientist Ken Caldeira was more apprehensive about the nature of the study. Whereas the information in the study was important
but never have seen I such beautiful pristine forests so untouched by humans expedition leader Leeanne Alonso now with the organization Global Wildlife Conservation said in a statement.
because they already exist in nature and thus cannot be patented a major way that pharmaceutical companies make money Nedergaard said.
The dating technique could help wildlife investigators for the first time to reliably determine if ivory was obtained legally by indicating
#Conserving Water, the Driving force of Nature (Op-Ed) Carter Roberts is president and CEO of the World Wildlife Fund-U s. This article first appeared on the Skoll World Forum published in Partnership with the Thomson Reuters Foundation.
Skoll World Forum contributed this article to Livescience's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights.
Since 2007 The Coca-cola Company and World Wildlife Fund (WWF) have worked together to help conserve freshwater resources around the world.
and investments that will ensure nature's value is integrated into public and private decision-making processes.
Leonard Da vinci wrote that water is the driving force of nature. And in a world too often marked by our divisions water may well be the single element that connects us for life simply cannot exist without it.
</p><p>The neurons described in the Jan 31 issue of the journal Nature may explain why animals from rats to cats to humans enjoy grooming each other
Wisdom and her young chick inhabit Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) which is famous for its Laysan albatross population.</
</p><p>Researchers found evidence of large leg feathers in 11 bird specimens from China's Shandong Tianyu Museum of Nature.
and moving as a proxy for former herds and predators and mimic nature. He argues that Earth's soil
what people have thought for many years said researcher Steven Platt a herpetologist at the Wildlife Conservation Society.
There are thought to be fewer than 250 adults left in the wild according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature.
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n Samper is president and CEO of the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS. In September he was named to President Barack Obama's Advisory Council on Wildlife Trafficking
which will make recommendations and provide ongoing advice and assistance. This op-ed is adapted from a piece that originally ran at Huffington Post Green.
The U s. Fish and Wildlife Service has taken the unprecedented step of pulverizing nearly six tons of elephant ivory stored at the National Wildlife Property Repository in Colorado.
and Wildlife Service action particularly on the trafficking front as the United states demonstrates its own commitment to eliminating the market for illegal ivory.
and no toxic plants on the landscape said Kerry Mower a wildlife disease specialist with New mexico Department of Game
A bloom of this alga can be devastating to wildlife. In warm weather blooms of blue-green algae are not uncommon in farm ponds in temperate regions particularly ponds enriched with fertilizer according to a classic toxicology reference book Casarett and Doull's Toxicology:
New mexico ranchers have been advised to sanitize their livestock tanks to prevent further wildlife deaths. Benjamin Radford M. Ed. is deputy editor of Skeptical Inquirer science magazine
Other participants in the ongoing bear research study include the U s. Forest Service the U s. Fish and Wildlife Service the Wind River tribe and the wildlife agencies for Idaho Montana Wyoming.
#Darwin's Frogs Are in Steep Decline Some of nature's most fascinating fathers may be at risk of extinction.
The researchers recommended that Darwin's frogs be listed as endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN.
The World Wildlife Fund reports that much of the logging industry that contributes to deforestation is done illegally (about half of it used for firewood.
A forestry expert quoted by the Natural resources Defense Council describes clear cutting as an ecological trauma that has no precedent in nature except for a major volcanic eruption.
a comical nature-versus-nurture tale about raising clones of Albert Einstein in less than-ideal settings.
not only the nature of the cognitive emotional and moral lives of animals but also how much they suffer
But in nature aging is far more diverse new research finds. In fact some animals are actually less likely to die the older they get at least up to a point.
While some question the cost-effectiveness of using the substances environmental groups are concerned that the bright red chemical slurry can have a deadly effect on plants and wildlife.
This paper will bring more attention to the idea that medication is an important and common kind of immune response that organisms use in nature Schlenke said.
when researchers reported in Nature Climate Change  that earthworms contribute to greenhouse gas emissions.
 Jan Willem van Groenigen of Wageningen University in The netherlands and lead author on the Nature Climate Change article doesn't advocate exterminating earthworms. oeyou cannot say earthworms are good or bad.
Their results published in Nature Communications suggest that earthworms actually trap carbon dioxide in soil for an overall decrease in emissions.
and in the last five years the population has declined 37 percent according to a Wildlife Conservation Society's (WCS) survey.
The Biggest Beasts On land The WCS says it's working with the country's wildlife department (the Institut Congolais pour la Conservation de la Nature
and commitment to protect wildlife under the most difficult circumstances James Deutsch executive director for the WCS's African programs said in a statement.
which is listed as vulnerable by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). In addition to poaching the massive mammals are threatened by habitat loss and fragmentation.
The newly released images and videos from the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) show the famously endangered bears as well as some of their neighbors red pandas leopard cats
The footage comes from more than 100 automated infrared camera traps set up in nature reserves in the Sichuan region.
The images demonstrate that through the conservation of the giant panda a flagship umbrella species we can also protect other threatened wildlife from the same habitat
#Engineers Follow Mother Nature's Lead on Keeping Clean This Behind the Scenes article was provided to Livescience in partnership with the National Science Foundation.
With 3. 5 billion years of research and development under her belt Mother Nature could be considered the world's most experienced biological engineer.
It's therefore not surprising that today's engineers are looking to nature for inspiration
Living nature is full of engineering marvels from the micro to the macro scale that have inspired mankind for centuries says Bharat Bhushan senior author of the study and director of the Nanoprobe Laboratory for Bio-and Nanotechnology and Biomimetics
and butterfly wings combine the low drag of shark skin with the superhydrophobicity of the lotus leaf putting these surfaces at the top of the list of nature-made self-cleaners.
and butterfly wings combine antifouling properties of some of nature's best self-cleaners Bhushan and Bixler have identified new surfaces that can be used as engineering inspiration for a wide range of industries plagued by biofouling.
The law was designed to protect wildlife from free-roaming cats. Past studies have shown that cats kill billions of birds and other wildlife a year.
But activists say the law is being used as a cover to pick off innocent pets and skin them for their fur The Verge reported.
Why don't we look at the past ways we have interacted with nature that have been more constructive?
The cemeteries and the urban parks they inspired embodied ethics of common ground for people of all walks of life limitation imposed by death and adaptation to nature.
Nature nearby Even within natural parks truly pristine places no longer exist. But the landscapes of the garden cemeteries and urban parks create space for nature within a designed landscape Sachs said.
The birds that fly through Central park you still have to call them wild the trees that grow in Central park you still have to call them wild he said.
Sachs pointed out that in places like Central park people from all walks of life can interact with nature here as part of their daily lives.
while still leaving pockets of dense growth for wildlife habitat. The idea is that you coordinate treatments to change fire behavior across a landscape a big landscape said John J. Battles a Berkeley forest ecologist who helped develop the method.
It is never found isolated in nature but is often found combined in minerals such as limestone gypsum and fluorite.
However potassium is never found free in nature. It is obtained through electrolysis of the hydroxide the same technique that Davy first used when isolating it.
and in the rush for economic growth wildlife is suffering. However minor design changes could enable economic progress
and Flora (CITES) the convention that regulates international trade in wildlife and the Convention on Migratory Species (CMS) under
and Mongolian Ministries of the Environment and the German Nature Conservation Agency and participants have devised and published mitigation measures.
and other wildlife according to the AP. Feral pigs habit of digging and rooting around in the ground also tears up gardens
Nature's Giants: Tallest Trees On earth It's worked amazingly well Halbert said. We've found a significant decrease in predations by jays the number of times eggs get broken she said.
and the U s. Fish and Wildlife Service think the park should either close or restrict certain areas during murrelet breeding season to help the endangered species recover.
and Wildlife told Livescience's Ouramazingplanet. Â The team identified eight plant species that the animals eat finding that they seem to prefer fruit particularly from the breadfruit tree.
We need to stop ignoring nature and end the widespread and heartless war on other animals now.
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#Fun Facts About Hippos Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Cetartiodactyla Family: Hippopotamidae Genus:
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#Fun Facts About Kangaroos Kangaroos are one of many marsupials native to Australia. They are expert jumpers
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Olingos are listed as a species of least concern on the International Union for Conservation of Nature's Red List the most widely recognized list of threatened and endangered species. Email Becky Oskin
and the species is listed as near threatened by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).
The Largest and Tallest Trees Giant sequoias and California redwoods (also called coast redwoods) are nature s skyscrapers.
Historically humans have eaten very little omega-6 fatty acids as they are not commonly found in nature.
Because as the court noted there's every indication that those studies were planted misinformation deliberately to cast doubt on the carcinogenic nature of chrysotile asbestos a component in Georgia pacific's widely used joint compound for construction projects.
Tyrone Hayes a biologist at the University of California Berkeley demonstrated a decade ago that atrazine could turn male frogs female publishing his results in prestigious journals such as Nature and the Proceedings of the National Academy
and Wildlife Service (USFWS) declared that the animals'numbers had recovered sufficiently not to need federal protection.
Well-planned hunting can safely reduce the wildlife populations to levels that won't invite an invasion of fangs and claws.
USDA's Secret War on Wildlife highlights the wanton and brutal killing ways of an agency called Wildlife Services
The secret war on wildlife refers to and results from the U s. Department of agriculture (USDA)' s Wildlife Services'wanton assault on numerous species of animals.
In EXPOSED three former federal agents and a Congressman blow the whistle on Wildlife Services'program and expose the government's secret war on wildlife for what it really is:
A repugnant uncontrolled and brutal attack on a plethora of different species. EXPOSED is one of the most disturbing films
I have seen ever. Wildlife Services could easily be called Murder Inc. Their horrific intentional and secret slaughter of millions of animals in the name of coexistence is appalling.
They need to be put out of business. In commenting about EXPOSED renowned author and filmmaker Doug Peacock writes The USDA Wildlife Service is among the most unaccountable and clandestine of taxpayer-supported programs in America.
Their mission is to kill native predators as secretly as possibly with zeal unparalleled in brutality and cruelty.
has cracked Wildlife Services'impenetrability by interviewing three highly articulate former federal agents who tell their inside stories with a clarity I've quite never seen before.
Concern about Wildlife Services'killing ways also comes from Peter Defazio the senior U s. Congressman (D) from Oregon who notes in his interview for EXPOSED Wildlife Services is one of the most opaque and least accountable agencies
or draw the bowstring or simply acknowledge the facts of nature that require these things to be done it's time to shake off sentimentality
By shouldering the role of careful conservation-minded predators hunters make the coexistence of humans and wildlife sustainable.
Indifference is the same as allowing these animal individuals to be killed mercilessly because of our invasive nature and arrogance.
People who are mad about wildlife because they welcome their presence (not because they see them as supposed pests) need to do something now to stop the killing.
what with Wildlife Services'carte blanche willingness and ability to mercilessly slaughter wildlife and a recent declaration that we need to kill urban pestswe need to come to terms with how we deal with animals who we call pests.
but with the appearance of EXPOSED we can only hope that Wildlife Services will be put to rest once and for all.
and unrelenting war on wildlife that will be even more violent and irreversible than it is now.
This article was adapted from Redecorating Nature: Have killed We Really Pests Too Rarely? in Psychology Today.
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