Rights of Nature

Bumblebees Trick Plants Into Flowering Early, Study Finds

“I think it’s fascinating how much we still don’t know about organisms that we think we know really well,” study coauthor and ETH Zurich professor Consuelo De Moraes told BBC News. “It absolutely increases our sense of wonder at the cleverness of nature in all its many forms.” Bumblebees Trick Plants Into Flowering Early, Study …

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Penguin Swims 5,000 Miles Each Year to Visit the Man Who Rescued Him

“Here’s to friendship and mutual respect between humans and wildlife”. Who says animals are not sentient beings?  Penguin Swims 5,000 Miles Each Year to Visit the Man Who Rescued Him Care2  Mar. 14, 2016 12:20PM EST Talk about gratitude. How far would you swim to reunite with the person who saved your life? For one …

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Protecting Argentina’s Imperiled Penguins From Plastic Waste

Protecting Argentina’s Imperiled Penguins From Plastic Waste Deutsche Welle May. 22, 2020 11:59AM EST Animals Plastic waste from the nearby city of Ushuaia is polluting nests and being found in penguins’ stomachs and excrement. Deutsche Welle Tierra del Fuego is at the southernmost tip of South America and is sometimes known as the “end of …

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The people who reforest Sonoma County: Forest Unlimited’s Summer Fundraiser and Request

Forest Unlimited’s Summer Fundraiser and Request Hello Forest Unlimited Supporters, On behalf of our Board of Directors, we send our best wishes to you and yours for good health and pleasant experiences sheltering in place. For some, the virus has been traumatic and to others it’s been more like a futuristic adventure thrust upon them. …

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Chainsaw Wine: Permit Sonoma approving more tree removal for failing wine industry

Since I wrote my letter and the application has been approved piecemeal, as always, in stages by PRMD, some grading and tree removal has probably already occurred. The biologist’s full report has been completed and mistakes corrected, mitigations applied, and now a ministerial permit proposed unless a formal opposition is mounted to trigger a hearing. …

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Sonoma Valley Naturalist – Wildflower and Rock RSVP by May 26th for May 27th program

You’re Invited! Sonoma Valley Naturalist – Wildflower and Rock 6 to 7 pm, Wednesday, May 27, Zoom program  Learn the secrets of rare local wildflowers that grow from rock, including our very own Sonoma Beardstongue first identified in Sonoma Valley and other penstemons! Featuring California certified naturalist Teri Shore, host, and special guest botanist Peter Warner! …

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