Author: John Bruno
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Beluga whales 1, Sarah Palin 0
From the Center for Biological Diversity – my new favorite NGO: There’s huge news today out of Alaska: A federal judge just rejected the state’s attempts to deny Endangered Species Act protection for Cook Inlet beluga whales. Today’s ruling is a major victory in our decade-long battle to protect the endangered Cook Inlet beluga whale,…
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Why are we still eating bluefin tuna?
From Paul Greenberg in Salon: If you eat fish regularly, you’ve probably grown used to regularly being told by conservation groups — or that slightly irritating, politically correct friend — that certain fish shouldn’t be eaten: American striped bass, Atlantic swordfish, Chilean sea bass and Caspian sturgeon have all been the focus of vocal consumer…
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Polar bears and climate change
My research usually takes me to tropical places where you can’t drink the water. But this week I’m in a very cold northern place. I came to Churchill, Canada to work with Polar Bears International on their Tundra Connections project, helping to spread the word about how climate change is impacting marine critters like polar bears. The arctic…
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Polar bear scuffle
The antarctic may have Zena’s fighting penguins, but the arctic has male polar bear scuffling. You tell me which is more spectacular (although, I must admit, those lady birds really go at it!). [vimeo]http://vimeo.com/32095860[/vimeo] This post was made possible by Polar Bears International and their Tundra Connections project, the Tundra Buggy Lodge and Canada Goose for…
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Algae eating polar bear
One of the half dozen polar bears that were frolicking around our tundra buggy today was grazing on macroalgae. The tide was out and she fed in the strandine on ulva and various brown alga for well over an hour. I recorded some short footage with narration by polar bear scientist Dr.Gregory W. Thiemann of…
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Churchill polar bears
I arrived in Churchill Canada today, to work with Polar Bears International on their Tundra Connections project – a multimedia climate change extravaganza! We went for a drive in the PBI van and saw over a dozen polar bears in an hour – some just on the edge of town. They are congregating at the…
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Funny yet sad
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OBX surfing
[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/29667443[/vimeo]
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How to take care of a crayfish
[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/31819698[/vimeo] Guest videopost by Lena Bruno (made entirely on an ipad with imovie)
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Life Beneath the Mangroves
[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/31662472[/vimeo]