wildlife Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Sun, 08 Nov 2015 05:19:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 How 3D Printing Could Stop Rhinoceros Poaching https://www.greenoptimistic.com/3d-printing-rhinoceros-poaching/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/3d-printing-rhinoceros-poaching/#respond Sun, 08 Nov 2015 05:19:49 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=57387 Every eight years, a rhinoceros is poached. Wildlife experts worry, since, at the current rate, the animal will be extinct within a decade. The rhinoceros is primarily poached for their horn, which is used mostly in Asian countries for medicinal purposes where it is also seen as a status symbol (which is no wonder, since […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/3d-printing-rhinoceros-poaching/feed/ 0 57387 Parasites Carried by Lemurs Spreading Faster Due to Climate Change https://www.greenoptimistic.com/lemur-parasites-climate-change-20130124/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/lemur-parasites-climate-change-20130124/#respond Thu, 24 Jan 2013 18:03:05 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=32009 A study conducted by a team of researchers from Duke University and published in the latest issue of the journal Biological Conservation, reveals that climate change could increase the population of lemur parasites and the diseases they carry. To reach to this conclusion, the scientists used a combination of various environmental parameters and surveys of […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/lemur-parasites-climate-change-20130124/feed/ 0 32009 Paper Assesses Energy Development’s Impact on Wildlife https://www.greenoptimistic.com/paper-assesses-energy-developments-impact-on-wildlife-20121001/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/paper-assesses-energy-developments-impact-on-wildlife-20121001/#respond Mon, 01 Oct 2012 07:58:23 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=26262 Scientists from Colorado State University’s Warner College of Natural Resources, George Wittemyer and Joseph Northrup, have published a paper assessing the impact of booming energy development on wildlife and proposing mitigation strategies and a more collaborative research to achieve a thorough understanding between the energy technology and wildlife. In their research paper entitled, “Characterizing the […]

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