Word: speciesism
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30 New species of plants and animals discovered during a recent expedition to remote western New Guinea, including the orange-faced honeyeater, above, and 20 frogs
Venturing deep into unexplored jungles, an expedition returns to civilization with news of astonishing unknown species and animals believed lost to history. No, it's not King Kong-last year's November-December expedition to Indonesia's remote Foja Mountains didn't include any movie stars, and the most amazing...
• Long-Lost Kin While the endangered GOLDEN-MANTLED TREE KANGAROO is known to exist on a single mountain in neighboring Papua New Guinea, this was the first time it had been found in Indonesia. The explorers say the Indonesian population could prove critical to the survival of the species...
Europeans are what environmentalists would describe as an endangered species: their number will decline by almost 50 percent over the next century. Europe’s fertility numbers are harrowing; not a single country’s birthrate is at the rate of replacement and several, including Spain, Italy, and...
Drawing on their own and others' research, the pair argue that the speed of societal change has far outstripped that of our evolution as a species. In hunter-gatherer times, parents raised children close to nature and with the support of their tribe. Children's need for constant and unconditional...