Starfish Washed Ashore-A Spectacle You’d Rather Not Witness
December 21, 2009 by admin · 5 Comments
The pictures show thousands of starfish washed ashore which requires you to almost pick your way through the starfish of all sizes. This usually happens when the seas are choppy around the feeding grounds of the starfish. Starfish feed on mussel beds and can get thrown onto the beach during bad weather conditions. There is [...]
African elephants could be extinct in 15 years
November 20, 2009 by admin · Leave a Comment
The colossal mammal is being ruthlessly slaughtered to extinction by ivory poachers with the population – currently 600,000 – diminishing by 38,000 a year.
These figures, calculated using the annual number of illegal tusk seizures, significantly exceed elephant birth rates meaning the species could face extinction entirely within 15 years, says Samuel Wasser of the Scientific [...]
The beautiful small islands
November 18, 2009 by admin · 2 Comments
Ängsö island, Sweden
The island of Ängsö is small, only 168 hectares, of which 93 hectares are water, but so worth visiting. Ängsö is the smallest national park in Sweden and only a short distance away from the capital city of Stockholm. Apart from its significance as a cultural and historical monument to a bygone farming [...]
