 Europeans have embraced outdoor classes for little kids to reconnect them to the natural world. West coast parents have swarmed outdoor pre-K where toddlers stomp through rain, snow and mud. Now a teacher is bringing the Forest School philosophy to Brooklyn’s big park. What will the kids find in the urban woods? Keep reading Can outdoor education work in a New York City park?  A “Nature” documentary salutes Toronto’s high density of urban wildlife, but tourism officials want to hide their light under a bushel. Keep reading Toronto snubs “Raccoon Capital of the World” title  A big campaign blocked–for now–what would have been the UK’s biggest breeding farm for laboratory beagles. About 75,000 U.S. dogs are being tested on; the biggest US breeder, Charles River, has 736 dogs. Keep reading Ricky Gervais helps stop breeding beagles for research  Thousands of virtually extinct scimitar-horned oryx survive on TX hunting ranches. But only 110 TX oryx are in the species survival plan that spans 211 institutions worldwide. The species doesn’t need Texas hunters. Keep reading What 60 Minutes’ Love Letter to TX Canned Hunts Got Wrong  Black-throated diving birds (which look like loons, but are really rare in the UK) are being saved by rafts provided for their nests in remote Scottish Highlands. Keep reading Rafts saving loons in Hidden Highlands  Heidi the cross-eyed possum was orphaned, probably by a car, then raised at the NC Zoo in Asheboro before heading to 3 European zoos and fame. Keep reading Asheboro, NC, rescuer unaware they saved Heidi the cross-eyed possum  The animal behavior professor got wolves to study in his Indiana yard, but the public pestered him till he opened Wolf Park. It was one of the first wolf sanctuaries and probably inspired many more. Keep reading Erich Klinghammer, pioneer of wolf watching, dies  Dublin blames real estate crash for fox glut. The foxes seem to be exploiting the lots developers left in rough shape. Keep reading Dublin blames real estate bust for fox population boom  Chris Balcombe, a BBC props expert, enticed a gray squirrel to put on a Dr. Who dalek custume by putting some nuts inside it. Keep reading Miniature Daleks take on UK’s gray squirrels  Puffins just won’t breed this year in parts of Iceland. Biologists say the population is always tied to temperatures, but this warming period is the worst. Keep reading Puffin breeding falls as temperature rises |
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