Scientists have found evidence that it’s all in the family, when it comes to plant relations. Their results imply that two plants get along much better in a single pot, if they both have the same mother. I don’t imagine it always works out, as they have to split all of the food and water resources between them, whereas non-sibling plants would duke it out for dominance. The point is, respect the plant! They keep turning out to be more sophisticated than we ever imagined, and more civil than a lot of us can claim to be.

• Plant Families

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People aren’t the only beings that must flee war zones and become refugees in the search for peaceful territory. Animals in Africa have had much to contend with over the past half century, and it isn’t over yet. Read on for a story about some of the survivors.

• Animals in the Killing Zone

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Well, I hate to say it, but I’m going to cliche-away. Truth is often more humorous than fiction. It is interesting to see the media-hype
zeitgeist clash with state interests. Most politicians know they should support ways of making the U.S. less dependent on oil, unless they’re from Michigan or Virginia, in which case they try to squash a state’s right to regulate autos on their roads.

• Representatives Go for Auto-Maker Rights, Not State Rights

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I missed World Ocean Day, but here is a link to tell us all about it and how we can help these vast ecosystems.

• World Ocean Day

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Here she comes to save your coastline. This is a press release concerning the effort to save critical beach habitat for
the Beach mouse.

• Hurray for the Beach Mouse!

Why should you care about a little old Beach mouse? Well, it turns out there are many reasons, as usual. Here is a link explaining the plight of the mouse, and why saving it is very important to humans, not just to the little ‘uns themselves.

• About the mouse

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I realize that for certain groups, my thoughts won’t be terribly pc, but I have to make them anyway. I’m not against hunting, however, I do worry about the long-term logistics of the shrinking environment, both in the water and out of it. Due to development and pollution, a lot of natural habitat has been lost in the past few centuries. This means that the population of fish has crashed, and scientists know it. Most know about the plight of whales. We have stressed the ocean beyond its limits, and those that live in it are dying off and disappearing. How many whales do you need alive in order to have a healthy, genetically speaking, population? This of course applies to many of the species under duress out there. We decide what a healthy population is according to convenience, as long as we have enough of them to eat, and they don’t take up too much space on the land.

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There is something more scary than Davy Jones, deep down under the waves. Would you like to add a few munitions to your sand castle? I have just the article for you. Although this news isn’t really new, it might be for a few of you out there.

• Deep Sea Horrors

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