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Padule di Fuecchio wetlands, Italy | Francesca

Youth Photographers Capture the Beauty of Wetlands

Wetlands are home to complex ecosystems rich in biodiversity. They provide vital ecosystem services such as water filtration, making them the kidneys of the Earth – and they are disappearing. Wetlands are majorly threatened by commercial development, mineral and peat extraction, and a myriad of other human practices and their consequences […]

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Jane Goodall’s Chimp Rescue Mission (Video)

In 1957, 23-year-old Jane Goodall travelled on a passenger liner from her native England to Nairobi, Kenya. She had meagre savings and no university degree, but hoped to fulfill her lifelong dream of working with African animals. By luck or destiny, Goodall met famous paleontologist and anthropologist Louis Leakey, who […]