Topic: Nature and the Environment

Live octopus? Goat kidneys? It's what's for dinner

Live octopus, insects, brains: Where some stomachs churn, food adventure clubs make a mealBen Raisher watches as the writhing Octopus on his plate has its tentacles clipped with giant shears, then squirms in amber sesame oil like a pile of bisected earthworms. With a deft pinch of his chopsticks, the ...
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Editorial Roundup: Excerpts From Recent Editorials

Excerpts from recent editorials in newspapers in the United States and abroad: March 15 Loveland (Colo.) Daily Reporter-Herald on why change in credit rules is a positive step: There's a justice in overdraft protection fees: Those who are careless in their spending pay penalties that support banking services for ...
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In war devastated Angola, cheetahs are back

Conservation group says cheetahs are back after 30 years of war in devastated southern AngolaScientists saw cheetahs in southern Angola for the first time in three decades since the now-ended civil war devastated the animal's habitat, a conservation group said Wednesday. After a three day survey in the arid ...
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Climate debated should be reframed: Malidives president

The climate change debate should be reframed in economic and security terms ahead of a year-end UN summit in Mexico seeking a binding climate deal, the president of the Maldives said Wednesday. A price tag needs to be put on "the extent to which we destroy the atmosphere, the extent ...
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