Rare Animal Part Trade Contributes to Extinction
We sound like a broken record here at CAPS, but more people means less resources. Animal habitats are especially affected by the... Read More
Report Warns of Looming Extinction Crisis for U.S. Plants, Animals
Eternal, unsustainable growth has had a devastating impact on our environment. A new report from Reuters has laid out the very real extinction... Read More
Fur-Bearing Animals, Other Critters Being Driven to Extinction for Dinner
Hunting for food and purported medicinal products is threatening more than 300 species of mammals with extinction in what is being called... Read More
The Tragic Face of Extinction
The critically endangered blue-eyed black lemur of Madagascar – only 100 survive in the wild. Wild creatures our grandchildren will never experience... Read More
Tigers, 3,000; Homo sapiens, 7.4 billion
Man continues his march using poorly chosen metrics to measure his success, namely, growth at any cost. This thought, and the number... Read More
Not only Elephants, Rhinos and Gorillas Face Extinction in Africa; Human Overpopulation is Devouring (Literally) Other Large Herbivores Too
Imagine a lonely, desolate world without magnificent creatures such as elephants, rhinos, gorillas, hippos, zebras and giraffes gracing the wild. One in... Read More
Two is Company, Eight Billion is a Crowd
Here at CAPS we understand that unchecked population growth is the most serious threat to the environment and global living standards. The... Read More
In Memory of Martha – The Last of Her Kind
Today, September 1, 2014, marks a century to the day that a legendary species of bird perished from the face of the... Read More
Twilight Zone? Onset of the Earth’s Sixth Mass Extinction
One profligate species causes demise of thousands Over its storied 3.8-billion year history, the long-running epic called Life on Earth has suffered... Read More
Today is World Elephant Day
Today is World Elephant Day. Sunday was World Lion Day. Frankly, every day could be given over to recognizing an animal, because... Read More
