Grasshoppers As an important component of the ecosystem, grasshoppers may yet save the world… if they don’t destroy it first. Time to Evolve Few people realize that grasshoppers have been around since the early Triassic, about 250 million years ago, and hopped right alongside the dinosaurs. All this time to evolve means the grasshopper is …
The U.S. hosts a globally imperiled ecosystem not many recognize: the Oak Savanna. Let’s restore this once ubiquitous, parklike grassland.
The cunning trickster, adaptable to all terrains, foods, and lifestyles. Loved and hated by many.
The concept behind
Pleistocene Park
is deceptively simple: rewild the Pleistocene Siberian arctic, slow the effects of climate change in the arctic. All it takes to revive the 10,000-year-old Mammoth Steppe, restore permafrost, and seriously reduce carbon and methane emissions–according to scientists–is releasing long-gone megafauna and watching the ecosystem shift under their influence.
The Toco Toucan is iconic, but more important is the dynamic part they play in their complex, rich savannas.
Assam’s tropical riverine grasslands are protected for the tigers, but their flagship is a turkey-sized bird: the Bengal Florican.
Test your random animal facts with us as we try to stump one another in this laid-back episode.
