Andrea Mauk with her son Damon and husband Edward. (Photo: Andrea Mauk) For Andrea Mauk, the phone call telling her that her 18-year-old son Damon had died was already a moment no mother should ever have to endure. But while she was thousands of miles away in Costa Rica, grieving a son she could not…

A royal arrival! Sir Nils Olav III and Connie are preparing to become parents after laying Edinburgh Zoo’s first king penguin egg in 17 years. (Photo: SWNS) The world’s highest-ranking penguin, Major General Sir Nils Olav III, Baron of Bouvet Island, is set to become a father after his new partner, Connie, laid an egg…

Alaska eradicated rats from a 6,869-acre Aleutian island More than two centuries after a shipwreck brought non-native rats to a remote Alaskan island, removing the invasive rodents has led to a rapid recovery of wildlife across the 6,869-acre island in the Aleutian archipelago. According to monitoring reports and press releases from the United States Fish…

Discarded Christmas trees Discarded holiday trees collected from living rooms across Alabama are finding a second life along the Gulf of Mexico, forming the foundation of a student-led coastal restoration campaign. Discarded Christmas trees collected from homes across Alabama are getting a second life along the Gulf of Mexico, helping form the base of a…

False Creek NEU’s impact goes beyond the buildings it serves. Its success has helped demonstrate that sewage and wastewater heat recovery can work at the utility scale, and has encouraged other communities throughout Metro Vancouver to explore similar approaches. Every day thousands of showers, sinks and toilets flush warm wastewater down the drain. Now some…