Pic o’ the Week: Pelican Almost Becomes Whale Snack

What happens when a pelican gets in the middle of a humpback whale's lunch? Journalist Manon Verchot recounts the tale in Audubon magazine, "A hungry pelican was happily feasting on anchovies when the water beneath began to move. Strong baleen jaws clamped down hard—a humpback whale snatched up the seabird. 'It was evident that the pelican …

refuges in the first oil impact zone?

Much news, none of  it good, is streaming to us from the Gulf of Mexico, where an exploded oil rig has likely claimed 11 human lives and its uncapped well has gushed over 818 tons of crude oil into the sea so far and is spewing out more than 210,000 gallons a day. Today the …