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Grape-Doling Tourists Gave Endangered Iguanas High Blood Sugar
Grape-Doling Tourists Gave Endangered Iguanas High Blood Sugar
Research finds that a high-sugar diet supplied by tourists is giving Bahamian rock iguanas the lizard equivalent of high blood sugar.
Research finds that a high-sugar diet supplied by tourists is giving Bahamian rock iguanas the lizard equivalent of high blood sugar.
ecotourism
Firefly Tourism Sparks Calls for Sustainable Practices
Asher Jones | Jun 1, 2021 | 5 min read
More and more people are traveling around the world to watch the luminous displays of fireflies, but tourism-related light pollution and habitat degradation threaten to snuff out the insects at some locations.
Book Excerpt from Ecotourism’s Promise and Peril
Daniel T. Blumstein, Benjamin Geffroy, Eduardo Bessa, and Diogo S.M. Samia | Aug 10, 2017 | 3 min read
In the introduction to the book, its editors lay out the case for taking a serious, and mechanistic, look at how visiting natural places for pleasure affects ecology and animal behavior.
Ecotourism: Biological Benefit or Bane?
Benjamin Geffroy, Daniel T. Blumstein, Eduardo Bessa, and Diogo S.M. Samia | Aug 3, 2017 | 4 min read
As nature-based tourism becomes more popular, considering the ecological effects of the practice becomes paramount.
Speaking of Science
The Scientist Staff | Nov 1, 2015 | 2 min read
November 2015's selection of notable quotes
Rare Gorilla Encounter
Cristina Luiggi | Jan 6, 2012 | 2 min read
American wildlife photographer sits in awe and disbelief as a troop of wild Ugandan mountain gorillas coddle and groom him.
Gorilla Warfare
Jef Akst | Oct 1, 2011 | 3 min read
As ecotourism becomes more popular, wild apes are succumbing to human diseases.