Category: Human Caused Extinction

The Florida Panther Is In Grave Danger

The Florida Panther Is In Grave Danger

    The Florida panther is losing its habitat   Why I love nature I am a “nature” person and I was blessed to spend my childhood in a very beautiful area in Holland. There were lovely big forests in the area where my parents and I would go mushroom hunting all the while observing…

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How to Help the Monarch Butterfly Survive

How to Help the Monarch Butterfly Survive

  The butterfly, one of the prettiest insects in the world   Worldwide it is estimated that 17,500 species of butterflies exist. That really seems like a lot. In the United States, there are around 750 species. That again seems like a lot, but these beautiful insects are disappearing. It all comes down to the…

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The Worrying Decline of the Insects.

The Worrying Decline of the Insects.

The reason why there are fewer insects   Some 80% of wild plants rely on insects for pollination; 60% of birds rely on insects as a food source. We normally do not spend much time thinking about insects and if we do it, it is mainly to think they are a pest and bother us.…

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