Shutterstock February 16, 2021 We tested tiger snake scales to measure wetland pollution in Perth. The news is worse than expected Damian Lettoof, Curtin University; Kai Rankenburg, Curtin University; Monique Gagnon, Curtin University, and Noreen Evans, Curtin University New research fired laser beams on tiger snake scales, and found arsenic was 20-34 times higher in wild wetland snakes than in captive snakes.
Shutterstock December 14, 2020 Metals from urban pollution are contaminating the last few old forests in Cape Town Anne-Liese Naude (Kruger), Cape Peninsula University of Technology Protecting forests means protecting a rich biodiversity of plants, animals and the livelihoods of many people.
Snowshoe hares near the now closed Giant Mine outside of Yellowknife, N.W.T show signs of arsenic contamination. (Denali NPS/flickr) June 13, 2018 Toxic leftovers from Giant Mine found in snowshoe hares Som Niyogi, University of Saskatchewan and Solomon Amuno, University of Saskatchewan Historical gold mining at the Giant Mine near Yellowknife, N.W.T. released toxic arsenic into the environment. Snowshoe hares are showing signs of poisoning.