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The prehistoric-looking alligator gar was once driven out of its native waters, but recent reports are touting the top level predator as a possible solution to the influx of Asian carp that are devastating local fish stocks. But could reintroduction actually work?

The Associated Press reports:

But the once-reviled predator is now being seen as a valuable fish in its own right, and as a potential weapon against a more threatening intruder: the invasive Asian carp, which have swum almost unchecked toward the Great Lakes, with little more than an electric barrier to keep them at bay.

Efforts are underway to reintroduce the alligator gar to the northern part of its former range.

La disminución de la productividad de la pesca en el lago Tanganica desde la década de 1950 es una consecuencia del calentamiento global en lugar de sólo la sobrepesca, según un nuevo informe de un equipo internacional dirigido por un geo-científico de la Universidad de Arizona.

Energy conservation is probably not the first thing that comes to mind when you think about freeways jammed with idling vehicles.

But in California, which has some of the most congested freeways in the country, that’s about to change. The California Energy Commission (CEC) has approved a pilot program in which piezoelectric crystals will be installed on several freeways.

Today, August 10th is World Lion Day so to help us celebrate, here are some surprising lion facts you may not know.

Ya sea que esté creciendo a lo largo del borde del Gran Cañón o que vivan en la niebla con secuoyas costeras de California, los abetos de Douglas están constantemente sensibles a las condiciones de sequía que se producen a lo largo de su área de distribución en los Estados Unidos, según un estudio dirigido por un investigador de la Universidad de California en Davis.