Archives: December, 2014

The Rights and Wrongs of Voluntourism

by Gina Corsiglia » 2 December 2014 at 6:01 pm

Volunteer tourism, or “voluntourism,” is the practice in which tourists incorporate charity work into their travels abroad. Over the past few years, this travel industry trend has become a recurrent source of controversy and has left many wondering whether it is possible to ethically volunteer abroad at all. Despite the recent deluge of headlines on […]

Conservation Success for the Silky Shark and His Aquatic Friends

by Ash Richter » 2 December 2014 at 6:00 pm

For decades the plight of the silky shark (Carcharhinus falciformis) went unnoticed. They were once thought to be the most populous type of requiem shark, but the slow-to procreate and overfished silky sharks were potentially down an average of 80% from their originally estimated population numbers long before anyone realized what had happened. Silky sharks […]