STORY: This is Iraq’s historic marshlands. The marshes are thought to be the inspiration for the biblical Garden of Eden, and were named a UNESCO world heritage site in 2016. Marsh Arabs have called the area home for millennia and water is essential to their way of life. They rely on it to fish and […]
The return of sea otters and their voracious appetites has helped rescue a section of California marshland, a new study shows. Sea otters eat constantly and one of their favourite snacks is the striped shore crab. These crabs dig burrows and nibble away roots of the marsh grass pickleweed that holds earth in place. Left unchecked, the […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The return of sea otters and their voracious appetites has helped rescue a section of California marshland, a new study shows. Sea otters eat constantly and one of their favorite snacks is the striped shore crab. These crabs dig burrows and also nibble away roots of the marsh grass pickleweed that holds […]