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Go chimps, go!

Photo by Paolo Torchio

Veteran wildlife photographer Paolo Torchio made a bizarre discovery while visiting Kenya's Masai Mara National Reserve: a mysterious "bearded" antelope.

image: Maplecroft

New analysis shows Afghanistan as well as several sub-Saharan African nations as having the greatest food security risk in the world, classified as 'extreme risk' (red in the image above).

Could a simple "tea bag" of carbon and antimacrobial fibers that costs just pennies be the solution for quickly filtered drinking water on the go? Scientists from Stellenbosch University in South Africa hope they've found the solution to drinking water problems in rural African communities.

Image credit: Solar-Aid

From the launch of SolarAid to the massive expansion of its SunnyMoney micro-finance operations, TreeHugger has been excited about this charity's work to harness clean technology for economic development.

Photo via Tom Nord

The planet is short one centenarian this week after Hector, the world's oldest condor, passed away in Algeria at the ripe old age of 100. Experts say Hector's long life was quite a feat considering that the scavenging birds generally don't live past 50.

Photo by Mark Craemer

Tucked into the financial reform bill that passed this week is a provision many sustainable electronics advocates will be happy about. Publicly-traded companies and electronics corporations will now be required to reveal whether or not they use "conflict-free" minerals.

Image via Water for People

A few years ago, we reported on the PlayPump, a design that incorporates the power of kids at play to pump and store drinking water for communities in Rural Africa.

photo: Mandy via flickr

Plans by the Tanzanian government to run a road through the northern part of the Serengeti National Park have been drawing criticism from a whole host of conservationists.

photo: Joris-Jan van den Boom via flickr

Even though locally-adapted, diversified agriculture and farming is a key component of both food security today and in a warmer more climate-stressed future, the Big Ag trend is still towards less crop diversity and more uniformity.