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National Geographic: Oil Company Accused of Drilling in African Wildlife Reserve, Offering Jobs for Silence
Canada-based ReconAfrica appears to have flouted Namibian law, legal experts say. BY JEFFREY BARBEE AND LAUREL NEME PUBLISHED December 13, 2021 — 20 MIN READ RUNDU, NAMIBIA Canadian oil and gas exploration company Reconnaissance Energy Africa has bulldozed land for a test oil well inside a protected wildlife area in northeastern Namibia, and two local…
Read MoreTigers: Did you know…
First posted on 2015-04-14 A group of tigers is known as an ‘ambush’ or ‘streak’. Tigers scratch trees and use their urine to mark their territories. Their urine smells strongly of buttered popcorn.
Read MoreBear Pond Books: Students Take On International Wildlife Issues
Tuesday, January 20, 2015 Students Take On International Wildlife Issues As part of our author-educator event series, we’re excited to have author Laurel Neme coming to the store on Saturday, January 24th at 11:00 am to talk about creating global connections from the classroom. As with all events in this series, this workshop is…
Read MoreMongabay — One clever ape: new book celebrates real-life Orangutan Houdini
One clever ape: new book celebrates real-life Orangutan Houdini By: Jordanna Dulaney January 07, 2015 An interview with Laurel Neme about her new children’s book, Orangutan Houdini When no one is looking, a gangly orangutan named Fu Manchu reaches into his mouth and pulls out a wire. Carefully, Fu, housed at the Henry Doorly Zoo in…
Read MoreNational Wildlife Forensic Lab Director interviewed on Here & Now
Want to hear what it’s like at the National Fish and Wildlife Forensics Laboratory? Listen to the lab’s director, Ken Goddard, talk about his work with Here & Now’s Robin Young. Go to this link: http://hereandnow.wbur.org/2014/11/04/animal-forensics-lab
Read MoreToday show visits USFWS Lab
On September 19, 2014, the Today show aired a segment on the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s National Wildlife Forensics Lab. The segment is called Fowl play? Scientists investigate wildlife crime in secret Oregon lab. It takes you inside the high-tech crime lab where investigators use forensics to solve cases — in which the victims are…
Read MoreThursday, May 23, 2013
New York City Bar Association, 6:30-8:30 pm New York, NY Fighting Wildlife Crime with Forensics New York City Bar Association 42 West 44th Street, Stimson Room NY, NY http://www2.nycbar.org/EventsCalendar/show_event_new.php?eventid=2191
Read MoreArticle in Orion Magazine March-April 2009
Sacred & Mundane Artifacts of Contemporary Culture Fuzzy Forensics by Laurel A. Neme The liquid-nitrogen freezer sits unobtrusively up against the far wall, but crack it open, and, after the clouds clear, you’ll see stacks of animal blood and tissue samples. Turn the corner and you’ll find a walkin freezer off the evidence room full…
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