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Fox squirrels are common on TCUs campus. (Camilla Price/Staff Reporter)

TCU iNaturalist project brings students closer to campus wildlife

By Camilla Price
Published Sep 20, 2021
More than 600 plant and animal species have been recorded on campus from TCU's iNaturalist project.
The before shot for a cleanup of Eastern Island in Midway Atoll. Marine debris can take hundreds of years to biodegrade. (Photo courtesy of NOAA PIFSC Coral Reef Ecosystem Program)

World Oceans Day shines spotlight on marine plastic pollution

By Camilla Price
Published Jun 8, 2021
Finding answers to marine plastic pollution is key to protecting people and the planet.
Students Brennan Holt, Cassie Trosino and Hayden Hite are the founders of Liters for Life. (Photo courtesy Brennan Holt)

‘Liters for Life’ student campaign raises funds for global water crisis

By Camilla Price
Published Apr 22, 2021
Students from the Neeley Leadership Program at TCU created a fundraiser for the organization charity: water.
In this Thursday, Aug. 11, 2016, photo, the fin of a great white shark is seen swimming past a research boat in the waters off Gansbaai, South Africa. Extensive research by shark expert Michael Rutzen and his marine biologist partner, Sara Andreotti, has found that great whites off the South African coast are rapidly heading for extinction. (AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam)

Environmental spotlight: Explaining the twin threats facing shark and ray populations worldwide

By Camilla Price
Published Feb 2, 2021
Global shark and ray populations have plummeted 71% in the past 50 years as overfishing increased 18-fold.
Purple and white lights surround trees in the Campus Commons.
(Photo by Reese Price)

Experts share strategies for sustainability during the holidays

By Camilla Price
Published Nov 29, 2020
Students can help their communities and the planet with eco-friendly shopping this season.
In this Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012, file photo, migratory birds fly over Mad Island, Texas. Energy companies blamed for the deaths of migratory birds may be harder to prosecute under a century-old law that a federal court in September 2015 ruled applies only to intentional killings. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan, File)

Lights Out Texas: Darkened skies protect migratory birds this fall

By Camilla Price
Published Oct 2, 2020
Light pollution is the third-largest cause of death for North American birds.
FILE - In this July 27, 2018, file photo, the Dave Johnson coal-fired power plant is silhouetted against the morning sun in Glenrock, Wyo. A record drop in U.S. energy consumption this spring was driven by less demand for coal thats burned for electricity and oil thats refined into gasoline and jet fuel. (AP Photo/J. David Ake, File)

Physician declares climate change a ‘medical emergency’ in Friday Focus talk

By Camilla Price
Published Sep 30, 2020
Dr. Mark Dambro, who recently completed Al Gore's climate training course, said human health is at risk from global warming.
clothing on a rack at eco-fashion store Tribe Alive

Second-Hand September: Clothing outlets encourage eco-friendly fashion

By Camilla Price
Published Sep 18, 2020
Fast fashion harms workers and drains environmental resources, but sustainability is trending.
Students stand next to an anesthetized white rhino after assisting with a dehorning procedure in South Africa led by Dr. William Fowlds. Many of the students on the 2019 trip later helped found the TCU Rhino Initiative Club. (Courtesy: Dr. Michael Slattery)

TCU Rhino Initiative Club plans screening, giveaways for World Rhino Day

By Camilla Price
Published Sep 16, 2020
The club hopes to raise awareness of the rhino poaching crisis, as three rhinos are killed every day for their horns.
Photo by Madison Fowler Sophomore students, Eliza Barrow (left) and Stanton Cross (right) using the recycling bin outside of Moudy South.

Sustainability committee’s new website promotes green initiatives

By Camilla Price
Published Feb 25, 2020
The TCU Sustainability Committee worked with ROXO to create a website detailing sustainability efforts on campus.
Closeup of new cutlery dispensers.

How students can prevent food waste

By Camilla Price
Published Dec 3, 2019
Students can make a difference by only taking the food that they are going to eat.
Sumatran Orangutan Anita, left, feeds her offspring, Atina ,1, right, on Tuesday July 31, 2007 at the Singapore Zoo which houses their 25 Orangutans, the largest number of the species in captivity in the world. The Singapore Zoo has constantly put in efforts to educate the public about Sumatran and Bornean Orangutans, categorized as being critically endangered with an estimate of only 55,000 Bornean and 7,500 Sumatran Orangutans left in the wild to date. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)

TCU students can prevent deforestation from palm oil

By Camilla Price
Published Sep 25, 2019
Choosing candy with sustainable palm oil can prevent rainforest deforestation.