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Earth Day Book Review 2025

Here are 6 books to fuel your curiosity about the world around you this Earth Day.

Matthew L. Miller

9 Animal Cams You Need in Your Life

From an African watering hole to bison, otters, penguins, naked mole-rats, pandas and more, these are 9 animal cams you need in your life.

Cara Cannon Byington

Meet Four Amazing Endemic Parrots from New Zealand

New Zealand is home to a small handful of endemic parrots, including the nocturnal, flightless kākāpō to the mischievous alpine kea.  

Justine E. Hausheer

Backyard Bioblitz: How to Be A Citizen Scientist in Your Backyard

A bioblitz is a nature scavenger hunt, for science. Here are our tips to DIY a bioblitz from your very own backyard.

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A Field Guide to Commonly Misidentified Snakes

Snake expert and biologist David Steen helps you determine what that snake is. Spoiler: It’s not always a copperhead or cottonmouth.

David A. Steen

Zumwalt Prairie: Mountain Lions, Mountain Quail & More

Matthew L. Miller

Connect to Nature Near You: 4 Fun + Informative (+Free) Apps

Cara Cannon Byington

A Day in the Life of a Field Scientist: Cape York Edition

Thalie Partridge

The Only Birding Apps You’ll Ever Need

Cara Cannon Byington and Justine E. Hausheer

Conservation Science

Beaver? Otter? Muskrat? A Field Guide to Freshwater Mammals

Think you saw a beaver or a mink? Here’s how to tell for sure.

Matthew L. Miller

What’s That Weird Noise in the Night?

Justine E. Hausheer, Cara Cannon Byington, and Matthew L. Miller

The Science of Snakehead Slime

Matthew L. Miller

8 Cool Wild Cats You Probably Don’t Know

Matthew L. Miller

10 Weird Australian Marsupials You’ve Never Heard Of

Justine E. Hausheer

Science for Policy

Innovative conservation science to meet the challenges of our time.

All About Wildlife

Explore wildlife in wild places, from backyard coyotes to biodiversity hotspots.

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