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New Jersey Cats Caught on Camera

Photographer Steve Winter uses camera traps to capture stunning images of bobcats and other wildlife in New Jersey.

Jenny Rogers and Steve Winter

Remote-Controlled Badger Helps Study Prairie Dog Alarm Calls

Researchers in Montana use a taxidermied badger and remote-control car to show how long-billed curlews listen in on prairie dog alarm calls.

Christine Peterson

Palmyra Atoll: An Angler’s Experience Fishing for Science

A passion for fishing remote places leads this global fishing guide to Palmyra Atoll.

Francois Botha

Call Boxes & Crow Effigies: Protecting Nesting Birds in Cape May

TNC is using call boxes, fake effigies, and bird decoys to protect nesting shorebirds on Cape May.

Matthew L. Miller

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Meet the Kangaroos That Live in Trees

Tree-kangaroos are one of the world’s most bizarre and fascinating mammals.

Justine E. Hausheer

Bear With Us: How to Keep Yourself (And Grizzlies) Safe

Kris Millgate

Why Do Little Birds Mob Big Birds?

Matthew L. Miller

8 Cool US Mammals You Haven’t Seen

Matthew L. Miller

Camera Trap Chronicles: Rattlesnakes and Howling Coyotes

Matthew L. Miller

Conservation Science

How Living Cover Could Help Heal the U.S. Corn Belt

Regenerative ag practices—like cover crops, agroforestry, and pastured livestock—could reduce nitrate loss, erosion and emissions.

Cara Cannon Byington

Story type: TNC Science Brief

Three New Natural History Books for August

Justine E. Hausheer

Climate Mitigation Depends on Seed-Dispersing Wildlife

Justine E. Hausheer

Story type: TNC Science Brief

The Power of the Emerald Edge

The Editors

Strictly Protected Marine Areas Can Effectively Deter Most Industrial Fishing

Cara Cannon Byington

Story type: TNC Science Brief

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

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

Matthew L. Miller

What’s That Weird Noise in the Night?

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

How to Remove Skunk Scent (And No, It’s Not Tomato Juice)

Lisa Ballard

8 Cool Wild Cats You Probably Don’t Know

Matthew L. Miller

All About Wildlife

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

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