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Sharing Water: How I Met the MacGyvers of Water Use
Conservationists at The Nature Conservancy and USFS are improving spring boxes so that ranchers can easily “turn off the faucet” when they’re not using it. Sometimes we can meet everyone’s needs with a little PVC pipe and a lot of ingenuity.
Give Me Shelter
Our writer is in Cape May during fall migration. She could be birding, so why is she climbing around on a roof without her binoculars instead?
Tongue Orchids & Corpseflowers: 7 Insanely Weird Plant Species
Meet the plant that eats shrew poo, the orchid that has sex with itself, and the embarrassingly phallic titan arum.
Can Conservation Provide Water for Cape Town in a Time of Drought?
Can a conservation tool called water funds provide clean water for the residents of Cape Town, while also protecting the region’s unique plant diversity?
Recovery: Bringing Back Bumble Bees
Everyone knows bees are in trouble. But, too often, we’re focused on the wrong bees.
What Happens When You Plant a Pile of Bear Scat?
A biologist plants a pile of bear scat. What pops up surprised even her.
Recovery: Prairie Reprise
Hope on the prairie: conservation and restoration chart a brighter future for North America’s grasslands.
Is Your Landscaping Killing Wildlife?
A common landscaping shrub is dropping large mammals dead in their tracks. Here’s what you need to know.
New Science Shows Seagrass Meadows Suppress Pathogens
After a bout of illness in Indonesia, scientists discover that seagrass meadows have bacteria-fighting superpowers that benefit people, fish and invertebrates.
Five Endangered Species Recoveries You’ve Never Heard Of
Five successes of the Endangered Species Act worth celebrating.
Can Grasslands, The Ecosystem Underdog, Play an Underground Role in Climate Solutions?
What role can grasslands play in climate change solutions? The answer is in the roots.
Attacking Invasive Cheatgrass at Its Root
Not much can stop cheatgrass from spreading. That's why scientists are turning to a solution in the soil, a microbe that inhibits the growth of cheatgrass roots, giving native plants a chance to return.
