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Recovery: Alewives, the Little Fish with a Big Role
Conservationists are prone to referring to alewives in the past tense, the fish long considered a victim of dams. But they’re back. Ted Williams has the story.
Kumuls on Camera: Photographing Birds-of-Paradise in Papua New Guinea
Two birders set out to capture camera trap footage of a bird-of-paradise. The anticipation nearly kills them both.
Extreme Birding: Entering Un-Birded Territory in Papua New Guinea
The Papua New Guinea rainforest isn’t your grandpa’s birding. Science writer Justine Hausheer enumerates the trials, travails, and thrills of birding in un-birded territory.
Angry Birds: Why Molting Makes Our Feathered Friends Grumpy
For birds, “bad feather days” – what we call molting – are a part of life. And those days can make birds downright grumpy.
Scientists (Re)Re-discover the Australian Night Parrot. Now What?
Now that scientists have confirmed that Night Parrots do indeed still roam the spinifex-covered Australian outback, where does that leave conservationists?
Bioacoustics for Conservation Land-Use Planning
Conservancy scientists are using innovative acoustic sampling data to inform conservation land use planning in Papua New Guinea’s rainforests.
Obsessed by Nature: The World of Fishy Life Listing
Most anglers are content with their bass and trout. But some want to catch…everything. Welcome to the world where fishing meets life listing.
Recovery: Rare Turtle Gets a Second Chance
Only 300 Plymouth redbellies remained – making them arguably the continent’s rarest turtle. They were confined to one county. And they weren’t breeding. What saved the redbelly from extinction?
Epic Birding Fails: Lyrebirds in Australia
Birders Justine E. Hausheer and Tim Boucher set out to find the Albert's Lyrebird in Australia. One of them succeeds, and the other adds another nemesis bird to their list.
Camera Trap Meets Studio Lighting: Stunning Images and the Story Behind Them
Camera traps provide important scientific evidence of creatures that we seldom see, but the usual camera trap pictures are not quality wildlife art. Enter Jonny Armstrong.
Adventures with Bowfin, North America’s Underdog(fish)
The bowfin has proven tougher than T. rex. But is it tough enough to survive humanity?
Recovery: The Return of Native Fish, Victims of Bucket Biology
Restoring arctic char; they are rarely seen, even by anglers; they are furless, featherless and cold. But they are wildlife – ice-age relicts as important to our nation as California condors.
