Want To Help Researchers Understand Fireflies?

Take a new look at the flashing fireflies in your backyard.

Matthew L. Miller

Wildlife Sightings: Share or Stay Quiet?

There are times when sharing a photo of a wild animal can lead to its death.

Matthew L. Miller

A Field Guide to Unusual Raptors of the Southern US

These nine unusual raptors are found only in the south and southwestern US, from Arizona to Florida. 

Justine E. Hausheer

Can We Save the Olympia Oyster by Eating It?

Conservation aquaculture offers hope for oyster populations.

Natalie van Hoose

Three New Books for Australian Nature Nerds

Every Sunday — after I do the grocery shopping and buy veggies at the local farmer’s market — I go […]

Justine E. Hausheer

Cactus Holes and Cobwebs: The Weird Nesting Habits of Birds

From burying eggs in sand to building 2,000 pound thatch structures, birds use some weird ways to nurture eggs and young.

Christine Peterson

Witches’ Broom and the Conservation of “Ugly”

Should we kill trees because they’re ugly? At one point, conservationists did.

Matthew L. Miller

Edge of Field Practices Enhance Benefits to Farmers and Nature

Ohio farmer takes a whole-farm approach to conservation During heavy spring rains, Allen Dean watched a 60-foot tree float down […]

Meg Wilcox

BirdCast: It’s Like a Weather Forecast, But for Birds

BirdCast provides real-time predictions of bird migrations: when birds are migrating, where they’re going, and how far they’re flying.

Justine E. Hausheer

Fall Fertilizer Application: Best Practices to Save Time, Money and Nature

Iowa farmer uses regenerative practices to build soil organic matter, decreasing need for fall fertilizer. Kelly Nieuwenhuis rarely applies fertilizer […]

Meg Wilcox

For the Love of Cutthroat Trout

Why go to the trouble to catch 8-inch trout in remote streams?

Matthew L. Miller

Cool and Overlooked Critters of the Sagebrush Sea

Move over sage grouse: here are 9 other cool critters of the sagebrush-steppe.

Matthew L. Miller