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Collars or Cameras: How Do Researchers Best Monitor Wildlife?
Wildlife researchers are increasingly shifting to trail cams to monitor wildlife populations.
How Wild Predators Can Improve Human Health
Wild predators are almost always painted as the villain in myth and popular culture, but the truth is that predators are key for healthy ecosystems, and even healthy people.
The Ocean Has Almost No Wilderness Left
New research shows that just 13.2 percent of the ocean remains as wilderness, free from human impacts.
Economic Development and Trails: Is Conservation Missing Opportunities?
Walking paths are common in the city and hiking trails are common in wildernesses. But what about the areas in between?
Recovery: America’s Giant Squirrel Back from the Brink
Endangered Delmarva fox squirrel carcasses littered the road. But that was not as gloomy as it appeared. And today, the story is headed for a happy ending.
Meet the World’s 10 Most Endangered Sharks
More research is urgently needed to support improved conservation measures for world’s ten most critically endangered sharks.
Going Viral to Restore Damaged Ecosystems
Invasive species populations grow exponentially putting conservationists at a considerable disadvantage. We will have a solution that can go viral.
Like to Eat? Then You Should Care About Biodiversity
Farming and ranching can be converted from a global environmental problem into the leading edge of an effort to avert looming biological disaster – and farmers themselves can become more productive and profitable.
Saving Myanmar’s Timber Elephants
Logging elephants are an incredible part of Myanmar’s history — but they’re also key to help reduce the negative impacts that logging can have on the forests.
How Did Birds Get So Colorful?
Help scientists answer questions about bird plumage like, how colorful are birds? How quickly does plumage color evolve? Are changes in plumage color associated with the origins of new species?
Poison Ivy: Busting 6 Myths to Avoid the Itch
Avoid the itch – and learn some cool science – as we bust popular myths about poison ivy.
Illegal Logging & Energy Shortages Pressure Myanmar’s Forests
Facilitated by organized crime, illegal logging threatens to destroy Myanmar’s forests. But a national energy crisis and the ensuing fuelwood demand pose an equal threat.
