Recovery: Evicting Rabbits

When rabbits are introduced to islands, native species suffer.

Ted Williams

Rehabilitating Watershed Natural Infrastructure in Africa: A Smart Investment to Reduce Urban Flood Damages

The economic case for nature-based solutions as part of a comprehensive approach to environmental problems.

Timm Kroeger

Can You Ever Have Too Many Turkeys?

Citizen science provides opportunities to answer essential questions about how people — and the non-native species we've introduced — affect oak savannas, prairies and streams.

Lisa Feldkamp

The Pileated Woodpecker in Winter

Even in the harshest winter conditions, you can count on seeing the spectacular pileated woodpecker.

Matthew L. Miller

Make Your Birdwatching Count with the Great Backyard Bird Count

Want to help bird conservation? Head out to a local park or look outside your window. And start counting birds.

Matthew L. Miller

The Hidden History of Australian Oyster Reefs

New research draws on historical data — including accounts from early explorers — to map the former extent of Australian shellfish reefs.

Justine E. Hausheer

How an Alaskan Earthquake Caused Fish to Spawn in Death Valley

At first glance, the Devils Hole pupfish would rightly be considered one of the most isolated creatures on earth, but the broader world touches the pupfish in surprising ways. Everything's connected.

Matthew L. Miller

Seaweed Farming: A Gateway to Conservation and Empowerment

Seaweed farming is often viewed as the pinnacle of sustainable aquaculture - but ensuring sustainability is incredibly complex.

Tiffany Waters

Why Are You Seeing Robins in Winter?

Spring has certainly not arrived, so why have the robins?

Cara Cannon Byington

Land Rich and Cash Poor

"For me as a black southerner who loves nature, the freedom of wildness is worth a life's weight in gold."

J. Drew Lanham

Why Staying on the Trail Is Bad for Nature

Is encouraging kids to treat nature as fragile and untouchable doing more harm than good?

Matthew L. Miller

Recovery: Smalltooth Sawfish Flickering Back

Recovery of the smalltooth sawfish is going better than expected, but public ignorance can still imperil these fish.

Ted Williams