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Recovery: Saving Timber Rattlesnakes, Why Wildlife Recovery Isn’t a Popularity Contest
You know you’ve arrived as a naturalist when you support saving timber rattlesnakes. Ted Williams reports.
10 Unexpected Impacts of Climate Change
Climate change will affect your health, your sports, even what you drink. A look at some of the more unexpected impacts.
Cows and Grassland Birds: Can They Get Along?
What effect does grazing have on grassland birds? It may not be what you think.
Weird Conservation Part 2: The Even Stranger Side of Saving Endangered Species
Conservation gets weird, yet again. Read on for tales of lizard robots, bird deodorant, and atomic bombs.
6 Great New Books for the Fish Nerd’s Library
Looking for something more than the usual fish story? We have you covered with books on gars, sturgeons, freshwater tropical fish and more.
The Four Biggest Hazards Facing Monarch Butterflies, and How You Can Help
A recent scientific paper argues that monarch butterflies are at risk of “quasi-extinction.” But what does this mean? Our blogger breaks down the issues facing butterflies.
Recovery: Mending Point Reyes, a Park Impaired by Invasive Mammals
Point Reyes National Seashore is recovering from an unusual invasive threat: non-native deer. Ted Williams reports.
Measuring Conservation Impact on Human Well-being in Kenya’s Rangelands
Who are the people impacted? Are people better or worse off? What are the implications for conservation? These are simple questions, but they matter.
The Incredible Shrinking Bison, an Unexpected Impact of Climate Change
Shrinking bison? One of the unexpected impacts of climate change is bison changing their diets. And it could in turn affect how we manage the prairie.
Unraveling the Mystery of the Western Sycamores that Weren’t
The problem? As trees in some of their restoration sites grew to maturity, they didn’t look like the native western sycamores the scientists were sure they had planted.
Follow that Grouper: What Migration Data Tell Us About Locally Managed Marine Conservation
New research shows that minimal expansions to community-based protected areas in Melanesia can greatly enhance protection of fish populations.
Can Drones Help Monitor Vultures on Mongolia’s Eastern Steppe?
Conservancy scientists are testing whether unmanned aerial vehicles, or drones, are an effective tool to monitor Cinereous Vulture populations in Mongolia’s Kherlen Toono Uul Nature Reserve.
