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Meet the Bison: North America’s Most Famous Mammal
For all their fame, you’d be surprised by how much you don’t know about North America’s largest land mammal.
Bear With Us: How to Keep Yourself (And Grizzlies) Safe
Even in the Greater Yellowstone, your chances of a grizzly encounter are low. Follow these simple tips while in bear country.
50 Fish, 50 States: Bartram’s Bass
Bass fishing can be one of life’s simple pleasures. It also demonstrates that humans have a nearly infinite capacity to overcomplicate things.
The Amargosa Vole is the World’s Cutest Litmus Test of the Human-Water Relationship
The Amargosa vole is a story of loss and rediscovery, peril and surprise.
Making Global Freshwater Targets Local
A new paper published in the journal Nature Sustainability finds that creative solutions that include and go beyond conventional protected […]
Trapping Tiny Pocket Mice in the Nebraska Prairie
A long-running study at Platte River Prairies preserve looks at the relationships between small mammals and grassland management.
8 Great U.S. National Parks for Birding
With summer in full swing, there's no better time to go birding. Here are 8 U.S. national parks that offer interesting birding opportunities.
Two New Mammal Guides for Australia & the SW Pacific
These two new guides cover some of the world's most marvellous mammals, from kangaroos to quolls, to flying foxes and clambering cuscus.
Frogs as Pollinators?
This Brazilian frog may pollinate milk fruit trees as it visits flowers to sip nectar.
8 Birds to Spark a Kid’s Interest in Nature
Meet the birds that can ignite a lifelong interest in the natural world.
50 Fish, 50 States: Overlooked Native Fish in National Parks
50 Fish, 50 States: Matt Miller searches for chubs and sauger on the Little Missouri River in North Dakota.
Mad Island: Fire Restores Prairie on the Texas Gulf Coast
To restore the prairie, you have to burn it.