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Lost and Found: A Story from Palmyra Atoll
When you work in a place remote as Palmyra Atoll, if equipment fails, there won’t be a midweek run to Bass Pro Shops.
Loss of Coastal Ecosystems Increases Risk from Tropical Cyclones
Science identifies where coastal ecosystems will be crucial for coastal protection services in a world altered by climate change.
To Monitor Loggerhead Turtles, Scientists Look to Their Eggs
In Georgia, scientists are using “genetic tagging” to track nesting loggerheads in one of the world's longest-running monitoring programs.
How To Bring Back the Prairie, a Tiny Bit at a Time
A former veggie farmer talks “prairie strips” and the effort to bring the prairie back into a Midwestern farm.
Quick and Dirty (Really Dirty) Guide to Bison: Keystone Species Edition
The ways bison graze, poop and wallow touch on everything about the ecology of a prairie. But well, it can be a little messy.
Forest Management Can Keep Carbon in Forests and Protect Communities from Wildfire in the American West
The U.S. is investing billions of dollars to reduce forest fire risks. New research maps the hot spots where investments in strategic forest management could offer the biggest payoff for people and climate.
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
Creative solutions that go beyond conventional protected areas are necessary to safeguard the future of global freshwater ecosystems.
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.
