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The Fascinating Fall Behavior of Wild Turkeys
Forget the gobbling and strutting. Here’s how wild turkeys will spend Thanksgiving Day.
New Science Shows Nature’s Potential to Fight Climate Change
New research shows that we have vastly underestimated the potential for nature to fight climate change. Nature isn’t the victim, it’s the solution.
Recovery: The Salvation of Desecheo National Wildlife Refuge
Invasive rats, goats and even monkeys had overrun the national wildlife refuge, turning it into an ecological wasteland. But there’s hope.
Reefs Like Zombies?
Coral reefs, parrotfish, climate change, Michigan tourists, and, well, zombies.
Hurricane Sandy and the Flooding That Wasn’t
Most visitors come her for the warblers, but some come for the weirs.
Saved by Sand Dunes
On the five year anniversary of Hurricane Sandy, a return to the Jersey Shore towns saved by sand dunes.
Epic Duck: The Story of the Canvasback
Meet the canvasback, a striking bird with an even more striking conservation story.
A Brief Field Guide to the Rocks at Blowing Rocks
What, exactly, are the rocks at the Conservancy's Blowing Rocks preserve? And why do they sometimes blow like geysers?
Building Drought Resilience in India’s Water Stressed Regions
A holistic approach to improving drought resilience in India has the potential to not only enhance water security but also create healthy wildlife habitat.
Give Me Shelter
Our writer is in Cape May during fall migration. She could be birding, so why is she climbing around on a roof without her binoculars instead?
Recovery: Extricating Reptiles from the Pit of Despair
Nevada bans all commercial take of reptiles, the last state to do so. The story behind the ban.
Can Pine Squirrels Change the Evolution of a Forest?
Could the loud but small pine squirrel have an outsized impact on how Western U.S. forests look?
