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Birds & Birding

Painted Bunting: The Fun of Local Bird Quests

From the Field

A Beginner’s Guide to Butterfly Watching

Birds & Birding

Where Did Pigeons Come From?

Ideas

New Policy Tool Could Represent Sea Change for Coral Reef Conservation

A new policy tool can help ensure coral reef conservation better meets local people’s needs and preferences.

Birds & Birding

It’s a Trap: Managing Cowbirds to Save Songbirds

From the Field

8 Conservation Writing Awards for Cool Green Science

Latest Science

How Scientists Fish: The Hand Line

Birds & Birding

A New Database to Drive Seabird Conservation

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Wildlife

10 Weird Australian Marsupials You’ve Never Heard Of

From the Field

How to Remove Skunk Scent (And No, It’s Not Tomato Juice)

Wildlife

Wildlife Bedtime: Weird Nesting Habits of North American Wildlife

Latest Science

8 Cool Wild Cats You Probably Don’t Know

Birds & Birding

The Sound of Merlin: Like Shazam, but for Birds

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Birds & Birding

Roadrunner: Meet the Real Bird Behind the Cartoon

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Wildlife

Squirrel Parkour? The Science Behind Squirrel Acrobatics

Matthew L. Miller

Meet the World’s Largest Land Crab

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Justine E. Hausheer

Saving the Pacific’s Most Endangered Leatherback Sea Turtles

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Cara Cannon Byington

Follow Me Down the Brood X Tunnel: A Reading List

Christine Peterson

Deer Mice: Get to Know North America’s Most Abundant Mammal

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Science Brief

Conservation Science Publishing Has a Gender Problem

The persistent gender gap in science publishing is harming conservation efforts.

Science Brief

Resilience and Stability on Palmyra’s Coral Reefs

In hopeful news, coral reefs at Palmyra Atoll show long-term stability, recovery and resilience, despite two bleaching events within the last decade.

Science Brief

Turning Tweets into Action?

The science of science communications: Twitter Edition. Study shows promise for accelerating public engagement and advocacy for environmental issues, including climate change and biodiversity conservation.

Science Brief

Where There’s Smoke: Wildfire, Forest Restoration and Human Health

A new paper argues forest health and human health should not be viewed as separate concerns when it comes to wildfires.

Wildlife

What’s That Weird Noise in the Night?

Wildlife

Strange and Unbelievable Facts About Shrews

wild hamster in the dirt and grass

Wildlife

Wild Hamster: The Intriguing Story Behind The Household Pet

Wildlife

A Field Guide to Commonly Misidentified Snakes

Wildlife

Beaver? Otter? Muskrat? A Field Guide to Freshwater Mammals

Wildlife

Meet 6 Small and Bizarre Deer Species

Wildlife

7 Cool Facts About Water Striders

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From the Field

Where to See a Moose

From the Field

Finding Mini Frogs: These Aren’t Babies, They’re Just Little

Climate Change

Spring Flowers Are Blooming Earlier in Greater Yellowstone

Wildlife

Seeing the Forest for the Deer: Alaskan Scientists Harness Big Data for Conservation

orange tent at a campground

From the Field

Campground Critters: A Natural and Personal History

koala in a tree with a black and white bitd

Wildlife

There’s a Koala in the Backyard

From the Field

There’s a Cicada in My Ear

bird with city behind it

Birds & Birding

Why Do We Hate Trash Birds?