Tag: Conservation biology
By fact-checking Thoreau’s observations at Walden Pond, we showed how old...
Tara K. Miller, Boston University; Abe Miller-Rushing, National Park Service, and Richard B. Primack, Boston University
Henry David Thoreau,...
Should we protect nature for its own sake? For its economic...
Bradley J. Cardinale, Penn State
As spring phases into summer in North America, with trees flowering and birds migrating,...
E.O. Wilson’s lifelong passion for ants helped him teach humans about...
Doug Tallamy, University of Delaware
E. O. Wilson was an extraordinary scholar in every sense of the word. Back...
Pikas are adapting to climate change remarkably well, contrary to many...
Andrew Smith, Arizona State University
Climate change is harming many special places and iconic species around our planet, from Glacier National Park’s disappearing glaciers to...
Pikas are adapting to climate change remarkably well, contrary to many...
Andrew Smith, Arizona State University
Climate change is harming many special places and iconic species around our planet, from Glacier National Park’s disappearing glaciers to...
Don’t blame cats for destroying wildlife – shaky logic is leading...
William S. Lynn, Clark University; Arian Wallach, University of Technology Sydney, and Francisco J. Santiago-Ávila, University of Wisconsin-Madison
A number of conservationists claim cats are...
The animal world is still awesome: 3 essential reads
Jennifer Weeks, The Conversation
Editor’s note: As we come to the end of the year, Conversation editors take a look back at the stories that...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
