Tag: endangered species
Russia’s aggression threatens efforts to protect nature beyond Ukraine
Eduardo Gallo-Cajiao, University of Washington; Duan Biggs, Northern Arizona University; Nives Dolsak, University of Washington, and Paul G. Harris, The Education University...
Weasels, not pandas, should be the poster animal for biodiversity loss
David Jachowski, Clemson University
At the United Nations biodiversity conference that opens in Montreal on Dec. 7, 2022, nations...
Olive ridley sea turtles are constantly on the move, so protective...
Pamela T. Plotkin, Texas A&M University and Joseph Bernardo, Texas A&M University
Many of the ocean’s most charismatic animals...
To help protect newly hatched baby sea turtles, we designed a...
Erin Clabough, University of Virginia
Playing with my children on a beach on Hatteras Island, a barrier island off...
Bees face many challenges – and climate change is ratcheting up...
Jennie L. Durant, University of California, Davis
The extreme weather that has battered much of the U.S. in 2022...
‘Silent Spring’ 60 years on: 4 essential reads on pesticides and...
Jennifer Weeks, The Conversation
In 1962 environmental scientist Rachel Carson published “Silent Spring,” a bestselling book that asserted that...
The Soviet Union once hunted endangered whales to the brink of...
Ryan Jones, University of Oregon
Every year, an estimated 13 million people go whale-watching around the world, marveling at...
Monarch butterflies join the Red List of endangered species, thanks to...
Kristen A. Baum, Oklahoma State University
On July 21, 2022, the International Union for the Conservation of Nature placed...
EXPLORING NATURE
Trump’s ‘God Squad’ pits energy vs. endangered species, but it’s a...
Dan Salas, University of Illinois Chicago
There’s a well-worn debate in U.S. politics that goes something like this: Would...
