Tag: endangered species
What elephants’ unique brain structures suggest about their mental abilities
Bob Jacobs, Colorado College
Conservationists have designated August 12 as World Elephant Day to raise awareness about conserving these majestic animals. Elephants have many engaging...
Support for the Endangered Species Act remains high as Trump administration...
Jeremy T. Bruskotter, The Ohio State University; John A Vucetich, Michigan Technological University, and Ramiro Berardo, The Ohio State University
The Endangered Species Act, or...
The sage grouse isn’t just a bird – it’s a proxy...
John Freemuth, Boise State University
The Trump administration is clashing with conservation groups and others over protection for the greater sage grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus), a...
Friend or food? Why Venus flytraps don’t eat their pollinators
Clyde Sorenson, North Carolina State University; Elsa Youngsteadt, North Carolina State University, and Rebecca Irwin, North Carolina State University
The Venus flytrap, Dionaea muscipula, lives...
Stinkhorns, truffles, smuts: The amazing diversity – and possible decline –...
Alexander Weir, State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry
“Whatever dressing one gives to mushrooms…they are not really good but to...
Giraffes are in trouble – the US Endangered Species Act can...
Federico Cheever, University of Denver and Annecoos Wiersema, University of Denver
On April 19 of this year, five major wildlife protection groups petitioned...
Will optimistic stories get people to care about nature?
Diogo Veríssimo, Georgia State University
Nature doesn’t make the news often these days. When it does, the story usually revolves around wildlife on...
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...
