Tag: Extinction
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,...
How did cockroaches survive the asteroid that led to the extinction...
Brian Lovett, West Virginia University
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages....
Digital sound archives can bring extinct birds (briefly) back to life
Hannah Hunter, Queen's University, Ontario
When people think of extinct animals, they may picture taxidermy, skeletons, 19th-century illustrations or...
Zoos and aquariums shift to a new standard of ‘animal welfare’...
Michael J. Renner, Drake University
In 1980 I visited the zoo in a major U.S. city and found row after row of bare concrete...
Insect apocalypse? Not so fast, at least in North America
Matthew D. Moran, Hendrix College
In recent years, the notion of an insect apocalypse has become a hot topic in the conservation science community and...
The impulse to garden in hard times has deep roots
Jennifer Atkinson, University of Washington
The coronavirus pandemic has set off a global gardening boom.
In the early days of lockdown, seed suppliers were depleted of...
Last of the giants: What killed off Madagascar’s megafauna a thousand...
Nick Scroxton, University of Massachusetts Amherst; Laurie Godfrey, University of Massachusetts Amherst, and Stephen Burns, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Giant 10-foot-tall elephant birds, with eggs...
How virtual worlds can recreate the geographic history of life
Robert K. Colwell, University of Connecticut and Thiago F. Rangel, Universidade Federal de Goias
The Amazon and the adjacent Andean slopes in South America host...
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Anniversary of Konrad Reuland tragedy reminds us of the toll of...
Brian Hoh, M.D., University of Florida
The late NFL tight end Konrad Reuland and baseball Hall of Famer Rod Carew became forever linked when Carew,...
