Tag: Wildlife conservation
As Arctic ship traffic increases, narwhals and other unique animals are...
Donna Hauser, University of Alaska Fairbanks; Harry Stern, University of Washington, and Kristin Laidre, University of Washington
Most Americans associate fall with football and raking...
Restocking wolves on Isle Royale raises questions about which species get...
Mark Neuzil, University of St. Thomas and Eric Freedman, Michigan State University
Isle Royale is one of the most remote U.S. national parks. It stretches...
To avoid humans, more wildlife now work the night shift
Kaitlyn Gaynor, University of California, Berkeley
For their first 100 million years on planet Earth, our mammal ancestors relied on the cover of darkness to...
The Trump administration’s new migratory bird policy undermines a century of...
Amanda Rodewald, Cornell University
The Trump administration has announced a position on protecting migratory birds that is a drastic pullback from policies in force for...
Even ugly animals can win hearts and dollars to save them...
Diogo Veríssimo, Johns Hopkins University and Bob Smith, University of Kent
The Earth is home to millions of species, but you wouldn’t know it from...
To conserve tropical forests and wildlife, protect the rights of people...
Prakash Kashwan, University of Connecticut
Many of our planet’s most beautiful areas are also sites of intense conflicts. In a recent example, traditional...
Galapagos giant tortoises make a comeback, thanks to innovative conservation strategies
James P. Gibbs, State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry
The Galapagos Islands are world-famous as a laboratory of biological evolution....
Marine park review looks set to repeat past mistakes
By Lauren Butterly, Australian National University and Benjamin Richardson, University of Tasmania
In June 2012 the Labor government announced the “world’s largest” system of marine...
EXPLORING NATURE
What Olympic athletes see that viewers don’t: Machine-made snow makes ski...
Keith Musselman, University of Colorado Boulder and Agnes Macy, University of Colorado Boulder
When viewers tune in to the...
