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In South Africa, Tigers and Other Captive Predators Are Still Exploited for Profit. Legislation Offers Pitiful Protection

The captive predator industry threatens the welfare of thousands of big cats kept for entertainment, hunting, and commercial trade of live animals and their body parts.
May 1, 2024
by
Stephanie Klarmann
The captive predator industry threatens the welfare of thousands of big cats kept for entertainment, hunting, and commercial trade of live animals and their body parts.
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Editorials

Time to Let This Conservation Jargon Go Extinct?

Bad communication can slow or hinder efforts to protect wild species and spaces. We can fix that.
April 17, 2024
by
John R. Platt
Bad communication can slow or hinder efforts to protect wild species and spaces. We can fix that.
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Voices

City Surprise: Urban Areas Are Brimming With Biodiversity

We don’t always recognize the wild plants and animals living in our concrete jungles. But when we go looking for them, we realize how much there is to protect.
April 15, 2024
by
Sara A. Gagné
We don’t always recognize the wild plants and animals living in our concrete jungles. But when we go looking for them, we realize how much there is to protect.
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Op-Eds

Bioplastics Are Not the Solution

To solve plastic pollution, we need nontoxic, reusable materials — not more single-use disposable products.
April 10, 2024
by
Julia Cohen and Erica Cirino
To solve plastic pollution, we need nontoxic, reusable materials — not more single-use disposable products.
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Op-Eds

From Glass Ceilings to Green Houses: More Women Are Needed in Green Industry

Women play a critical role in sustainable development, combatting climate change, and taking care of our natural resources. But industry needs to do more to support them.
March 18, 2024
by
Katie Fleming
Women play a critical role in sustainable development, combatting climate change, and taking care of our natural resources. But industry needs to do more to support them.
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The Ask

Building a Flock: How an Unlikely Birder Found Activism — and Community — in Nature

Trish O’Kane’s book Birding to Change the World is a guide to linking people, nature and activism. 
March 4, 2024
by
Tara Lohan
Trish O’Kane’s book Birding to Change the World is a guide to linking people, nature and activism. 
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The Ask

Saving Africa’s Most Endangered Big Cat

Conservationists in Namibia have found the fate of people and cheetahs are closely intertwined — and so are solutions to help both.
February 14, 2024
by
Tara Lohan
Conservationists in Namibia have found the fate of people and cheetahs are closely intertwined — and so are solutions to help both.
Voices

Species Spotlight: The Critically Endangered Sumatran Tiger — Small But Mighty

This elusive predator’s stripes act as camouflage, but that’s not enough to protect them from poachers and habitat loss.
February 12, 2024
by
Hariyo T. Wibisono
This elusive predator’s stripes act as camouflage, but that’s not enough to protect them from poachers and habitat loss.
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The Ask

What One Researcher Learned Studying Grizzlies for 40 Years

Wildlife ecologist Bruce McLellan lived in the remote Flathead Valley in Canada and followed some bears for upwards of 30 years. 
January 31, 2024
by
Tara Lohan
Wildlife ecologist Bruce McLellan lived in the remote Flathead Valley in Canada and followed some bears for upwards of 30 years. 
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Voices

Could Baird’s Tapirs Be a New Conservation Ambassador?

This little-known neotropical megafauna offers hope for boosting conservation and fighting climate change.
January 24, 2024
by
Soleil Gaylord
This little-known neotropical megafauna offers hope for boosting conservation and fighting climate change.

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