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Reviews

Trashing the Planet: 15 New Books About Garbage, Climate Change and Endangered Species

March brings new books by E.O. Wilson and Frans de Waal, as well as important reads about wolves and primates.

March 5, 2019

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John R. Platt

March brings new books by E.O. Wilson and Frans de Waal, as well as important reads about wolves and primates.

Wildlife

How Do You Protect a Species You Can’t See?

For manatees and other hard-to-spot species, the answer may lie in the minute particles of DNA they leave behind as they move through their environments.

February 27, 2019

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Madeline Bodin

For manatees and other hard-to-spot species, the answer may lie in the minute particles of DNA they leave behind as they move through their environments.

Pollution & Toxins

Endangered Wildlife Are Getting Dosed With Rat Poisons

Products marketed to kill rodents are instead threatening the lives of the wildlife that eat them as poisons travel up the food chain.

February 25, 2019

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Tara Lohan

Products marketed to kill rodents are instead threatening the lives of the wildlife that eat them as poisons travel up the food chain.

Extinction Countdown

Crocking the Genetic Code

New genetic tests may reveal the secret to saving the critically endangered Siamese crocodile from extinction.

February 22, 2019

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John R. Platt

New genetic tests may reveal the secret to saving the critically endangered Siamese crocodile from extinction.

Extinction Countdown

Climate Change Claims Its First Mammal Extinction

The Bramble Cay melomys, a tiny island rodent, was wiped out by sea-level rise, according to the government of Australia.

February 21, 2019

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John R. Platt

The Bramble Cay melomys, a tiny island rodent, was wiped out by sea-level rise, according to the government of Australia.

Op-Eds

Tanzania Prepares to Hand Wildlife Reserves Over to Farmers and Livestock

The unexpected announcement reverses a plan to move people out of critical protected habitats — and puts the nation’s amazing biodiversity at risk.

February 14, 2019

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Brennan PetersonWood and Adam C. Stein

The unexpected announcement reverses a plan to move people out of critical protected habitats — and puts the nation’s amazing biodiversity at risk.

Oceans & Clean Water

How Removing One Maine Dam 20 Years Ago Changed Everything

The removal of the Edwards Dam on Maine’s Kennebec River helped river conservationists reimagine what’s possible.

February 11, 2019

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Tara Lohan

The removal of the Edwards Dam on Maine’s Kennebec River helped river conservationists reimagine what’s possible.

Extinction Countdown

Breeding the ‘Snot Otter’

The gigantic Ozark hellbender salamander is in trouble in the wild, but one zoo — and a hard-working team — is helping to boost its populations.

February 8, 2019

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John R. Platt

The gigantic Ozark hellbender salamander is in trouble in the wild, but one zoo — and a hard-working team — is helping to boost its populations.

Voices

Meet Australia’s Newest Species: An Endangered Tick

The ancestors of the newly described Heath’s tick date back to the time of the dinosaurs, but climate change and invasive species could soon wipe the tick out.

February 6, 2019

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Mackenzie L. Kwak

The ancestors of the newly described Heath’s tick date back to the time of the dinosaurs, but climate change and invasive species could soon wipe the tick out.

Wildlife

From Snow Leopards to Soldiers: Conservation in a War-torn Land

Alex Dehgan’s new book The Snow Leopard Project details successful strategies for conserving endangered wildlife — and helping people in the process.

February 5, 2019

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Virginia Gewin

Alex Dehgan’s new book The Snow Leopard Project details successful strategies for conserving endangered wildlife — and helping people in the process.