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Extinction in a Handful of Cards

The “6th Extinction” card deck offers you a chance to lean about lost species — while playing poker.

September 28, 2018

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John R. Platt

The “6th Extinction” card deck offers you a chance to lean about lost species — while playing poker.

Extinction Countdown

Conservationists: Don’t Give Up on the ‘Living Dead’

Small, remnant populations might look like they’re doomed, but a new study says they could still deserve protection.

September 25, 2018

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John R. Platt

Small, remnant populations might look like they’re doomed, but a new study says they could still deserve protection.

Extinction Countdown

Tigers and Wolves: The Reigning Cats and Dogs in Conservation?

A new study finds that large, charismatic species get the majority of research into felid and canid species, possibly at the expense of others.

September 24, 2018

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John R. Platt

A new study finds that large, charismatic species get the majority of research into felid and canid species, possibly at the expense of others.

Wildlife

Strengthening Mussels for Cleaner Rivers

A hatchery program puts freshwater mussel benefits on center stage.

September 18, 2018

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Madeline Bodin

A hatchery program puts freshwater mussel benefits on center stage.

Extinction Countdown

Prickly But Unprotected: 18 Percent of Cactus Species at Risk

A new study — the first of its kind — finds that the world’s conservation areas fail to protect hundreds of rare cactus species.

September 17, 2018

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John R. Platt

A new study — the first of its kind — finds that the world’s conservation areas fail to protect hundreds of rare cactus species.

Public Lands & Protected Spaces

Is the United States About to Lose Its Best Conservation Program?

For 50 years the Land and Water Conservation Fund has helped support thousands of projects across the country, but its funding may be gone by the end of the month.

September 14, 2018

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Tara Lohan

For 50 years the Land and Water Conservation Fund has helped support thousands of projects across the country, but its funding may be gone by the end of the month.

Voices

What Whooping Crane Reintroductions Tell Us About Animal Culture

Humans famously used ultralight aircraft to teach cranes to migrate. What has happened since then may offer clues about how to reintroduce other species back to the wild.

September 13, 2018

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Claire S. Teitelbaum

Humans famously used ultralight aircraft to teach cranes to migrate. What has happened since then may offer clues about how to reintroduce other species back to the wild.

Extinction Countdown

New Tree Species Discovered — and Declared Extinct

Researchers have identified a new tree species in Cameroon, but it only grew in a landscape that has now been destroyed by agriculture.

September 12, 2018

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John R. Platt

Researchers have identified a new tree species in Cameroon, but it only grew in a landscape that has now been destroyed by agriculture.

News

Supreme Danger: Environmental Protection Laws Risk Potential Upheaval

A change in the way the Supreme Court thinks about the role of the EPA and other agencies could dramatically weaken environmental protections.

September 11, 2018

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Tara Lohan

A change in the way the Supreme Court thinks about the role of the EPA and other agencies could dramatically weaken environmental protections.

Wildlife

Endangered Languages, Endangered Ecologies

Populations of the green sea turtle, or honu, increased as the Hawaiian language made a comeback. Saving other languages from extinction could help protect biodiversity.

September 10, 2018

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Debra Utacia Krol

Populations of the green sea turtle, or honu, increased as the Hawaiian language made a comeback. Saving other languages from extinction could help protect biodiversity.