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Voices

Species Spotlight: The Coastal Sage Scrub Oak, an Unassuming Cornerstone of its Ecosystem

Animals, plants, and fungi depend on this humble tree, but its future — and theirs — is all but certain.

July 24, 2024

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Joe Ree

Animals, plants, and fungi depend on this humble tree, but its future — and theirs — is all but certain.

Wildlife

Wolverines Continue Their Comeback — This Time in Colorado

A new law will allow the state’s wildlife agency to reintroduce the endangered species.

July 19, 2024

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Molly McCluskey

A new law will allow the state’s wildlife agency to reintroduce the endangered species.

Wildlife

What 70 Celebrity Tortoises Can Teach Us About Conservation Stories

A recent success got a lot of publicity, offering us insight into not only the species but the narratives that resonate with people.

July 10, 2024

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Susan Cosier

A recent success got a lot of publicity, offering us insight into not only the species but the narratives that resonate with people.

Fireflies on a mangrove tree in Thailand

The Ask

Meet the Malaysian Conservationist Devoting Her Life to Protecting Fireflies

For Wan Faridah Akmal Jusoh, the night skies hold a sense of natural wonder and offer opportunities for citizen science.

July 8, 2024

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Molly McCluskey

For Wan Faridah Akmal Jusoh, the night skies hold a sense of natural wonder and offer opportunities for citizen science.

Public Lands & Protected Spaces

Map the Commons, Protect the Planet

Helping Indigenous peoples to protect forests and other shared resources will keep us all safer from climate change and other threats.

July 3, 2024

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Moushumi Basu

Helping Indigenous peoples to protect forests and other shared resources will keep us all safer from climate change and other threats.

Denisse Mateo-Chero in the Andes mountains

Voices

Protect This Place: The Andean Forests of Northeast Peru

Local communities strive to protect local forests and headwaters that include some of the Amazon River’s most important water sources.

July 1, 2024

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Denisse Mateo-Chero

Local communities strive to protect local forests and headwaters that include some of the Amazon River’s most important water sources.

Public Lands & Protected Spaces

There Is No Border Between Humans and Nature

What can Germany’s long-defunct Iron Curtain tell us about our place on Earth?

June 26, 2024

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Kerstin Lange

What can Germany’s long-defunct Iron Curtain tell us about our place on Earth?

A woman lying on a beach with a book above her head

Reviews

Summer Reads: Lost Birds, Pummeled Pumas and Climate Anxiety

We have the word on several great new books, including a look at how to fight climate disinformation and a satire of the extinction crisis.

June 24, 2024

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John R. Platt

We have the word on several great new books, including a look at how to fight climate disinformation and a satire of the extinction crisis.

A tiny brown and white, hairy butterfly sits in dry grass

Voices

Species Spotlight: The Laguna Mountains Skipper Butterfly — What’s in a Name, Anyway?

These butterflies are no longer present in their namesake range, but a collaboration aims to bring them back.

June 12, 2024

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Ester Chang

These butterflies are no longer present in their namesake range, but a collaboration aims to bring them back.

A Uros woman in colorful skirt and jacket stands amidst drying reeds

Climate Change

Titicaca in Crisis: Climate Change Is Drying Up the Biggest Lake in the Andes

Persistent drought has caused havoc for the Indigenous peoples who live on floating islands and depend on rains that have stopped falling.

June 10, 2024

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Tim Brinkhof

Persistent drought has caused havoc for the Indigenous peoples who live on floating islands and depend on rains that have stopped falling.