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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. 
Cheetah running in low brown grass
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.
Adult and baby grizzly walk through high grass
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. 
photo of a plant on a cell phone
The Ask

From Observation to Action: How iNaturalist Spurs Conservation

The popular app can help you identify species, but its global community of naturalists is contributing even more to biodiversity protection.
January 8, 2024
by
Tara Lohan
The popular app can help you identify species, but its global community of naturalists is contributing even more to biodiversity protection.
Two adult bison and baby.
The Ask

The Great Plains: Bringing Back an ‘American Serengeti’

Conservationists are working to preserve eastern Montana’s intact prairie and return its assemblage of native wildlife.
July 17, 2023
by
Tara Lohan
Conservationists are working to preserve eastern Montana’s intact prairie and return its assemblage of native wildlife.
Wolverine standing in the snow.
The Ask

Carnivore Conservation Is Tougher in the Mountains

Scientists “tromp out there into far-away places” to learn how to help recover three elusive, high-mountain predators: wolverines, Canada lynx and Cascade red foxes. 
July 5, 2023
by
Tara Lohan
Scientists “tromp out there into far-away places” to learn how to help recover three elusive, high-mountain predators: wolverines, Canada lynx and Cascade red foxes. 
Wetland with grasses growing in the water.
The Ask

The Future of Water

A new book from water expert Peter Gleick urges a rethinking of how we use, manage and value one of our most important resources.
June 12, 2023
by
Tara Lohan
A new book from water expert Peter Gleick urges a rethinking of how we use, manage and value one of our most important resources.
Small boat traveling through water with icebergs and Antarctic peninsula in the background
The Ask

‘We Found Plastic on the Seabed in Antarctica and I Just Cried’

As Antarctica faces a host of human-caused threats, a marine biologist calls for action.
June 5, 2023
by
Tara Lohan
As Antarctica faces a host of human-caused threats, a marine biologist calls for action.
Tan and reddish small bird on end of branch singing.
The Ask

What Sound Can Tell Us About Our Changing World

As new technologies supercharge the field of bioacoustics, researchers can better listen to environmental changes — and use the information to guide conservation efforts.
May 1, 2023
by
Tara Lohan
As new technologies supercharge the field of bioacoustics, researchers can better listen to environmental changes — and use the information to guide conservation efforts.
People kneeling and bending over to light vegetation on fire.
The Ask

Rekindling the Practice of Cultural Burning: An Act of Climate Hope

Indigenous-led prescribed fire is helping to restore depleted lands and long-suppressed cultural practices.
January 23, 2023
by
Tara Lohan
Indigenous-led prescribed fire is helping to restore depleted lands and long-suppressed cultural practices.

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