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potatoes
Commentaries

A Crop Pandemic Would Be as Devastating for Biodiversity and Food Security as COVID-19

Biodiversity loss threatens national security. We need to invest in technologies to preserve our vital food varieties.
October 7, 2020
by
Oscar Ortiz
Biodiversity loss threatens national security. We need to invest in technologies to preserve our vital food varieties.
An endangered rusty patched bumble. Photo: Jull Utrup/USFWS
Wildlife

Bees Face ‘A Perfect Storm’ — Parasites, Air Pollution and Other Emerging Threats

A growing body of research finds the dangers to pollinator populations are greater than ever. But studies also point to some potential solutions.
October 5, 2020
by
Jodi Helmer
A growing body of research finds the dangers to pollinator populations are greater than ever. But studies also point to some potential solutions.
large bloom stretching across water
The Ask

Harmful Algal Blooms Are on the Rise — Here’s Why Stopping Them Is So Hard

More frequent, longer-lasting blooms can harm both wildlife and human health — and even kill. Can we learn to predict and prevent them?
July 30, 2020
by
Tara Lohan
More frequent, longer-lasting blooms can harm both wildlife and human health — and even kill. Can we learn to predict and prevent them?
livestock
Pollution & Toxins

Antibiotics: Big Ag’s Can of Worms

Antibiotic use in agriculture is a ticking time bomb, posing looming health risks to people and the environment.
May 15, 2020
by
Dipika Kadaba
Antibiotic use in agriculture is a ticking time bomb, posing looming health risks to people and the environment.
wolf
Extinction Countdown

How to Protect Both Wolves and Livestock

New research reveals clear guidance for reducing human-wildlife conflict and restoring wolf populations.
May 14, 2020
by
John R. Platt
New research reveals clear guidance for reducing human-wildlife conflict and restoring wolf populations.
Amazon deforestation
Wildlife

5 Ways Environmental Damage Drives Human Diseases Like COVID-19

Wildlife trade, deforestation, industrial farming and other factors threaten both animals and human health.
April 24, 2020
by
Dipika Kadaba
Wildlife trade, deforestation, industrial farming and other factors threaten both animals and human health.
Earth
Commentaries

A Green Renaissance: Moving the Needle for a Gentler Society

Commemorating the 50th Earth Day amid the COVID-19 pandemic offers a chance to look to a sustainable future and embrace the unifying concept of One Health.
April 22, 2020
by
Katarzyna Nowak
Commemorating the 50th Earth Day amid the COVID-19 pandemic offers a chance to look to a sustainable future and embrace the unifying concept of One Health.
milk waste
Voices

Food Waste in the Time of COVID-19: The Real Reason to Cry Over Spilt Milk

Let’s focus on the economic systems that allowed such waste to be created in the first place, while causing needless pollution, animal suffering and threats to human health.
April 14, 2020
by
Dipika Kadaba
Let’s focus on the economic systems that allowed such waste to be created in the first place, while causing needless pollution, animal suffering and threats to human health.
Pedestrians
Voices

Coronaviruses and the Human Meat Market

We’ve created a world where parasites and pathogens can run amok. Here are three steps we need to take, as a society, to protect both native species and human health.
April 3, 2020
by
Russell A. Mittermeier
We’ve created a world where parasites and pathogens can run amok. Here are three steps we need to take, as a society, to protect both native species and human health.
bushfire smoke
Wildlife

Australia’s Bushfires: An Extinction Crisis Decades in the Making

Hundreds of blazes could push threatened species closer to extinction. But the roots of Australia’s wildlife crisis are indicative of a much larger problem.
January 13, 2020
by
Tara Lohan
Hundreds of blazes could push threatened species closer to extinction. But the roots of Australia’s wildlife crisis are indicative of a much larger problem.

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