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Museum specimens of Vachellia bolei, © the Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Reproduced with permission.
Extinction Countdown

Legume Gone: The Shocking Reasons for a Tree’s Extinction in India

It appears to have been wiped out by pollution, development and illegal mining by “sand mafias.” Will other plants soon follow?
March 28, 2019
by
John R. Platt
It appears to have been wiped out by pollution, development and illegal mining by “sand mafias.” Will other plants soon follow?
Logged trees
Sustainability

How to Keep Conservation Policies From Backfiring in a Globally Connected World

There are specific things we can do to make sure good intentions don’t just transfer environmental harms from one place to another.
March 22, 2019
by
Andrew Frederick Johnson
There are specific things we can do to make sure good intentions don’t just transfer environmental harms from one place to another.
Elephant eating
Voices

The Surprising Clue to Reducing Human-Elephant Conflict: Minerals

Asking why elephants travel to specific areas can help us to better understand and reduce human-elephant conflict.
March 20, 2019
by
Fiona Sach
Asking why elephants travel to specific areas can help us to better understand and reduce human-elephant conflict.
wetland
The Ask

Clean Water at Risk as Trump Administration Ignores Science

Scientist Ellen Wohl explains why the administration’s decision to rewrite a key component of the Clean Water Act is scientifically unsound and dangerous.
March 14, 2019
by
Tara Lohan
Scientist Ellen Wohl explains why the administration’s decision to rewrite a key component of the Clean Water Act is scientifically unsound and dangerous.
Mayfly
Voices

A Surprising Effect of Light Pollution: It Disrupts Aquatic Insects

Many ecologically important insects spend most of their lives in streams, but new research shines a light on how humans put them at risk.
March 7, 2019
by
Liz Perkin
Many ecologically important insects spend most of their lives in streams, but new research shines a light on how humans put them at risk.
Wildlife overpass
The Ask

Room to Roam: How Animals Benefit From Wildlife Corridors

Ecologist Jodi Hilty explains what conservationists have learned about linking critical habitat areas together.
March 6, 2019
by
Tara Lohan
Ecologist Jodi Hilty explains what conservationists have learned about linking critical habitat areas together.
Trash garbage
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
by
John R. Platt
March brings new books by E.O. Wilson and Frans de Waal, as well as important reads about wolves and primates.
Serval in South Africa
Voices

Wild Cats Have An Unexpected Safe Haven — A South African Industrial Site

A thriving population of servals at petrochemical plant suggests that even heavily industrialized sites can still be good places for conservation.
March 1, 2019
by
Sam Williams and Lourens Swanepoel
A thriving population of servals at petrochemical plant suggests that even heavily industrialized sites can still be good places for conservation.
manatee hidden
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
by
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.
Fisher
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
by
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.

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