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What Does It Take to Write a Global Conservation Report? A New Assessment of Sharks Offers Answers

A two-year effort by hundreds of science and conservation experts from 158 countries reveals the latest shark conservation statistics, while providing insight into the process to protect large groups of species.
August 4, 2025
by
Dr. David Shiffman
A two-year effort by hundreds of science and conservation experts from 158 countries reveals the latest shark conservation statistics, while providing insight into the process to protect large groups of species.
Environmental Books

Earth Versed: 10 New Poetry Books About Our Relationship With Nature

From a collection set in a landfill to an author’s cultural exploration of a critically endangered species, these books celebrate Earth and mourn its destruction.
July 30, 2025
by
John R. Platt
From a collection set in a landfill to an author’s cultural exploration of a critically endangered species, these books celebrate Earth and mourn its destruction.
Tiger art Ho Chi Minh City
Commentaries

50 Years Later: The Vietnam War’s Enduring Effect on the Tiger Trade

The war created systems that enabled trafficking in tigers and other animals. We can finally address that legacy and help both people and wildlife.
July 29, 2025
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Rob Pickles
The war created systems that enabled trafficking in tigers and other animals. We can finally address that legacy and help both people and wildlife.
El Rincon stream frog
Wildlife

In Patagonia, a Frog Makes a Comeback

Conservationists in Argentina’s Patagonia region have helped save the country’s most threatened amphibian, the El Rincon stream frog.
July 18, 2025
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Mongabay
Conservationists in Argentina’s Patagonia region have helped save the country’s most threatened amphibian, the El Rincon stream frog.
Voices

Footprints and Fences: In Search of Hedgehogs

This is how hedgehogs coexist with us in the urban environment. Their time is when most of us are sleeping; their place is in the gaps and disregarded spaces of our busy city lives.
July 17, 2025
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David Overend
This is how hedgehogs coexist with us in the urban environment. Their time is when most of us are sleeping; their place is in the gaps and disregarded spaces of our busy city lives.
Commentaries

Can a Powerful International Wildlife Conservation Meeting Help Save Sharks?

Seven proposals at the upcoming Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species conference of the parties would benefit up to 70 species of sharks…if they pass.
July 16, 2025
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Dr. David Shiffman
Seven proposals at the upcoming Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species conference of the parties would benefit up to 70 species of sharks…if they pass.
Wildlife

The Politicians Who Cried Wolf

Wolf conservation in the European Union has become a political issue instead of a scientific and environmental one, leading to ineffective policymaking.
June 23, 2025
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Tim Brinkhof
Wolf conservation in the European Union has become a political issue instead of a scientific and environmental one, leading to ineffective policymaking.
Wildlife

Trump vs. Birds: Proposed Budget Eliminates Critical Research Programs

Experts say there’s “no substitute” for the Bird Banding Laboratory or the Breeding Bird Survey, which help reveal the health and status of avian populations across the country.
June 16, 2025
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Rebecca Heisman
Experts say there’s “no substitute” for the Bird Banding Laboratory or the Breeding Bird Survey, which help reveal the health and status of avian populations across the country.
Wildlife

Jaws at 50: Was the Terrifying Movie Really to Blame for Worldwide Shark Declines?

Since the film’s release, sharks have experienced the worst declines in their 450-million-year history. Can we trace that decline to their villainous portrayal in this influential movie?
June 9, 2025
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Dr. David Shiffman
Since the film’s release, sharks have experienced the worst declines in their 450-million-year history. Can we trace that decline to their villainous portrayal in this influential movie?
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Public Lands & Protected Spaces

What’s Being Done to Public Lands Is a Crime

The hosts of the true-crime podcast “National Park After Dark” discuss the dangers public lands face — and how people can stand up to protect them.
June 6, 2025
by
John R. Platt
The hosts of the true-crime podcast “National Park After Dark” discuss the dangers public lands face — and how people can stand up to protect them.

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