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Habitat Destruction

Voices

Palm Oil Continues to Plague Borneo’s Orangutans, Elephants, and Other Icons

Despite 35 years of awareness campaigns, palm oil plantations still devastate the landscape of this biodiversity hotspot and the animals who depend on native forests.
May 16, 2025
by
Marina De León
Despite 35 years of awareness campaigns, palm oil plantations still devastate the landscape of this biodiversity hotspot and the animals who depend on native forests.
Wildlife

A Helping Hand for Mangroves

Hurricanes and alterations to natural hydrology have hammered Florida’s mangroves, but they can be restored.
May 12, 2025
by
Melissa Gaskill
Hurricanes and alterations to natural hydrology have hammered Florida’s mangroves, but they can be restored.
A woman looks into a glass tank holding several small, brightly colored fish
Voices

Save This Species: The Bettas of Bangka Island

You might not think to look for fish in a forest, but look fast: These amazing fish depend on a disappearing swamp forest on an island in Indonesia.
May 7, 2025
by
Josie South, Ph.D.
You might not think to look for fish in a forest, but look fast: These amazing fish depend on a disappearing swamp forest on an island in Indonesia.
Wildlife

This Is What Community-Powered Restoration Looks Like

Volunteers turned out in force to welcome beavers back to degraded mountain meadows.
May 5, 2025
by
Juliet Grable
Volunteers turned out in force to welcome beavers back to degraded mountain meadows.
Reviews

This Land Is Our Land: New Books About Public Lands, the Threats They Face, and Their Ecological Importance

These new books cover challenges to our shared land, ranging from Indigenous appropriation to current corporate grabs.
April 16, 2025
by
John R. Platt and Colleen M. Crary, Ph.D.
These new books cover challenges to our shared land, ranging from Indigenous appropriation to current corporate grabs.
A protestor holds a sign advocating for national parks, the EPA, and other issues.
Op-Eds

Saving America’s National Parks and Forests Means Shaking Off the Rust of Inaction

Getting started can feel like an insurmountable challenge. But the more you act, the better you’ll get at it — and the more of a difference you’ll make.
April 9, 2025
by
Alice Henderson
Getting started can feel like an insurmountable challenge. But the more you act, the better you’ll get at it — and the more of a difference you’ll make.
Wildlife

The Endangered Species Next Door

Amidst a comeback for the red-cockaded woodpecker — the South’s not-always-welcome neighbor — a new legal status and presidential administration create uncertainty.
April 7, 2025
by
Madeline Bodin
Amidst a comeback for the red-cockaded woodpecker — the South’s not-always-welcome neighbor — a new legal status and presidential administration create uncertainty.
Bears Ears National Monument
Op-Eds

Trump’s Approach to Public Lands? Expanding the Extractive Economy and Declaring a War on Nature

The Trump team has launched a three-pronged attack on the environment. We need to understand it if we hope to stand up to it.
March 28, 2025
by
Federico Holm, Ph.D.
The Trump team has launched a three-pronged attack on the environment. We need to understand it if we hope to stand up to it.
Voices

Inadvertently Victorious — How Some Species Persist as the Climate Collapses

Hunting enthusiasts moved species like muskoxen and mountain goats to new environments, but their survival in those faraway lands may help animals in other areas.
March 7, 2025
by
Joel Berger and Forest Hayes
Hunting enthusiasts moved species like muskoxen and mountain goats to new environments, but their survival in those faraway lands may help animals in other areas.
Voices

Protect This Place: Otay Mountain — Boon of Biodiversity on the Border

Home to important plant and animal species, this mountain and its spectacular views face threats from climate change, wildfires, and the border wall.
February 27, 2025
by
Stacy Anderson
Home to important plant and animal species, this mountain and its spectacular views face threats from climate change, wildfires, and the border wall.

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