Bounding Toward Recovery
The Iberian lynx—one of the world’s most endangered cats—made a giant leap toward a comeback in just a few years, easing the way for other species to follow in its path.
Ecology
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Past the Salt
In San Francisco’s salty South Bay, an ambitious wetlands restoration project is seeking to balance a return to the ecological past with the realities of a changing future.
Atonement in the Kitchen
One way to make sense of the senseless slaughter of roadkill? Salvage it for food.
The Gibbon’s Tail
For the world’s rarest ape, survival may depend on stories passed down for centuries among the people of its Chinese island home.
Protected by Prawns
Restoring native crustaceans along West Africa’s Senegal River may be a critical step in controlling one of the world’s deadliest tropical diseases.
Connecting—and Protecting—the Dots
A new approach aims to help nature persist even as a city creeps outward.
The Shortfalls of Biodiversity
Meaningfully assessing the health and value of ecosystems requires far more than simply counting up all the species that live there.
Learning the Lessons of the Planet
As we continue to recklessly degrade the global environment, and our society starts to feel the sobering consequences, we all need to step back and quickly learn—and live by—the lessons that our living world can teach us.
Remembering the Stories of Nature
Just when it’s more important than ever to appreciate and understand the wonders of nature, Big Science and mainstream Academia are turning their backs on the living world. It’s time we turn this around, and embrace the lessons that natural history can teach us.
Past the Salt
In San Francisco’s salty South Bay, an ambitious wetlands restoration project is seeking to balance a return to the ecological past with the realities of a changing future.
Atonement in the Kitchen
One way to make sense of the senseless slaughter of roadkill? Salvage it for food.
The Gibbon’s Tail
For the world’s rarest ape, survival may depend on stories passed down for centuries among the people of its Chinese island home.
Protected by Prawns
Restoring native crustaceans along West Africa’s Senegal River may be a critical step in controlling one of the world’s deadliest tropical diseases.
Connecting—and Protecting—the Dots
A new approach aims to help nature persist even as a city creeps outward.
The Shortfalls of Biodiversity
Meaningfully assessing the health and value of ecosystems requires far more than simply counting up all the species that live there.
Learning the Lessons of the Planet
As we continue to recklessly degrade the global environment, and our society starts to feel the sobering consequences, we all need to step back and quickly learn—and live by—the lessons that our living world can teach us.
Remembering the Stories of Nature
Just when it’s more important than ever to appreciate and understand the wonders of nature, Big Science and mainstream Academia are turning their backs on the living world. It’s time we turn this around, and embrace the lessons that natural history can teach us.