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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.

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March of the Flamingos

In the harsh, hot soda lakes of East Africa, flamingos thrive, and now scientists are beginning to understand how these birds live where other species die.

Otter (lutra lutra) is eating a wintering common frog it just caught from a river in Southern Estonia.
Frog Leg Feast

With native fish populations in decline, resourceful European otters have turned their attention to frogs and toads, a food source that presents its own challenges.

Eurasian beavers
Mealtime Swim

Back from the brink, Eurasian beavers are once again an integral part of the river ecosystem in France's Loire Valley.

In Search of Lost Frogs

Recently rediscovered—or discovered for the first time—these survivors offer hope for future conservation efforts.

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.

Brazilian Pantanal
Night of the Caiman

Once threatened by over-hunting, yacare caimans now number in the millions across Brazil’s Pantanal region.

Hell-bent on Survival

Despite growing environmental threats, North America's largest—and weirdest—salamander fights on.

The Problem with Pythons

Burmese pythons are slowly, inexorably eating their way through Florida’s wildlife—is hunting them the answer?

A drying lake bed in Hungary’s Danube-Dráva National Park attracts a large flock of great egrets.
Great Egrets Take Flight

Once hunted to near-extinction, Europe’s great egrets find refuge along Hungary’s Danube.