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How Argentina’s Getting Its Jaguars Back

With the birth of a wild cub, a jaguar reintroduction project in the Gran Chaco Forest achieves its biggest milestone to date.

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Bombs for Biodiversity

As global insecurity prompts Germany and other European countries to expand their armed forces, biologists are tracking the impacts to the flora and fauna on military bases.

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How Poor Choices are Making Spain’s Solar Boom Bad for Birds

Solar energy is good, but solar farms stuffed with ill-conceived nest boxes are not.

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Nearly Half of Italy’s Wolves Are Part Dog Now. Is That a Problem?

Wolf-dog hybrids are taking over Italy, raising scientists’ concerns for the future of the country’s wolves.

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Tending to Paradise

A rare prairie ecosystem shaped by humans in Washington State exemplifies a shift in how conservationists envision our relationship with the natural world.

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Living in the Sprawl

As housing developments devour open space in the western United States, can local governments stave off habitat loss?

Formosan subterranean termites (Coptotermes formosanus)
Hybrids On The Horizon

Chance encounters and novel conditions have led to different species cross-breeding more often. Is it a good thing?

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The Search for the Perfect Snail Snack

Hawai‘i’s depleted land snails are eking out an existence in human care. Giving them a brighter future means figuring out what they actually want to eat.

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The Birds Who Call Us Home

In springtime in North America, purple martins spread joy as they return to their nest boxes—is that enough motivation for us to ward off an avian housing crisis?

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Can Rockhoppers Survive the Next Leap?

These daredevil penguins persevere in seemingly impossible places despite the challenges they face.

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