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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.
Unearthing Nature’s Pesticides
Biological pesticides, from bacterial toxins to fungi delivered by bees, are a hot trend in agriculture. But harnessing nature is no easy task.
Lens of Time: How Hummingbirds Hover
Armed with the latest technology, scientists are beginning to unlock the secrets of one of nature’s most acrobatic flyers.
Head in the Clouds
By feasting on tropical fruits—and later dispersing the seeds—this canopy-dwelling bird helps to ensure the survival of its cloud forest home.
Fishing Cat’s Cradle
Under the watchful eye of a local conservation biologist, the world’s only wetland cat eeks out a strange existence in some of Southeast Asia’s most heavily fragmented habitats.
Spikes and Malice
For the armored bush cricket, survival in the Namib Desert requires a diverse and surprising arsenal of defenses.
Agave Whisperers
As they follow—and mentally map—flowering agaves from Arizona to Mexico, lesser long-nosed bats pollinate the plants that bring the world tequila.
Forgotten But Not Gone: The Rusty Patched Bumble Bee
Despite rapid population declines, this native bee has never received formal protection. Can a listing save it from extinction?
Digging Down Under
For this marsupial mole, surfacing to snack on a centipede is a rare respite from tunneling through the dark, sandy underground.
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.
Unearthing Nature’s Pesticides
Biological pesticides, from bacterial toxins to fungi delivered by bees, are a hot trend in agriculture. But harnessing nature is no easy task.
Lens of Time: How Hummingbirds Hover
Armed with the latest technology, scientists are beginning to unlock the secrets of one of nature’s most acrobatic flyers.
Head in the Clouds
By feasting on tropical fruits—and later dispersing the seeds—this canopy-dwelling bird helps to ensure the survival of its cloud forest home.
Fishing Cat’s Cradle
Under the watchful eye of a local conservation biologist, the world’s only wetland cat eeks out a strange existence in some of Southeast Asia’s most heavily fragmented habitats.
Spikes and Malice
For the armored bush cricket, survival in the Namib Desert requires a diverse and surprising arsenal of defenses.
Agave Whisperers
As they follow—and mentally map—flowering agaves from Arizona to Mexico, lesser long-nosed bats pollinate the plants that bring the world tequila.
Forgotten But Not Gone: The Rusty Patched Bumble Bee
Despite rapid population declines, this native bee has never received formal protection. Can a listing save it from extinction?
Digging Down Under
For this marsupial mole, surfacing to snack on a centipede is a rare respite from tunneling through the dark, sandy underground.