Black Birders Call Out Racism, Say Nature Should Be for Everyone
Co-organizers of the first Black Birders Week talk about the joy of the natural world and the work outdoor-focused groups need to do to reduce racism and promote inclusion
Co-organizers of the first Black Birders Week talk about the joy of the natural world and the work outdoor-focused groups need to do to reduce racism and promote inclusion
The lesson from the pandemic is not to retreat from the natural world but to become a better steward
Creatures from albatross to loggerhead turtles will use different habitats, depending on their sex—a factor that is often not accounted for in conservation plans
The public can’t visit for now. But staff still have to care for, and interact with, the animals without infecting them with the coronavirus
Exposed to mildly warmer waters, some corals turn neon instead of bleaching white. The dramatic colors may help coax symbiotic algae back. Christopher Intagliata reports.
New research reveals clear guidance for reducing human-wildlife conflict and restoring wolf populations
The coronavirus has created a survival crisis for rural communities and, consequently, for wildlife
The pandemic lockdowns are providing a window into how a wariness of humans uniquely shapes other species’ behavior
Spring was always the annual end point for my work studying owls in Russia. This year the coronavirus ensured that the expedition would leave me behind
The viruses they carry spill over into humans mostly when we encroach on their territory or drag them into ours—and bats do great good as well
They don’t stand on one leg around just anybody but often prefer certain members of the flock.
The large herbivores appear to prefer disturbed areas over more intact ones and spread many more seeds in those places through their droppings.
Markings on big cats are hard to distinguish, meaning one animal may be counted as two
Wild cats kill more animals than domestic ones do. But pet cats kill many more of them in a small area than similarly sized wild predators.
Oxpeckers riding on rhinoceroses feast on ticks, and their calls warn the nearsighted herbivores about approaching humans.
In a teleconference promoting her participation in Earth Day events on the National Geographic Channel, Goodall talked about what gives her hope during the pandemic and what she hopes we all learn from it...
Introducing herds of large herbivores in the Arctic would disturb surface snow, allowing cold air to reach the ground and keep the permafrost frosty.
As he endorsed Joe Biden today, former president Barack Obama touched on some environmental, economic and science matters.
A report from Guatemala
Originally published in July 1857
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