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Samundra Subba is a research officer at WWF Nepal with a focus on large carnivores—primarily tigers and snow leopards. He’s joined six satellite telemetry expeditions of snow leopards. The mountains are calling and I must go For as long as I can remember, I’ve had an affinity for the wild—a love affair, if you must.
There’s nothing like biting into or sipping on the delicious treat that many of us know and love: chocolate. But how well do we know chocolate? The origins and impact of this special delicacy and for some, daily staple, has a resounding influence on the environment and people.
Now is the critical moment to sign on and support Bristol Bay conservation…again The final battle is intensifying in an epic three-decade struggle between an open-pit mine and Earth’s largest sockeye salmon run.
The Time is Now Established in 2017 by Rainforest Partnership, World Rainforest Day recognizes forests as one of the most powerful and cost-effective climate change mitigation tools we have. Their partner network comprises a global body of Indigenous groups, policy representatives, youth leaders and nonprofit organizations.
Big Cats in the Wild There are two recognized subspecies of tigers: the continental (Panthera tigris tigris) and the Sunda (Panthera tigris sondaica). Since 2017, IUCN has recognized two tiger subspecies, commonly referred to as the continental tiger and the Sunda island tiger.
To decide whether an animal population is threatened or even on the brink of extinction, you need to know, at least approximately, how many individuals are left and if those numbers are increasing or decreasing. In other words, you can’t protect wildlife if you can’t monitor it.
SQUID The shortfin squid inhabits the continental shelf and slope waters of the Northwest Atlantic Ocean, from Newfoundland to the central east coast of Florida.
Nature and wildlife lovers can all breathe a little easier now. The Biden administration has announced it is canceling a proposed oil and gas lease sale in the beautiful federal waters of Cook Inlet, Alaska.
Belize is fringed by a vibrant expanse of living coral, known as the Mesoamerican Reef System. It’s a Caribbean underwater paradise—a snorkeler’s dream and an endangered sea turtle’s lifeline. Stretching from Mexico to Guatemala, it includes the world’s second-largest barrier reef, behind the Great Barrier Reef in Australia.
Too often, it’s easy to get bogged down with disheartening environmental news, but these past weeks gave us many things to smile about and be grateful for.
Honoring Endangered Species Day in habitats near and far A multi-generational mashup of readers at my local library recently devoured a cli-fi novel. The story and our ensuing discussion pried open some brave new thinking for a whole bunch of folks.
Modern reading recommendations for nature lovers Influential Islamic scholar Hamza Yusuf once said, “Don’t ever diminish the power of words. Words move hearts and hearts move limbs.” It’s seasoned advice from a Muslim liberal arts professor who bridges peace and reconciliation between world religions.
