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It’s been raining for the better part of two weeks where I live in Wisconsin. I don’t think I’ve ever seen the grass so decked out in neon green. It’s a sharp contrast to what’s going on in the American West, according to a story from CBS News this morning.
“On a wild, remote island in Lake Superior, gray wolves have lived and thrived for almost 70 years. In the island’s forests—which make up the majority of Michigan’s Isle Royale National Park—a wolf population that grew to almost 50 individuals once contributed to a biodiverse, healthy ecosystem.
This guest post is brought to us by Mandy Scott, Office Manager at Natural Habitat Adventures. Nat Hab’s Amazon Lodge extension is offered to our guests visiting the Galapagos. This past spring I had the opportunity to head deep into the Ecuadorian Rain Forest to visit Napo Wildlife Center.
Most of us who care about the environment, wildlife and our most precious places are familiar with depressing lists, such as the federal Endangered Species List, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) List of World Heritage in…
Need a little something to brighten up your Monday? Then check out this live 24-hour webcam trained on these five cheetah cubs at South Africa’s Hoedspruit Endangered Species Centre (HESC). The cubs were born in on April 17th to a cheetah named Salome in the center’s maternity ward.
Wednesday, April 22, is Earth Day 2015, the 45th celebration of what started out as a true grassroots movement—the environmental likes of which we haven’t seen since. Last year, on Earth Day 2014, I wrote about Americans’ declining concerns about natural resource issues and the slackening of our environmental laws.
Few landscapes on Earth are as stirring as the Grand Canyon, the most iconic emblem of the American Southwest.
Across the United States, more than 715 million acres of wild lands in thousands of holdings are protected, thanks to measures such as the Wilderness Act of 1964.
Habitat for the monarch butterfly has rebounded 69 percent from last year’s dismally low levels, according to the Associated Press and the World Wildlife Fund. Last year was the lowest year on record for the species – a poor sign of the species’ condition.
Within the open expanse of the Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge just outside Denver, you’ll find an unseemly sight – a large government building surrounded by short-grass prairie and wetlands.
You may recognize Jared Leto from popular films such as Requiem for a Dream, Dallas Buyers Club and front man for the rock band 30 Seconds to Mars.
The world’s tigers face considerable threats today: poaching, habitat loss, depletion of their prey and retaliatory kills by humans when the big cats take livestock. But now, a new threat has surfaced: the canine distemper virus (CDV).
