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Tag: Biodiversity
30 x 30: Conserving 30 Percent of U.S. Lands by 2030
The Half Earth theory—setting aside 50 percent of the world for wildlife—seemed like a far-out pipe dream when it was proposed by evolutionary biologist and...
Mountains Are the Center for Earth’s Biodiversity
Despite the fact that we are currently experiencing the Earth’s sixth mass extinction crisis, I take great solace in knowing that life here is still amazingly...
Valentine’s Day: Lasting Lemur Love
When Valentine’s Day rolls around in mid-February, many of us can’t help thinking about finding—or staying with—that one, special person; or, as often...
We’re Causing Wildlife to Shape-Shift
Today, more than half of the global population—55 percent, or 4.2 billion inhabitants—live in cities. By 2050, two-thirds of the world’s people are expected...
New Year 2022: The Other Lives That Live Alongside
As we begin to close out the days of 2021, it’s only natural to take a look back at the year that’s about to end and dream of what we’d like to see change and...
Christmas 2021: Coexisting with Cats, an India Story
In a few days, many of you will be celebrating Christmas or another religious holiday. That means that your end-of-year celebrations might likely revolve...
Pablo Escobar’s Hippos: Ecosystem Restorers and Legal Plaintiffs
In the 1980s, Colombian cocaine kingpin and drug trafficker Pablo Escobar purchased four hippopotamuses for his private zoo. After he died in 1993, the...
Finding New Life in a Pandemic. I Call That "Hope."
We’re living in an age of great biodiversity loss. And we’re trying to make our way through a worldwide pandemic on top of it. Some days, it seems like life...
A Sense of Rhythm: Birds, Lemurs, Whales and Us
You probably do it in the car. Some of us do it in the shower. And when no one else is home, a good number of us might even do it in front of the mirror with...
Like Us, Pandas Need a Sense of Wanderlust
As you travelers know, a sense of wanderlust can be highly beneficial for your personal growth and well-being. It can challenge your long-held assumptions,...
Drones: Weighing Whales and Assessing Associations
Baleen whales, which include species such as blue and gray whales, are the largest animals on Earth. Their hefty body masses, in fact, are central to their...
Yellowstone: Restoring Wolves Revived Willows
Ever since the reintroduction of wolves to Yellowstone National Park in 1995, there has been controversy and debate about the benefits and ecosystem services...
Listing, Mapping—and Changing—All Animals
Just exactly how many species are there in our big, diverse world? And where, precisely, do they live? While all of us have probably wondered about such...
A New Whale Species Is Found Living in the Gulf of Mexico
Whales are fascinating beings. After living on the land for a while, their ancestors chose to go back to the sea; they have their own, complicated cultures;...
Wildfires Restore Yosemite and a Video View of the Park
During the drought conditions in the summer of 2021, wildfires raged throughout the western U.S. For example, as of September 12, 2021, the Dixie Fire is the...
Parks, People, a Pandemic and Problem-Solving
Being able to get away to a park—whether national, state or local—played an important role in mental and physical health for a lot of us during the first...
Good News: Pikas Now Predicted to Persist
A relative of rabbits, tiny, cute and charismatic American pikas typically live in cool, mountain environments and find refuge from the hot sun under boulders...