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Protect This Place: Torrey Pines State Natural Reserve
The Place: Torrey Pines State Natural Reserve, Central Coast of San Diego County Why It Matters: Southern California’s coast is better known for its beaches than its woodlands. Torrey Pines State...
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Saving the Ryukyu Rabbit Tick: The Posterchild of Parasite Conservation
In the southern reaches of Japan lies the lush, subtropical island of Amamioshima — Japan’s garden of Eden. Although almost unknown to the larger world, Amamioshima is the country’s ecological crown...
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What Can Psychology Offer Biodiversity Protection?
In recent weeks and months, Donald Trump and other leaders and pundits around the world have taken aim at diversity and inclusion efforts in government, schools, and businesses. As a conservation...
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Earth Doesn’t Burn: (Back) Toward a Fire-Wise Infrastructure in Southern...
In October 2020, as the Bobcat Fire threatened to scale the San Gabriel Mountains and descend into Pasadena, my family and I packed our essentials and temporarily relocated with loved ones across the...
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Protect This Place: Otay Mountain — Boon of Biodiversity on the Border
The Place: Located just north of the U.S.-Mexico border in San Diego County, Otay Mountain is the highest summit within the San Ysidro Mountain range at 3,568 feet (1,087 meters). This rugged habitat...
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Inadvertently Victorious — How Some Species Persist as the Climate Collapses
In his dark 1967 sonnet “All Along the Watchtower,” Nobel Laureate songwriter Bob Dylan painted a dour picture of businessmen and plowmen abusing earth while clueless of its value. If it were written...
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Protect This Place: Montana’s Untamed Black Ram Forest
Can one tree save a forest? Absolutely. The Place: The Black Ram region of extreme northwestern Montana — on the U.S.-Canada border — exists in a magical seam of unparalleled biodiversity where the...
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Call for Submissions: Save This Species
For the past four years, The Revelator’s “Species Spotlight” feature has helped scientists and conservationists share their stories about rare, endangered, and fascinating plants and animals around the...
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Save This Species: Sumatran Orangutans
Welcome to the inaugural edition of “Save This Species” — a column that lets people advocating for, or working with, a rare of interesting plant or animal share their stories and passions. We launch...
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The Psychological Effects of Climate Change: The Scientific Explanations —...
Are environmental and climate change problems overwhelming you? As psychologists my colleagues and I increasingly see the psychological and physiological effects of climate stress on our clients. These...
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