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Species Spotlight: Matschie’s Tree Kangaroo — an Elusive, Arboreal Marsupial
No one is exactly sure when this marsupial in the kangaroo family took to the trees, but it’s clearly well adapted for life on high — with long, bark-gripping claws, strong limbs for climbing, and a...
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Is Life for Wild Animals Really ‘Red in Tooth and Claw’?
By Heather Browning and Walter Veit If you know anything about the experiences of animals reared in captivity for food, fur or human amusement, you might imagine that the lives of wild animals are...
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It’s Black and White: The Grevy’s Zebra Needs Our Help
The Grevy’s zebra, also known as the imperial zebra, is the largest living wild equid and the most threatened of the three species of zebra. Unlike the other two species — plains and mountain zebras —...
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A Wolverine Feasts — on Fish?
Nimbus, a wolverine we had GPS-collared, kept drawing an intriguing pattern on our map. For weeks, he returned again and again to one site — spending four hours there one day, nine the next. I thought,...
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Species Spotlight: The West African Slender-Snouted Crocodile
Species name: West African slender-snouted crocodile (Mecistops cataphractus) Description: The slender-snouted crocodile can grow to approximately 13 feet long. This species has a narrow snout, which...
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Protect This Place: The Montana River Threatened By a Shuttered Pulp Mill
The Place: The Smurfit-Stone pulp mill site along the Clark Fork River in Montana was shuttered in 2010 but still poses an environmental threat. Why it matters: The Clark Fork River — situated in...
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Species Spotlight: Saving the Bog Buck Moth
The bog buck moth, a member of the silk moth family Saturniidae, is known from just a handful of sites around the North American Great Lakes. Unlike its close relatives, it lives in peatlands where its...
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Saving the Earth Up the Street From Racist Murder
I was trying to tell my story about saving the trees of the East River Park, destined for the chainsaws and bulldozers of the real estate moguls of New York. But our stage was just too close to the...
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Protect This Place: World-Renowned Elwha River Threatened by State Logging
The place: The Elwha watershed in northwestern Washington, near Port Angeles, is approximately 321 square miles. The river’s headwaters originate 6,000 feet above sea level in the Olympic National...
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Species Spotlight: The Chinese Three-Striped Box Turtle
Species name: Chinese three-striped box turtle (Cuora trifasciata) Description: Chinese three-striped box turtles are quite colorful, of relatively small size (about three-quarters the size of a...
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Protect This Place: Saving India’s Shola Sky Islands
The Place: Nestled in valleys between the mountains of the Western Ghats of southern India are pockets of tropical evergreen forests. These forests are better known by the local name sholas. Sholas are...
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Species Spotlight: Development Threatens African Savanna Elephants
Species name: African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) Description: African savanna elephants are one of the most iconic species on the planet with their enormous stature, big ears, long tusks,...
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Could Baird’s Tapirs Be a New Conservation Ambassador?
It’s 6 p.m. in the lowland tropical rainforest; darkness and the drone of insects descend upon two camouflage-clad individuals. They hunker on an elevated wooden platform to conceal their scent from a...
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Species Spotlight: The Critically Endangered Sumatran Tiger — Small But Mighty
Species name: Sumatran tiger (Panthera tigris sumatrae or sondaica) Description: The Sumatran tiger is the world’s smallest tiger subspecies* but still the largest predator in Indonesia. An adult...
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City Surprise: Urban Areas Are Brimming With Biodiversity
Last summer I took advantage of my break from teaching by enjoying long, daily walks around my neighborhood. I indulged my mind and body in the blueness, stillness, and leafiness that is North Carolina...
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Protect This Place: Saving India’s Shola Sky Islands
The Place: Nestled in valleys between the mountains of the Western Ghats of southern India are pockets of tropical evergreen forests. These forests are better known by the local name sholas. Sholas are...
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Species Spotlight: The Haunting Tale of Kagu, the Ghosts of the Forest
Known as the “Ghosts of the Forest” due to their pale color and ghostly cries, the elusive and endangered kagu of New Caledonia are haunted by the apparitions of human interference, invasive predators,...
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Species Spotlight: The Laguna Mountains Skipper Butterfly — What’s in a Name,...
Since 2021 the San Diego Zoo Entomology team has reared larvae of Laguna Mountains skippers in the Butterfly Conservation Lab at the San Diego Zoo. Adult female butterflies collected from Palomar...
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Protect This Place: The Andean Forests of Northeast Peru
The Place: The communal reserves of the Pampa del Burro and Copallin Private Conservation Areas, and the Jardines Ángel del Sol Conservation Concession, are nestled in the forested Andean foothills of...
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Species Spotlight: The Coastal Sage Scrub Oak, an Unassuming Cornerstone of...
At first glance the hills and valleys covered in coastal sage scrub oak are little more than a featureless green swath. On closer inspection, however, you can recognize it for what it truly is: the...
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