BrainCan - biodiversity

national botanical conservatory of brest in brest,...

This extraordinary botanical garden in the port city of Brest in Brittany, France, is not just your...

rhino hunting on increase

Despite conservation efforts,criminal elements are killing rhinos in record numbers due to demand...

species facing climate change could find help in...

Using just 15 percent of urban space for favorable habitat can relieve species reach more...

19% of reptiles under threat of extinction and 100...

19% of the world’s reptiles are estimated to be threatened with extinction according to a study by...

ancient forest chun toh whudujut in penny, british...

Tucked true off the side of Highway 16,about 70 miles (113 kilometers) east of Prince George is a...

nature s lost treasures preserved at the heart of...

Newcastle upon Tyne: On the shelf with heavy grooved beak,the only known specimen of a juvenile...

how natural history museums save the world

My latest for The original York Times: When people talk about natural history museums,they almost...

your pretty face is an ecosystem

My latest for Takepart.com: When people talk approximately wildlife,they’re generally thinking...

hey, science fiction! face it: reality is weirder

This is the latest of many weird insect images the entomologist and photographer Piotr Naskrecki...

75% of the world s large carnivores are now in...

A recent study has found that three quarters of the world’s big carnivores are in decline,due to...

destruction of nature as dangerous as climate...

Unsustainable exploitation of the natural world threatens food and water security of billions of...

house of lost worlds a masterful and engaging ...

Great article by Bruce Fellman approximately visiting the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural...

the pandemic ahead for north america s salamanders...

Let’s say it’s 1880 and you discover irrefutable evidence that misguided human behavior is...

higher biodiversity imparts greater disease...

Is biodiversity good for us? In many ways,this is a silly question because at some point, losing...

walk on the wild side! a tale of wine sex in the...

My latest for Takepart.com: Some of the finest things on soil—among them beer,bread, and...

what conservationists should recommend to...

It probably won’t come as too much of a surprise that most of the people I know reasonably well...

the extinction crisis

With up to one million species on the brink of disappearing in the coming decades,what can we do? A...

looting spree threatens wildlife and forests...

UN report warns crimes such as logging and poaching are putting ‘tall pressure’ on ecosystems in...

boreal forest on the edge of a climate change...

As some know,I dabble a bit in the carbon affairs of the boreal zone, and so when writer Christine...

the scientific daredevils who created a national...

By Beth Py-Lieberman Smithsonianmag.com For the past few decades,Richard Conniff has turned his...

discovering dinosaurs (and much more)

Matt Shipman published an interview this week approximately my new book House of Lost Worlds:...

planet earth will have lost two thirds of wild...

Populations of wild vertebrates are on track to drop 67 percent by 2020,according to a new report on...

the trouble with saving nature by putting a price...

My latest for Takepart.com: Not too long ago,Mexican free-tailed bats seemed like a perfect example...

it s not always best to be the big fish

Loosely following the theme of last week’s post,it’s now fairly well established that humans...

hope for wildlife in the new year

This is from Dr. Cristián Samper of the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS). He takes a closer...

bright lights, big predators

My latest for The New York Times: IT was tea break one afternoon this past May,in a commerce park in...

seeing the wood for the trees

From the towering kapoks of South America to the sprawling banyans of South Asia, from misty cloud...

when the killing s done, island wildlife roars...

My latest for Takepart.com: For conservation biologist Holly Jones,one of the best experiences of...

bulgarian motorway poised to carve up wildlife...

Bears,birds and butterflies at risk as Bulgaria prepares to build EU-funded road through the...

rich and stable communities most vulnerable to...

I’ve just read an piquant new study that was sent to me by the lead author,Giovanni Strona....

moth loves tobacco, booze, good times

This photo appears in The Guardian‘s choice “This Week in Wildlife” and the caption pretty...

scotlands wet deserts brought back to life

Global warming and biodiversity are at stake in peatland schemeTo the untrained eye,the huge...

no, rachel carson was not a mass murderer

My latest for Yale Environment 360: Any time a writer mentions Rachel Carson’s 1962 book Silent...

i m really hoping that s not a bullet ant on...

I wrote approximately Justin Schmidt and the “Justin Schmidt Sting Pain Index in my “intensely...

even a small increase in global temperature will...

A recent study found that coral reefs will face severe challenges even if average global warming...

extinction synergy: deadly combination of human...

Here’s a paper we’ve just had published in Science Advances (Synergistic roles of climate...

terrific video of siberian tiger cubs

This just came in from the Wildlife Conservation Society. It’s camera trap video of rarely seen...

will flexibility benefit threatened beach birds?

My latest for Takepart.com: Visiting Nantucket a few years ago,I was dismayed to hear some of the...

limited nursery replenishment in coral reefs

Coral reef fishes are wonderfully diverse in size,form, and function, or as well as their need for...

survivalist art show on wings

Here’s the press release from the Wildlife Conservation Society: WCS has released a stunning...

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