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endangered species

Posted inNonfiction

Bringing Species Back … From the Brink

by Carolyn Wells August 19, 2021October 18, 2022

“You could actually restore a species to be even more diverse and healthier than it was before, Church says. “You can include diversity from multiple points in the globe and multiple points in time.””

Posted inNonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes

The Zoo That Divided a Town

by Aaron Gilbreath March 12, 2020October 19, 2022

Exotic critters have gnawed the frail threads that once bound a small Ontario community.

Posted inNonfiction

A Beautiful, Rugged Place: Erosion of the Body

by Longreads December 2, 2019December 30, 2022

The life-long writer, teacher, and activist believed she could save a piece of land or a species, but after her brother took his life, she questioned her optimism and how to grieve for him and the planet.

Posted inFeature, Nonfiction, Science & Nature, Story, Technology

Research and Rescue: Saving Species from Ourselves

by Ashley Braun October 22, 2019January 20, 2023

We’re developing high-tech genetic tools to pour new life into animals lost to human destruction. Deciding how — and whether — to use that power is as complex as the science behind it.

Posted inCrime, Highlight, Quotes, Science Fiction

This Heist’s for the Birds

by michelleweber January 15, 2019October 19, 2022

“I always say, If there is a $50,000 bill flying around, someone is going to try to catch it.”

Posted inBlog Post, Profiles & Interviews

Our Planet Still Has Secrets: Talking Tasmanian Tigers with Journalist Brooke Jarvis

by Aaron Gilbreath July 5, 2018October 19, 2022

Investigating the people who search for the extinct Tasmanian Tiger.

Posted inNonfiction, Quotes, Uncategorized

Battling the Odds Against Wolf Reintroduction

by Aaron Gilbreath May 1, 2017October 19, 2022

Following endangered Mexican gray wolves from their captive birth to their release in New Mexico.

dozens of horseshoe crabs come ashore on a beach
Posted inNonfiction, Quotes, Science & Nature

The Pitfalls and Promise of the Horseshoe Crab, Unlikely Biomedical Hero

by michelleweber April 18, 2017October 19, 2022

Pharmaceutical companies catch half a million horseshoe crabs a year to drain their blood for medical use. But is this practice sustainable?

a polar bear walks on the ice
Posted inNonfiction, Quotes

Want To See a Polar Bear? Just Follow the Bones

by michelleweber March 24, 2017October 19, 2022

In one Alaskan town, the bone pile is a bounty for hungry polar bears and enterprising tour guides.

Posted inEditor's Pick

The Bounty of the Bone Pile

by michelleweber March 22, 2017October 19, 2022

Butchered whales lure polar bears and tourists to a coastal Alaskan town. So far, so good. Sort of.

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