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The Great Lakes are the largest supply of freshwater in the world, and more than 36 million people depend on them for drinking water. As a result, monitoring and maintaining the health of the Great Lakes ecosystem is an urgent priority. Of the diverse organisms inhabiting freshwater systems, fishes are familiar to scientists and laypeople…
Over 2011 and 2012, Paul Colangelo camped on Todagin Mountain with its large herd of endangered Stone’s Sheep for five months to tell the story of the herd and document its habitat use, using specialized camera equipment to record the movements of the sheep across the plateau. Learn more in his earlier posts: Surviving Todagin.…
Starting each day with a two-hour hike in the dark up a snow-covered mountain, Paul Colangelo is on a mission to record the frenzied activity of Stone’s sheep battling for the chance to mate.
By Paul Colangelo, International League of Conservation Photographers Among the mountainous folds of remote northwestern British Columbia lies Todagin Mountain, a grassy plateau 15 miles long and five miles wide that is thought to have the highest density of Stone’s sheep in the world. The herd lives year-round on the plateau and slopes of Todagin,…
“Migrating Mural” Becomes a Reality
Posted by Andrew Howley of NG Staff on October 1, 2012 In April of 2011, readers of this blog voted Jane Kim’s Migrating Mural the Viewers’ Choice “Best Ocean Saving Idea” out of 60 proposed by young artists, business leaders, non-profit founders and other attendees of the Summit at Sea. Now this plan to paint large scale images of animals on the move is becoming a…
Tenacious Whimbrels Can Handle Hurricanes, Not Habitat Loss
Posted by Jeff Wells on September 25, 2012 Hurricane Isaac captured the country’s attention last month as it lumbered across Florida and raked over New Orleans, impacting millions of people. But before Isaac had even reached land, indeed while it was still not even a hurricane, many in the birding world were watching a single bird struggling against its high winds. I…
Independence Day in South Sudan
Posted by Wildlife Conservation Society on July 18, 2012 As Americans celebrate the Fourth of July each year with cookouts, concerts, and fireworks, it is almost easy to forget the holiday’s connection with the nation’s independence and the struggles to achieve it. Surely that was not the case on July 4, 1777. On its first anniversary the United States was still a young republic, with a war yet to be won to solidify the unalienable rights deemed “self-evident” in Thomas Jefferson’s enduring declaration. Much uncertainty likewise surrounded the new nation of the Republic of South Sudan this July as it celebrated its own first year of independence….
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“Our elders are the best source of information. Better than science or the internet,” said Petr Kaurgin, a Chukchi reindeer herder from the remote Turvaurgin nomadic tribal community in north-eastern Siberia. Kaurgin delivered his message to climate scientists from Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and other Indigenous peoples at the closing of the Climate…
Path of the Pronghorn Leading To New Passages – Part 2
Posted by Wildlife Conservation Society on November 9, 2011 WCS Scientists blog from the field in a 2-part series that looks at pronghorn encountering difficult highway crossing points during their fall migration. The animals get a glimpse of the construction of underpasses and overpasses meant to keep wildlife and motorists off a collision course.
Path of the Pronghorn Leading To New Passages
Posted by Wildlife Conservation Society on November 2, 2011 WCS Scientists blog from the field in a 2-part series that looks at pronghorn encountering difficult highway crossing points during their fall migration. The animals get a glimpse of the construction of underpasses and overpasses meant to keep wildlife and motorists off a collision course.
New Ocean Ideas: Viewers’ Choice Winner Announced
Posted by Andrew Howley of NG Staff on April 28, 2011 
When asked how she could help tackle the biggest issues facing the ocean, wildlife artist Jane Kim thought big: paintings-stretching-for-miles big. National Geographic then voted her the Viewers’ Choice Winner among 15 ideas. See Jane’s art and discover her inspiration and hopes for her Migrating Murals project.
Pronghorn Obstacle Course
Posted by elandis on September 9, 2009 Photograph by Joe Riis – See More Pronghorn Migration Photos It’s almost autumn, and if you’re a pronghorn snacking on the grasslands of Grand Teton National Park, you’re probably starting to think about heading south for the winter. Soon, you and thousands of your closest brethren will begin the third longest overland mammal migration in…
Lost in Paisley: A Genographic Story
Posted by Ford Cochran on August 11, 2009 In anticipation of The Human Family Tree, a new special premiering on the National Geographic Channel August 30th, the Genographic Project has invited participants to share their family migration stories. If you’ve taken part in the Genographic Project and have a story to tell about your family’s past, by all means tell it! Here’s mine:…
