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American Prairie Reserve, a Vast Grassland to Fill Your Soul
Posted by American Prairie Reserve on July 3, 2012 Despite our different approaches, conservationists in the West can all generally agree on one thing: nature inspires people. The diversity, richness and complexities of ecosystems encourage scientists to dig deeper, farmers to innovate, artists to paint, and, perhaps most importantly, the broader public to get out and explore. As we assemble American Prairie Reserve…
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I’m not entirely convinced this isn’t a death march. It’s high noon in the oldest desert on earth. Glancing down at the red sand to see a beetle burrowing back under, saving itself from the scorching heat, I’m transported to a long lost nature program viewed from the comfort of a ‘70s wood-paneled family room…
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I had been standing still for at least a half hour, counting and identifying the birds that landed on a large snag — a standing dead tree — on the edge of a small wetland in rural southern Indiana, as part of undergraduate research. Sweating in my waders on that steamy summer day, I…
World Water Day may have passed, but there are still many freshwater ecosystems under threat. This week, the Center for Biological Diversity filed a formal intent to sue the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on behalf of a crustacean, the Big Sandy crayfish (Cambarus veteranus). The Center faults the FWS for failing to make…
I asked Cheetah Conservation Botswana’s researcher, Jane Horgan, why they needed to capture and collar a female cheetah. “We wanted home range and movement data to look at the movements of cheetahs through the Ghanzi farmlands. Information about how far they move in a day, how large their home ranges are, how long they stay…
Photographers document endemic species of Tompotika, Sulawesi
Posted by International League of Conservation Photographers on February 23, 2012 
Tompotika, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia An international team of photographers gathered on the island of Sulawesi for a Tripods in the Mud photographic expedition in partnership with the Alliance for Tompotika Conservation / Aliansi Konservasi Tompotika (AlTo). Joining the effort were ILCP Fellows Sandesh Kadur (India), and Kevin Schafer (USA), joined by Riza Marlon, a well-known Indonesian…
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Dr. Çağan Şekercioğlu is a National Geographic Emerging Explorer. A professor of conservation biology, ecology and ornithology at the University of Utah Department of Biology, he also directs the Turkish environmental organization KuzeyDoğa. A gray wolf (Canis lupus) photographed by one of KuzeyDoğa‘s camera traps in Kars Turkey (Türkiye) is the only country covered almost entirely by three…
Dr. Çağan Şekercioğlu is a National Geographic Emerging Explorer. A professor of conservation biology, ecology and ornithology at the University of Utah Department of Biology, he also directs the Turkish environmental organization KuzeyDoğa. For me, 2011 started with a great post by David Braun, so I will thank him by ending the year with my…
Contest in the Congo: Central Africa’s Shot at Sustainable Development
Posted by Wildlife Conservation Society on November 30, 2011 
As some 30 million votes are counted in the wake of elections this month in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), another contest is shaping up in the Congo between those who would build systems of fair governance and those who would ransack Central Africa for its natural resources.
Nat Geo WILD: Only 30 Minutes to Go Until ‘Shark Attack’ LIVE!
Posted by Alison Walsh of National Geographic Channels in Shark Attack Experiment LIVE on November 25, 2011 
Posted by By Bob Hirshon, American Association for the Advancement of Science Saguaro National Park, Arizona–One of the coolest things about the BioBlitz, held this year in Saguaro National Park, is that it brings kids and scientists together. In this third BioBlitz “BobCast,” I go on a nighttime insect inventory, out in the desert, with entomologists and…
By Bob Hirshon, American Association for the Advancement of Science Saguaro National Park, Arizona–Not all of the organisms being counted at the BioBlitz are big and visible, like birds and snakes. Scientists are also surveying microscopic species, like the fungi in this video. Fungi make all sorts of useful compounds, and finding new ones could…
A River Runs Through It
Posted by Ford Cochran on August 18, 2009 Yesterday afternoon at around 2:30, the headwaters of the Okavango met up with the river flow down the Selinda, joining up the Selinda Spillway for the first time in 30 years! It is, in our small part of the world and for our concession, a momentous occasion. The spillway runs right through our concession from…
Film: The End of the Line
Posted by Ford Cochran on June 9, 2009 Whether you live near the coast or far from any shore, if you—say—breathe, your well-being depends on a healthy ocean. Friends of the sea gathered last night at Nat Geo headquarters to commemorate World Ocean Day with a preview of the new film The End of the Line. A panel discussion with the director, marine…
