Lord God Bird Redux: Is the Ivory-Billed Woodpecker Really Back?
Birders are keeping hope alive that the Ivory-Billed Woodpecker will re-appear “on the wing” somewhere in the swamps of the Southeastern U.S.
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Delisting the Yellowstone Grizzly: Good News or Bad?
Yellowstone’s grizzly bear population has bounced back since the mid-1970s, but environmentalists think the iconic predator still needs federal protection…
Chernobyl Wildlife Thriving 30 Years Later
These days, wildlife is thriving around the site of the nuclear reactor meltdown at Chernobyl in the Ukraine three decades ago. Biologists say the lack of people in the “Exclusion Zone” thirty kilometers around reactor has made it easier for the animals that did survive — and their progeny — to now flourish.
Whazzup with ANWR?
Senate Democrats Michael Bennet and Ed Markey introduced legislation last December calling for permanently designating the most sensitive sections of ANWR as wilderness off limits to development.
Artificial Cloning: Unnatural & Inhumane, or the Savior of Endangered Species?
Some environmentalists consider artificial cloning unnatural & inhumane, but others see it as an essential tool to help save growing numbers of endangered species during the sixth great extinction crisis in the history of the planet….
Trophy Hunting: Good for Wildlife, Conservation?
Big game hunters insist that their hobby does a lot to spur conservation given the huge fees they pay to the countries that host them, but environmentalists aren’t so sure…
Trump’s Wall: Bad Idea for Border Ecosystems?
The Sierra Club thinks Donald Trump’s wall would be a terrible idea for the already compromised ecosystems around the U.S.-Mexico border.
How Can We Save Elephants Around the World?
Environmentalists are scurrying to save elephants and other iconic African wildlife from extinction in the face of increasing poaching across Africa.
Saving Through Preservation
The Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) has been helping prevent soil erosion and the deterioration of wetlands, water quality & wildlife habitat since 1985.
Moving In
A review of Nature Wars: The Incredible Story of How Wildlife Comebacks Turned Backyards into Battlegrounds by Jim Sterba