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Want to Save the Planet? Try Engineering.

Eric Becker in his workshop. Credit: Josh Katz When most people imagine wildlife conservation, they picture volunteers rescuing a sea turtle from a tangled fishing net in the middle of the ocean or...

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Following the Bees

The smoke floating around me smelled of campfire, grass, and burnt leaves. “Give me a puff or two here,” my father said, pointing his gloved hand at the top of the open beehive. I squeezed the...

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What the World Can Learn from Mongolia’s Drylands

When Kh. Otgonbayar looks across the Gobi, she sees a landscape she is deeply committed to protecting. But she also sees how quickly it is changing. Otgonbayar leads the Temuulel Community-Based...

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Empowering Local Women in Conservation

There is an invisible thread connecting Mombasa, Kenya and the coast of East Africa with Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, and the vast Gobi Desert—in terms of global conservation and my own journey; let me...

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In Mongolia, Looking Beyond the Snow Leopard

Earlier this year, our WCS Mongolia team fitted a GPS collar to a snow leopard in Mongolia’s South Gobi. We named him Sukhee. Since then, Sukhee has travelled hundreds of kilometres across unprotected...

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Tiger Population Surges Past 400 in One of the Greatest Wildlife Comebacks of...

This Global Tiger Day, Nepal announced that its wild tiger population has surpassed 400 individuals. To appreciate what that number represents, consider where the country started. In 2009, just 121...

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Inherit the Wild: Preserving America’s Natural Legacy for 250 Years

When delegates traveled to Philadelphia to sign the Declaration of Independence in the summer of 1776, they passed through a continent brimming with life. Beneath those “spacious skies,” forests still...

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Finding Common Ground in Nature and Identity for Pride Month

As part of PBS Nature’s recognition of LGBTQ+ Pride Month, the Wildlife Conservation Society’s BJ Siasoco and Noah Chesnin sat down to talk about the paths that brought them to conservation, the work...

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America’s Online Primate Trade Is Thriving in Plain Sight–Here’s How to Stop It

Earlier this year, four juvenile spider monkeys smuggled into the US in lunch boxes arrived at a Mississippi zoo, where they can finally begin to recover. Their rescue made headlines, helping draw...

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Rethinking Wildlife Trafficking from Inside My Grandmother’s Kitchen

This piece comes to us from the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS). To honor Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month, WCS and Nature are sharing stories of nature and conservation....

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How a Wild Animal Keeper Found Her Own Niche

This piece comes to us from the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS). To honor Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month, WCS and Nature are sharing stories of nature and conservation....

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The Jungle’s Hidden Bridges: How treetop crossings are giving Peru’s wildlife...

Deep within the forest in southeastern Peru lies one of the most biodiverse places in the world. The nearly 20 million acres of forest in the Amazon region of Madre de Dios are home to jaguars,...

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Platooning into a Rewarding Conservation Career

This piece comes to us from the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS). To honor Women’s History Month, WCS and Nature are sharing stories of nature and conservation. Jessica holding an African penguin...

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Co-Managing Biodiversity in Madagascar

This piece comes to us from the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS). To honor Women’s History Month, WCS and Nature are sharing stories of nature and conservation. Ravaka sharing WCS marine...

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To Save Migratory Species, Conservation Must Cross Borders

A few days ago in Brazil’s Pantanal, I watched a pair of jaguars resting in tall grasses, their bodies almost disappearing into the landscape. It is mating season, and for a brief moment, the future of...

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From Diplomacy to the Forest: Bridging Development and Nature

This piece comes to us from the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS). To honor Women’s History Month, WCS and Nature are sharing stories of nature and conservation. Manoly at NPA Roadmap Kick-Off. Photo...

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In the remote wilds of northern Kenya, follow the remarkable journey of orphaned elephants at Reteti, the first community-owned elephant sanctuary in Africa. Raised by Samburu keepers who act as...

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Project Shark | WILD HOPE

When a passionate shark conservationist partners with one of the top shark hunters in East Lombok, Indonesia to create an ecotourism venture called “Project Hiu,” their lives and that of those in their...

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From Card Collector to Conservation Career

This piece comes to us from the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS). To honor Black History Month, WCS and Nature are sharing stories of nature and conservation. One of Ayesha’s many Wildlife Fact...

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The Comeback Cat | WILD HOPE

Once on the brink of extinction, the Iberian lynx has been given a chance to thrive again — thanks, in part, to the unyielding dedication of biologist Rodrigo Serra. Leading an ambitious conservation...

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