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The Dragon Chronicles: The Olm and Other Troglobites
The olm, a troglobite To see life on another planet, most would suggest a radio telescope or a NASA explorer vehicle. Yet immediately below the earth’s surface there exists an otherworldly ecosystem...
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The Desert Lions: Why Save the Desert Lions?
Like Africa’s other large carnivore species, populations of the lion, Panthera leo, have decreased significantly over the past half century, and precipitously over just the past ten years, from around...
View ArticleAmerican Eagle: Interactive Map: Bald Eagle Populations Over the Years:...
Before European settlers first sailed to America’s shores, bald eagles may have numbered half a million. They nested in forty-five of the lower forty-eight states. Four years before the bald eagle was...
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Crash: A Tale of Two Species: Video: Netting the Red Knots
With the red knots around for only a few weeks, these researchers have a limited window for collecting data.
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Parrots in the Land of Oz: Parrots in Danger
Beautiful, elegant, and intelligent, parrots have long been coveted and caged by humans. With over 340 species living in the Americas, Asia, Africa, and Oceana tropic zones, our world should be...
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Kilauea: Mountain of Fire: Video: Green Turtle Recovery Program
Kilauea’s lava flows have created a fertile feeding ground for turtles just offshore. Green sea turtles are drawn here by bountiful seaweed and the black sand beaches that are a favorite basking...
View ArticleSupersize Crocs: Introduction
Crocodiles instill fear in most people at any size. But crocodile conservationist, Romulus Whitaker’s fear is that the most colossal of these creatures might no longer exist. Rom suspects that human...
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The Dragon Chronicles: Interview: Rom Whitaker, Reptile Expert
Rom Whitaker founded India’s first snake park in Madras in 1972. The park received early support from the World Wildlife Fund and other international organizations for its pioneering research and work...
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Frogs: The Thin Green Line: What You Can Do to Help the Frogs
Scientists are struggling to understand why frogs are dying all over the world. And not just frogs – but also other amphibians, like toads, salamanders, newts, and caecilians. Herpetologists are...
View ArticleA World Without Humans: Enhanced Video Resource
This video segment from Nature: “Radioactive Wolves” explores the 1986 meltdown of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant and its consequences upon the landscape, wildlife, and human population of what has...
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Now More than Ever, Women Zoo Keepers Are Succeeding and Inspiring
This piece comes to us from the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS). To honor Women’s History Month, WCS and Nature are bringing you stories of women in the fields of nature and conservation. At the...
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Beyond Borders: The Story of a Snow Leopard Conservationist
This piece comes to us from the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS). To honor Women’s History Month, WCS and Nature are bringing you stories of women in the fields of nature and conservation. Justine...
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This Earth Day, Plastic Pollution is Among the Planet’s Biggest Threats
This post comes to PBS Nature from World Wildlife Fund (WWF). WWF and Nature are collaborating on a series of blog posts from WWF conservation scientists that will share the stories and motivations...
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This Earth Day Signals a New Hope for Tiger Recovery
Views and opinions expressed in blog posts are those of the individuals expressing them and do not necessarily reflect those of THIRTEEN Productions LLC/The WNET Group. This Earth Day, the Royal...
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The World Must Work Together to Tackle the Growing Avian Influenza Crisis
Views and opinions expressed in blog posts are those of the individuals expressing them and do not necessarily reflect those of THIRTEEN Productions LLC/The WNET Group. The recent eruption of avian...
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Migratory Fish Are Disappearing
This post comes to PBS Nature from World Wildlife Fund (WWF). WWF and Nature are collaborating on a series of blog posts from WWF conservation scientists that will share the stories and motivations...
View ArticleThe Frog Ark | WILD HOPE
Many of the world’s most beloved frogs and amphibians are headed for extinction, but inside “The Ark” in Panama, some of those threatened species are given a fighting chance. Using innovative...
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Forest Stewardship Council – Helping to Protect Forests Around the World
FSC logo painted on sustainable harvested logs. Uzachi forest, Oaxaca, Mexico. © N.C. Turner / WWF Have you ever noticed this little symbol? Chances are you’ve seen it in passing, perhaps when you were...
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Indigenous Peoples’ and Local Communities’ Rights in Conservation
This piece comes to us from the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS). To honor Asian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, WCS and Nature are bringing you stories in the fields of nature and...
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“Scary” Animals Need Love, Too.
This piece comes to us from the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS). In honor of LGBTQ+ Pride month, Nature and WCS are sharing stories of nature and conservation from members of these communities....
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