For John Cannon, reporting on nature begins with a story grounded in the truth. “Evidence-based reporting [is] at the heart ...

In a unique class hosted at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, early-career ecologists learned to apply emerging ...

I have learned that anthropomorphism is a deeply suspect word, used to defend cruelty to creatures unable to speak and defend themselves against human exploitation. –Sir Brian May, founding member of ...

By Rhett Ayers Butler Conservation has long wrestled with a deceptively simple question: not whether to act, but where action will matter most. Forest restoration, protected areas, wildlife corridors, ...

A collection of short highlights from our year in conservation science work. Mike Bock Tackling some extraordinary scientific challenges is one cause for celebration. Building a multidisciplinary ...

The Petaluma-based conservation nonprofit Point Blue announced it has a new chief executive officer. Melissa Pitkin, who has worked with Point Blue Conservation Science for about three decades and ...

CHICAGO (CBS) -- A team of scientists from the Field Museum of Natural History has just returned from one of Earth's most remote, undisturbed forests. For a month, Conservation Ecologist Dr. Lesley De ...

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A new study shows that monitoring and managing select bird species can provide benefits for other species within specific regions. A new study led by Cornell Lab of Ornithology researchers at the K.

Conservation has never lacked ideas. Protected areas, payments for ecosystem services, community management, certification schemes, and public campaigns have all been promoted as solutions to ...

When viewing paintings, people usually focus on what they can see. But often, the stories behind the painting — from how it was made to how it got to a museum — are just as interesting. “On the Same ...