The Path to Sustainable Fisheries is Paved with Data
“If it doesn’t get measured, it doesn’t get managed.” If the old adage is true for business, then it’s doubly true for global fish stocks. In fact, of the more than 10,000 fisheries in the world, fewer...
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Smart Disruption, Unconscious Bias, & Beyond the Ivory Tower: Dispatches from...
Conservation science is plagued by a disastrous lack of inclusiveness. The field at large consistently fails to include both the many different values people hold for nature and the viewpoints of women...
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Can Drones Help Monitor Vultures on Mongolia’s Eastern Steppe?
Checking up on the world’s largest vulture isn’t easy — they inhabit rugged mountains in one of the most remote areas of the world. But that may change thanks to unmanned aerial vehicles, or drones,...
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A Cruise to a Nesting Ibis Colony
Bring your waders and wear a hat. Those are the instructions Idaho Department of Fish and Game wildlife biologist Rob Cavallaro gives me when he invites me to go to work with him one day in early...
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Hyperstability: The Achilles’ Heel of Data-Poor Fisheries
There’s a basic logic to managing fisheries: as a fish population decreases you’ll catch fewer fish. But what if that’s not always true? New research from the Solomon Islands indicates that...
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Unraveling the Mystery of Hawksbill Sea Turtle Migration
An outboard motor roars in the distance, quickly approaching the island as the sun crests over the distant horizon. News spreads quickly through camp — they’ve caught another turtle. The boat pulls...
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Headhunters, Poaching, & Arson: Community Conservation in the Arnavons
She was nearly ready. Tucked up beneath the overhanging vegetation, the female hawksbill had nearly finished digging her nest, methodically scooping sand out of the hole, flipper by flipper. We waited...
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A Murder of Crows: When Roosting Crows Come to Town
Hundreds of crows are standing stock still in orderly rows on the University of Washington tennis courts. If their creepy gaze isn’t enough, nearby, overflowing a few leafless trees, is a cackling crow...
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Sagebrush Science Makes a Breakthrough with Soil Pasta
When scientists were looking for a better way to restore sagebrush they thought way outside of the box. The solution — a pasta maker. They insert their special mixture of soil and additives into the...
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Feathers vs. Fins: Protecting Pelicans and the Trout They Eat
I’m bent at the waist in gag stance for all the crew to see. The sensory assault is so horrid it’s crippling. My eyes water and my gut heaves as I endure my first whiff of wild pelican. The odor is...
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Gillnets in Lake Yellowstone: Can Conservationists Recover Cutthroat Trout in...
I’ve stepped into an adventure on the high seas, or so it would appear. As I board the boat, men clad in thick rubber rain gear spool out gillnets into the water, deftly making sure the net stays...
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Salmon Cam: Watch Migratory Fish Live
Note to fish fans: Salmon Cam is only visible during daylight hours. If it’s dark, check back tomorrow! Update, November 17, 2016: Salmon Cam has been taken down for 2016. We hope you enjoyed watching...
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Flight Over the Bas-Ogooué: Using Drones to Map Gabon’s Wetlands
How do you map a nearly inaccessible 9,000-square-kilometer African wetland that is home to hippos, forest elephants, crocodiles, and the notorious Gaboon viper? Enter the drones. Nature Conservancy...
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9 Animal Cams You Need in Your Life
A couple of years ago, I set up a second computer display on my desk as a tool to improve my productivity. Turns out, though, I’m not a work-on-two-screens kind of person. I’m a...
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Burning for Biodiversity: How Hunting Promotes Healthy Ecosystems in the...
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers should use caution viewing this post, as it may contain mentions of deceased persons. The air smells of smoke. One by one the Martu women toss matches...
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Measuring the Impact of Feral Camels in Australia’s Martu Desert
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers should use caution viewing this post, as it may contain mentions of deceased persons. Spinifex and sand. Jolting along an invisible desert track in the...
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Give Kids the Gift of Birding
The annual Christmas Bird Count is one of birding’s most cherished traditions. This year, consider introducing the count to a child. There’s no better time to get a youngster started in birding. “When...
View ArticleBison, Pioneers of the Prairie, Return to Kankakee Sands
Over the past 20 years The Nature Conservancy in Indiana has been converting 6,700 acres of row-crop agriculture at Kankakee Sands into a diverse prairie. The goal – to restore key prairie habitat and...
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Coastal Communities Strike Back Against Erosion
“It hurt my heart to see how [the beach] had been deteriorated,” says Norris Henry of St. Andrew’s Development Organization. “I know in the past there was a nice beachfront, where you can play cricket,...
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Space Cowboys: A New Generation of Prairie Keepers
How many cows can you graze and maintain a healthy prairie? Where and for how long? These are important questions for ranchers and scientists interested in sustainably supporting cattle and protecting...
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