Bone collector caterpillar Seems if we look closely enough in nature--sleuthing every habitat nook and cranny, every possible niche and...

Aldabra tortoise It's easy to become overwhelmed by the distressing news coming from Washington, D.C. day after day. And in a recent...

North American endangered species This proposal "threatens a half-century of progress in protecting and restoring endangered species," is...

Protests against federal job purges Staff of crucial scientific and medical research CUT Stewards of our public lands: parks, forests,...

Life on the Rocks cover Next month I'll be doing a series of speaking events about wilderness-obligate species of wildlife with a focus...

Short-eared owl If you haven't discovered it already, The Cornell Lab's website offers a wealth of information on birds, including life...

Biodiversity in our hands "Climate change is a primary driver of biodiversity loss. And climate change depends on biodiversity as part...

Feeding of elk on the National Elk Refuge I haven't posted about this topic for a while, but this reporting in WyoFile is newsworthy. ...

A blob-headed fish from Peru No one knows how many species of life inhabit the Earth, but estimates range from 9 to 10 million, not...

Eleven of the plaintiffs in Held v. Montana I didn't intend to do another blog post before the New Year, but this was too noteworthy to...

Leopard atop a termite mound This is somewhat far afield from my usual posts, but having visited African countries several times,...

Besides a healthful pursuit that connects us to nature, bird watching is also an economic driver. Some 96 million Americans are birders,...

Researchers investigating the status of 114 species of butterflies in the United States found that populations are declining at a rate of...

Nature comes in all shapes and sizes. Vertebrates, for example, range from the 100-ton blue whale to this tiny, tiny flee toad newly...

Two months ago, the final book in the Legend Keepers trilogy was released. For those of you unfamiliar with this series, I wrote these...

If you love birds and the places they live then this short film , Birds of the World, is for you.

Newly published research in Science predicts that by 2070 almost half of Earth's land surface will experience increases in spatial...

Kids have lots of worries in their lives: social pressures, family issues, gun violence in schools, bullying, and now another. Although...

After countless days recreating and studying mountain goats in alpine habitats, these remote and rugged places occupy a special place in...

'If all insects on Earth disappeared, within 50 years all life on Earth would end. If all human beings disappeared from the Earth,...