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

This is no more than a curiosity, but it caught my eye because it seemed so strange (tells you something about me, I suppose). Look...

Reindeer don't need Rudolph to find their way at night. Researchers found that these animals, called caribou in North America, see light...

For years, a small, relatively unknown animal has fought off extinction on the high plains of southeast Wyoming. Thanks to recovery...

With all the discouraging news we hear about loss of biodiversity and environmental health, we need stories of conservation successes. ...

For those of you in the Bozeman, Montana area, this Thursday, May 18th, I'll be giving a presentation about Montana's mountain goats,...

The Bureau of Land Management, which manages more public land (245 million acres) than any other federal agency, may be on the cusp of...

This week is National Environmental Education Week. It culminates in Earth Day celebrations on April 22 -- another American idea...

After my recent posts on the climate crisis, zoonotic disease, and the planet's loss of biodiversity, you'll likely welcome a lighter bit...

Following on my March 7th post about the newly enacted law in Panama, the highest court in India has likewise ruled that "Mother Nature "...

Hello to all of you who subscribe to my wildlife/science/author blog. I've been away rebuilding my website and companion blog. That's...

By now you may have heard that over the past 2 days, the world has lost 2 men each of whom were luminaries in their fields: Archbishop...

It’s Thanksgiving Day, a truly American tradition, and we’re all settling in for hams, roast elk, and of course turkey with all the...