

Legend Awards
In the past 2 months, Legend Keepers: The Partnership has been recognized in 2 national book award competitions. In February, it won...

Bruce Smith
Apr 1, 20231 min read


UN High Seas Treaty Reached
On the heels of last year's historic climate and biodiversity conservation agreements--multinational agreements to slow the climate's...

Bruce Smith
Mar 8, 20231 min read


The Climate Crisis is a Water Crisis
A n article published in The Proceedings of the National Academies of Science lays out a developing cycle resulting from increasing...

Bruce Smith
Mar 3, 20231 min read


Indigenous Peoples as Protectors
It's been said that forests are the lungs of the planet. Saving the Earth's tropical and temperate forests is an essential element in...

Bruce Smith
Mar 1, 20231 min read


Legend Keepers receives award
In the Feathered Quill national book awards competition, the second novel in the Legend Keepers series, The Partnership, won first place...

Bruce Smith
Feb 2, 20231 min read


Going, going, gone
The world's glaciers are frozen reservoirs of water that sustain nearly 2 billion people worldwide. As glaciers melt away, so do the...

Bruce Smith
Jan 30, 20231 min read


Just hanging on ...
A bit of good news in the New Year. The most recent gathering of the United Nations Biodiversity Conference in Montreal produced a...

Bruce Smith
Jan 1, 20231 min read


For Young and Old Alike
If you're like me and haven't yet finished your Christmas shopping, here's an idea. Get those readers in your life who like a good...

Bruce Smith
Dec 15, 20221 min read


Fire-spreading hawks
A phenomenon known and ceremonialized for thousands of years by Australia's Aboriginal people is receiving scientific interest. A paper...

Bruce Smith
Dec 2, 20221 min read


Tasmania or bust!
Birds have always fascinated us. We mere mortals are enamored by their colors, behavior, song, and diversity. Most of all, perhaps, we...

Bruce Smith
Nov 10, 20221 min read


Where did all the critters go?
I've written several blog posts earlier this year about the continuing loss of Earth's biodiversity. Not a happy subject. Yet, as with...

Bruce Smith
Oct 24, 20221 min read


Bumblebees on the Move
As the climate of the Rocky Mountains warms, bumblebee inhabitants of lower elevations are shifting their ranges into the alpine...

Bruce Smith
Sep 25, 20221 min read


The second Legend Keepers book
The second book in the Legend Keepers middle-grade series is here! Copies can now be ordered from bookstores and from online booksellers....

Bruce Smith
Sep 2, 20221 min read


Climate hazards worsen human disease
A study published in Nature Climate Change reports that over half of 375 human infectious diseases are made worse by extreme weather...

Bruce Smith
Aug 20, 20221 min read


Who's smarter (or dances better) than whom?
Because some of you found my last post about birds a welcome diversion from discouraging environmental news, here's another. Whether it's...

Bruce Smith
Aug 10, 20221 min read


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

Bruce Smith
Aug 5, 20221 min read


Disappearing Climates & Biodiversity
Protected areas are biodiversity reservoirs around the globe. But as the warming of the planet's climate accelerates, species using...

Bruce Smith
Jul 31, 20221 min read


Nature's true value
Drawing on more than 1,000 scientific studies assessing the value of nature, a landmark study published by the Intergovernmental...

Bruce Smith
Jul 11, 20221 min read


Spillover: Emerging Disease Threats
A peer-reviewed study published in the journal Nature in April discussed how interactions between people and animals are at the heart of...

Bruce Smith
Jun 20, 20221 min read


Birds in a Tailspin
Over the seven years we've lived outside of Bozeman, Montana, the change we've noticed is dramatic. We just don't see the birds we used...

Bruce Smith
Jun 10, 20221 min read