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...