Conservation Stories

New Study Shows an Ice-Free Arctic Soon, But We Still Debate Whether Climate Change Models Can Be Trusted

The Arctic Ocean could be free of summer sea ice as soon as sometime in this decade, and it’s extremely likely by 2050, according to a new study by the...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Reviving Extinct Animals: a Tool for Fighting Global Warming?

When National Geographic magazine came out with their cover story on de-extinction in April 2013, it set off quite a controversy. Now that we are on the...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Indian Rhino Numbers Are Up, But Will Preserves Ultimately Help Poachers?

On the flood plains of the Brahmaputra River in Assam, India, lies Kaziranga National Park, one of the last areas in the eastern part of the country to be...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Traditional Tracking vs. Electronic Surveillance: Has Wildlife Research Become Too High-Tech?

From Florida manatees equipped with small, satellite-monitored tags to elk in the Rocky Mountains fitted with large radio collars, our wildlife is becoming...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

CITES: Can a Crackdown on Wildlife Crime Wait Another Year?

Just two weeks ago, on March 14 and 15, 2013, in southern Chad near the country’s border with Cameroon, poachers killed at least 86 elephants—maybe more. The...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Amazon Trees: Carbon Holders or Releasers?

We humans have a long history of looking to trees for sustenance. For thousands of years, our forests have supplied our food, fuel and shelter. While we still...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

International Polar Bear Day in February

Tomorrow, February 27, is International Polar Bear Day. Many environmental organizations are asking that you take some kind of action to show your concern for...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Protecting Panda Habitat: China’s First Land Trust Reserve

When images of a wild giant panda gnawing on a takin carcass in China’s Sichuan Province were recently captured on motion-sensor cameras, researchers were...

Lisa Poppleton

Calling on Mountain Gorillas

The Uganda Minister for Tourism, Wildlife and Antiquities, with the support of The Wildlife Conservation Society, recently checked in with the mountain...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Rewilding: Reintroducing Wild Wood Bison to Alaska

After more than 100 years of absence from the United States, a wild population of North America’s largest land mammal may soon be reintroduced to Alaska: wood...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Could New Animal ID Software Aid in Conservation Efforts?

Identifying individuals within a group is vital for wildlife ecologists. Following a specific animal can help scientists understand the social interactions,...

Lisa Poppleton

Wildlife at Your Fingertips

Our good friends over at WWF have just released their first U.S. iPad application, “WWF Together,” available as a free download at the AppStore. The app is...

Lisa Poppleton

Freshwater Dolphins Surface on the Amazon

Over one-third of all animal species in the world lives in the Amazon River system and its surrounding rainforest. Among all this flying, creeping, swimming,...

Olaf Malver

A Piece of Trash, With a Message to Treasure — Happy Holidays! | Olaf’s Corner

A shiny red bauble that hangs on Olaf Malver’s Christmas tree — found in a most unlikely spot — is a reminder of what ecotourism can bring to communities and the guests that explore the natural environs around them.

Lisa Poppleton

Juggling Wolves in the Rockies

As a lover of wild animals, my media feed spans the globe for wildlife conservation stories. This fall and winter, however, I have not needed to search far...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Concern for the Environment Reaches a New Low

The exhausting November 2012 presidential election is finally over. Now we Americans begin what can be another long and involved phase: analysis of that...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Tourists Not to Blame for Penguin Declines

As an ecotourist, you know that your travels can do a lot of good in the world. They can help boost the economies of local communities, fund preserves and...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

“Geography of Hope”: The Wilderness Act Turns 50 in 2014

Today, November 6, 2012, is Election Day in the United States. This is the day when the American people decide who will become their next president. It also...

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