NATURE’s “Sesame Street and the Great Elephant Adventure” Reading List
Local PBS stations are partnering with libraries across the country to bring Sesame Street and the Great Elephant Adventure to children and families. They’ve shared their favorite books about...
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Eric Becker in his workshop. Credit: Josh Katz When most people imagine wildlife conservation, they picture volunteers rescuing a sea turtle from a tangled fishing net in the middle of the ocean or...
View ArticleFollowing the Bees
The smoke floating around me smelled of campfire, grass, and burnt leaves. “Give me a puff or two here,” my father said, pointing his gloved hand at the top of the open beehive. I squeezed the...
View ArticleNATURE Season 45 Preview
Nature Partners with Sesame Workshop, Jane Goodall Institute, BBC and David Attenborough for New Season of Groundbreaking Natural History Specials Join Elmo on his first-ever African safari and...
View ArticleWhat the World Can Learn from Mongolia’s Drylands
When Kh. Otgonbayar looks across the Gobi, she sees a landscape she is deeply committed to protecting. But she also sees how quickly it is changing. Otgonbayar leads the Temuulel Community-Based...
View ArticleEmpowering Local Women in Conservation
There is an invisible thread connecting Mombasa, Kenya and the coast of East Africa with Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, and the vast Gobi Desert—in terms of global conservation and my own journey; let me...
View ArticleIn Mongolia, Looking Beyond the Snow Leopard
Earlier this year, our WCS Mongolia team fitted a GPS collar to a snow leopard in Mongolia’s South Gobi. We named him Sukhee. Since then, Sukhee has travelled hundreds of kilometres across unprotected...
View ArticleTiger Population Surges Past 400 in One of the Greatest Wildlife Comebacks of...
This Global Tiger Day, Nepal announced that its wild tiger population has surpassed 400 individuals. To appreciate what that number represents, consider where the country started. In 2009, just 121...
View ArticleRedwood National Park Fact Sheet
Stout Grove in Redwood National and State Parks. Credit: John Chao / NPS Location: Humboldt and Del Norte Counties, California, United States Size: 130,000+ acres of combined federal and state public...
View ArticleJoshua Tree National Park Fact Sheet
Joshua trees and rock outcrops in Lost Horse Valley, Joshua Tree National Park. Credit: Brad Sutton / NPS Location: Riverside and San Bernardino Counties, California, United States Size: 795,156 acres...
View ArticleInherit the Wild: Preserving America’s Natural Legacy for 250 Years
When delegates traveled to Philadelphia to sign the Declaration of Independence in the summer of 1776, they passed through a continent brimming with life. Beneath those “spacious skies,” forests still...
View ArticleFinding Common Ground in Nature and Identity for Pride Month
As part of PBS Nature’s recognition of LGBTQ+ Pride Month, the Wildlife Conservation Society’s BJ Siasoco and Noah Chesnin sat down to talk about the paths that brought them to conservation, the work...
View ArticleAmerica’s Online Primate Trade Is Thriving in Plain Sight–Here’s How to Stop It
Earlier this year, four juvenile spider monkeys smuggled into the US in lunch boxes arrived at a Mississippi zoo, where they can finally begin to recover. Their rescue made headlines, helping draw...
View ArticleRethinking Wildlife Trafficking from Inside My Grandmother’s Kitchen
This piece comes to us from the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS). To honor Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month, WCS and Nature are sharing stories of nature and conservation....
View ArticleHow a Wild Animal Keeper Found Her Own Niche
This piece comes to us from the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS). To honor Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month, WCS and Nature are sharing stories of nature and conservation....
View ArticleThe Jungle’s Hidden Bridges: How treetop crossings are giving Peru’s wildlife...
Deep within the forest in southeastern Peru lies one of the most biodiverse places in the world. The nearly 20 million acres of forest in the Amazon region of Madre de Dios are home to jaguars,...
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View ArticleA Man for All Earth Days
This piece comes to us from WCS (Wildlife Conservation Society), where George Schaller worked for over 50 years. George Schaller guiding a boat with Fuxica, a rescued peccary, in Brazil’s Pantanal when...
View ArticleFrom Campus Dreams to Global Solutions: Three Decades in Conservation
This piece comes to us from the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS). To honor Women’s History Month, WCS and Nature are sharing stories of nature and conservation. Revisiting Smith College’s Lyman...
View ArticlePlatooning into a Rewarding Conservation Career
This piece comes to us from the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS). To honor Women’s History Month, WCS and Nature are sharing stories of nature and conservation. Jessica holding an African penguin...
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