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Nicole Jackson: Environmental Educator | Black Birders Week
“Inner-city Cleveland is not the ideal place for the birth of a naturalist, but it’s the place where my love for the outdoors began,” described Nicole Jackson, one of the co-organizers of Black Birders...
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COVID-19: A Catastrophe or Opportunity for Pangolin Conservation?
This piece comes to us from Charles Emogor, who worked with the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) Nigeria as part of the Conservation Leadership Program before moving on to get his PhD, for which he...
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Orangutan Fact Sheet
Photo by David Gonzales from Pexels Orangutan: The name orangutan means “man of the forest” in the Malay language. Kingdom: | Animalia Phylum: | Chordata Class: | Mammalia Order: | Primates Family: |...
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Tolga Aktas: Conservation Biologist | Black Birders Week
Tolga Aktas is a UK-based conservation biologist who participated in Black Birders Week. “Growing up, there weren’t many outlets showing diversity, so I was only able to be inspired by white...
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SquirrelMapper | Nature Nation
Each week, we feature a worthy citizen science project or nature news segment from around the world. This week’s is SquirrelMapper. There are a few ways you can participate with SquirrelMapper:...
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Corina Newsome: Biologist | Black Birders Week
Within the coastal marshes of southern Georgia, Corina Newsome feels most alive trekking through the tall, smooth spartina grass searching for seaside sparrow nests. Newsome is a graduate student at...
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Alexander Grousis-Henderson: Zookeeper | Black Birders Week
The first ever Black Birders Week was organized by the grassroots group Black AF in STEM, and has united Black professionals working across science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) disciplines....
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Rhiannon Kirton: Zoologist | Black Birders Week
Rhiannon Kirton is a wildlife specialist and one of the organizers behind the viral online movement, Black Birders Week. Although the week has ended, the work has just begun for this grassroots group....
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Koala Fact Sheet
Koala: the koala is an arboreal herbivorous marsupial native to Australia. Kingdom: | Animalia Phylum: | Chordata Class: | Mammalia Order: | Diprotodontia Family: | Phascolarctidae Genus: |...
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What’s in Your Backyard? | Nature Nation
Each week, we feature a worthy citizen science project or nature news segment from around the world. This week we bring you What’s in Your Backyard from the University of Oklahoma, which aims to team...
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Hippo Fact Sheet
Hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibious): The name “hippopotamus” comes from a Greek word meaning “water horse” or “river horse.” AKA: Hippo Kingdom: | Animalia Phylum: | Chordata Class: | Mammalia...
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Elephants, Ivory and COVID-19
This piece comes to us from Tim R.B. Davenport, Director of Species Conservation for Africa at WCS (Wildlife Conservation Society). An elephant mother with her twins and their cousin in Tanzania’s...
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Giraffe Fact Sheet
Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis): The giraffe is an African mammal and is the tallest living land animal. Kingdom: | Animalia Phylum: | Chordata Class: | Mammalia Order: | Artiodactyla Family: |...
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Ant Picnic | Nature Nation
Each week, we feature a worthy citizen science project or nature news segment from around the world. This week’s is the family and food friendly, Ant Picnic. According to the website, “What ants eat at...
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What Makes a Laboratory Alive? | Inside Montana’s MPG Ranch
The NATURE short film “Inside Montana’s Living Laboratory” features the tireless employees and volunteers working at MPG Ranch, a large conservation property in Western Montana that doubles as a...
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National Moth Week | Nature Nation
Each week, we feature a worthy citizen science project or nature news segment from around the world. This week, in recognition of National Moth Week (July 18-26), we’ve chosen to highlight its namesake...
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Kangaroo Fact Sheet
Kangaroo: a marsupial from the family Macropodidae. Class: Mammalia Infraclass: Marsupialia Order: Diprotodontia Family: Macropodidae Genus: Macropus Kangaroos belong to the Macropodidae family, which...
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Siberian Tiger Saviors: Meet The Team Helping Tigers ‘Claw Back’
In honor of International Tiger Day, July 29th, we’re featuring a short film entitled, “Tigers: Clawing Back” which focuses on a group of filmmakers and conservationists attempting to answer the...
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TreeSnap | Nature Nation
Each week, we feature a worthy citizen science project or nature news segment from around the world. This week we’re featuring TreeSnap. TreeSnap Our nation’s trees are at risk, and threats like...
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Coming Soon to NATURE: “Australian Bushfire Rescue”
Australia’s kangaroos saved from the fire in the Australian forests. Kangaroos rescued in 2020 Premieres on Wednesday, October 28, 2020 at 8/7c. An estimated one billion animals died in the horrific...
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