Yosemite and Climate Change with Wildlife Filmmaker Joe Pontecorvo
In the latest episode of the InsideNATURE podcast, I spoke with filmmaker Joe Pontecorvo, producer of the recent NATURE film Yosemite. As the name suggests, Joe’s film is about Yosemite National Park,...
View ArticleThe Uncertain Future of the Vaquita
The vaquita is the smallest porpoise in the world and also the most endangered. Last year, a scientific survey determined there were about 30 vaquitas left in wild, down from the 60 or so found the...
View ArticleWhy Are These Sloths Wearing Tiny Backpacks?
This episode of the InsideNATURE podcast is all about sloths–perhaps the strangest group of creatures evolution has ever produced. While other species get ahead by being the fastest, the biggest or...
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Do Fish Feel Pain?
Source: Pixabay.com Editor’s note: The following is an excerpt from What a Fish Knows: The Inner Lives of Our Underwater Cousins by scientist and author Jonathan Balcombe. Do fishes feel pain? While it...
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Threat of Oil Drilling Looms Over World’s 2nd Largest Barrier Reef
Belize’s barrier reef as seen from space. | Source: International Space Station It has been less than a year since the second largest barrier reef in the world, located off the coast of Belize, was...
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On #WorldElephantDay Learn About the Biggest Study of Africa’s Elephants
Today is World Elephant Day and we thought there was no better time to take a look at the state of Africa’s elephants. To find out how the largest living land animals are faring we spoke with Mike...
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When a Hurricane Hits, Should I Rescue Stranded Animals?
Wildlife experts tend to a stranded manatee in Brevard County, Florida. | Credit: Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission As Hurricane Irma churned along the Florida peninsula, several...
View ArticleSeason 36 Sneak Preview
NATURE’s new season debuts October 4th with Naledi: One Little Elephant. The program follows the story of Naledi, an orphaned baby elephant who must come to grips with the loss of her mother and learn...
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‘Spy Eggs’ Track Illegal Sea Turtle Egg Trade
The two sea turtle eggs on the outside are fakes outfitted with GPS trackers. Credit: Kim Williams-Guillén/Paso Pacifico In a home workspace once reserved for sewing projects, Kim Williams-Guillén has...
View ArticleIn Conversation with ‘H Is for Hawk’ Author Helen Macdonald
In 2007, writer and falconer Helen Macdonald lost her father suddenly and tragically to a heart attack. The two were close, and in order to find a way through her grief, she retreated to a childhood...
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Bats Can Learn New ‘Dialects’ from Roostmates
An Egyptian fruit bat. Credit: Jens Rydell The way you talk says something about where you were raised. Turns out, the same appears to be true for bats. Researchers at Tel Aviv University in Israel...
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Wildlife Featured in ‘Viva Puerto Rico’ Weathers Hurricane Maria
On September 20, Hurricane Maria tore across Puerto Rico, wiping out its electrical grid, crippling its water supply, and displacing tens of thousands of people. Shortly after the storm, Governor...
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How Birds Bedazzled Early European Explorers
Le Nebuleux Bird of Paradise. Robert Havell, 1835. Editor’s note: The following is an excerpt from “Birdmania: A Remarkable Passion for Birds” by Bernd Brunner. The book explores humanity’s fascination...
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Mariana Snailfish Tops the List of Weirdest Deep Sea Creatures
The deep sea has always held a certain haunting appeal—no light, crushing pressures, and frigid temperatures. Almost completely unknown until the late 18th century, people assumed nothing could survive...
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Rescuing the Elusive Vaquita
This October, an international team of scientists set out to save the vaquita, the most endangered whale in the world. Recent estimates suggest that as few as 30 individuals remain in the Gulf of...
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Rare for Millennia, Sumatran Rhinos On Brink of Extinction
Sumatran rhino and calf at the Sumatran Rhino Sanctuary in Indonesia. Credit: S. Ellis The Sumatran rhino is one of the most endangered large animals in the world; by some estimates there are only 30...
View ArticleWildlife Filmmaker Gordon Buchanan On ‘Animals with Cameras’
In our latest podcast episode, NATURE executive producer Fred Kaufman speaks with BBC cameraman and presenter Gordon Buchanan. Gordon hosts the upcoming NATURE mini-series “Animals with Cameras”,...
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Standoff Over Mexican Gray Wolf Continues in Southwestern U.S.
The Mexican Gray Wolf (Canis lupus baileyi). Credit: Jim Clark/USFWS The Mexican gray wolf is lucky to be alive; it came as close to extinction as possible without vanishing, in the 1970s. But doubts...
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The Corpse Flower Looks Like Raw Meat and Smells Like a Dead Rat
For a plant that emits an overpowering stench of rotting carcass, you’d think the corpse flower would have a PR problem. But it’s quite the opposite: Anytime a corpse flower opens up at a botanical...
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For Pacific Mole Crabs, It’s Dig or Die
Among the surfers and beach-casting anglers, there’s a new visitor to San Francisco’s Ocean Beach shoreline. Benjamin McInroe is there for only one reason — to find Pacific mole crabs, creatures...
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