![Allergies and Asthma Could be Related to Biodiversity Loss](/assets/image-cache/media/images/Dispatch/Allergies and Asthma/Allergies_Feature.7f36d62b.jpg)
by Lillian Steenblik Hwang
A recent Finnish research study suggests that a decline in biodiversity in the plants, animals and microbes in our daily environment may be linked to rising rates of allergies and asthma.
Read more![Venus Flytrap Poachers Arrested in North Carolina](/assets/image-cache/images/wpImages/2012/02/Venus%20Fly%20Trap.df55dde7.jpg)
by Kathryn Pardo
RALEIGH, NC—Venus flytrap poaching may not seem like the most lucrative crime for those looking for an easy buck, but the uprooting of these plants to sell in roadside stands and markets is threatening…
Read more![Wolf Culling Enacted by Government](/assets/image-cache/images/wpImages/2012/02/Wolves.df55dde7.jpg)
by Kathryn Pardo
WASHINGTON, DC—The Idaho Department of Fish and Game plans to implement aerial hunting of wolves this year, using federal funds to support the culling. The ultimate goal of this plan is not to effectively…
Read more![The Global Impact of Climate Change](/assets/image-cache/images/features/Global Impact/TEK%20photo%202.b6567f6c.jpg)
by Altaire Cambata
What are the implications for indigenous or place-based cultures facing the imminent and gradually-destructive processes of climate change? There is a significant amount of literature that suggests the…
Read more![CAT in WATER](/assets/image-cache/images/in-depth/Cat in Water/Catinwater_5.e0fb914a.jpg)
by Morgan Heim
Two journalists grab cameras and head to the wilds of Thailand’s mangrove forests in search of an endangered cat with a special affinity for water.
Read more![Universities Turn to Green Energy](/assets/image-cache/images/wpImages/2011/07/3-300x199.eac2d2a4.jpg)
by Kathryn Pardo
WASHINGTON, D.C. — At least seven colleges and universities now receive 100 percent of the electricity they use from green power sources, according to the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
Read more![Conservation Group Sues NPS Cypress Management Plan](/assets/image-cache/images/wpImages/2011/10/526731185_a38a4a1ce1.730f00aa.jpg)
by Kathryn Pardo, Jessica Gottlieb, Jessica Schmonsky
A conservation organization has filed suit against the National Park Service, accusing the government agency of failing to protect critical Florida panther habitat in Big Cypress National Preserve. The…
Read more![Connecting Habitats: Thinking like a Roaming Species](/assets/image-cache/images/in-depth/Biocorridors/highways_thru_corridors.2f9bad62.jpg)
by Alexander Gilbert
Large animal species like wolves and bears require vast amounts of land to find food and mates. However, their habitats have become increasingly fragmented as development encroaches on once-wild areas.…
Read more![Biodiversity Continues to Decrease](/assets/image-cache/images/IMG_0320.7603d9d1.jpg)
by Kathryn Pardo
A new study, published in Marine Ecology Progress Series on July 28, shows that while protected areas are increasing throughout the world, they are not adequate to stymie the loss of biodiversity.
Read more![Those Dammed Salmon](/assets/image-cache/images/in-depth/Those Dammed Salmon/Little%20Redfish%20Lake%202-2.2f9bad62.jpg)
by G.R. Stahl
For thousands of years, salmon have been the beating heart of Idaho. They have fed families, boosted the economy, challenged determined anglers, nourished the bodies and spirits of Native Americans, and…
Read more![Lessons From Wolves](/assets/image-cache/images/in-depth/lessons_from_wolves/4Lessons-From-Wolves-.e0fb914a.jpg)
by Jami Wright
Anthropologist Jami Wright studied wolf reintroduction in Idaho by studying Idahoans. She found that many wolf complaints had more to do with people than the predator.
Read more![Falcon Watch](/assets/image-cache/images/in-depth/falcon_watch/Aplomado%20Falcon.ChrisParish%281%29.e0fb914a.jpg)
by Zoe Krasney
Writer Zoe Krasney meets with biologists at a site for the Pelegrine Fund’s Aplomado Falcon Release Program. While witnessing captivity-bred fledglings take flight, she examines the challenges of protecting…
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